My Hob Nail dish/wash cloth pattern is based on a stitch pattern found in Barbara Walker's "A Treasury of Knitting Patterns". Meg Swanson of www.schoolhousepress.com kindly gave me permission to use the cluster stitch pattern. Thank you Meg! Materials: Worsted weight cotton yarn or cotton chenille. I used my cotton from a cone. Probably one small ball will be enough.) Size 7 needles and one double pointed needle (dpn) Gauge : Really doesn't matter. Using long tail cast on, cast on 43 stitches. Knit 5 rows. If using a different cast-on method knit one more row. You should have 3 garter ridges. Row1: Knit 4, Purl 35, Knit 4 Row 2: Knit Row 3: Knit 4, Purl 35, Knit 4 Row 4: Knit 8, \* knit next 3 sts and transfer the 3 sts just knitted onto dpn; then wind yarn 6 times counterclockwise (looking down from top) around these three sts under dpn; then return the 3 sts to right-hand needle (cluster 3); knit 3; rep from \* , end knit 8. Row 5: Knit 4, Purl 35, Knit 4 Row 6: Knit Row 7: Knit 4, Purl 35, Knit 4 Row 8: Knit 5, \* cluster 3, k3, rpt from \*, end knit 5 Repeat rows 1 - 8 , 4 times, then rpt rows 1 -7 one time. Knit 5 rows and bind off. Cluster Stitch pattern printed by permission of Schoolhouse Press www.schoolhousepress.com http://hakucho.blogspot.com/ Copyright @2007 hakucho, All Rights Reserved.
