Anna, a friend of mine from Naples, talking about dishcloths, told me :" if this beauty is made to wash dishes than I wanna be a dish myself!" Well, I wait on you hand and foot... this is a Scrubbing Cloth for you to have a shower with. Think not you're a dish , but a precious piece of potteryinstead!
MATERIALS
Kitchen cotton [90 m per 50 g] Straight needles n° 5 mm/US #8 ; Tapestry needle
TEXTUREDSTITCHPATTERN
(multiple of 6sts + 2sts) Colour B) white Row 1 (WS): knit Row 2(RS): purl Row 3 (WS): knit Row 4 (RS): purl Colour A) melange Row 5 ,7 (WS): 1edge st, \* p2, slip2 sts, p2 \*, 1edge st Row 6, 8 (RS): 1edge st, \* k2, slip2 sts, k2 \* , 1edge st Colour B) white Row 9 (WS): 1edge st, \*\* p2, k2, p2\*, 1edge st Row 10 (RS): purl Row 11 (WS): knit Row 12 (RS): purl Colour A) melange Row 13, 15 (WS): 1edge st, \* slip1 st, p4, slip1 st \* , 1edge st Row 14, 16 (RS): 1edge st, \* slip1 st, k4, slip1 st \* , 1edge st Colour B) white Row 17°(wS): 1edge st, \*k1, p4, k1 \*, 1edge st Repeat from row 2, working in color B) white
INSTRUCTIONS
Loosely CO 50 sts in melange Work in ribbing 2x2 for 12 rows. Continue in textured stitch pattern working from row 1 to row 17 Repeat the textured stitch pattern from row 2 to row 17 x 3 times more. Start decreasing to shape the bath-mitt. On RS with color B) white work as follows: Row 1 (RS): p2tog throughout the row (25 sts) Row 2 (WS): k2tog throughout the row, ending with k1 (13 sts) Row 3 (RS): p2tog throughout the row, ending with p1 (7 sts) Cut yarn leaving a long tail. Thread the needle ad pass it through the live stitches twice to bind them off. Pull to secure. With the same thread start sewing the mitten, leave and opening of nearly 4 cm for the thumb over the cuff. Finish the opening edge by needle with an overcast stitch or working a round of single Crochet.
Cristiana Brenna
