Multidirectional Diagonal Dishcloth
Materials:
Size 6 or 7 Needles Dishcloth yarn Tapestry Needle
Terms Defined:
Inc = knit into front and back of stitch SSK = Slip the 1st st. as if to knit and the 2nd as if to purl, put tip of left needle into slipped stitches and knit them together through the back loop.
Instructions:
First Triangle:
Cast on 1 stitch. Row 1: Inc into stitch. (2 sts) Row 2: Inc into first stitch, K to end. (3 sts) Repeat Row 2 until there are 44 stitches. (Or make as wide1 as you would like. It must be an even number of stitches.)
Second Triangle:
Row 1: Inc, SSK, turn. Row 2 and all even-numbered rows: Knit. Row 3: Inc, K1, SSK, turn. Row 5: Inc, K2, SSK, turn. Row 7: Inc, K3 SSK, turn. Continue in this manner, increasing by one stitch in every odd-numbered row between the inc and the SSK (you won't need to count because you will always be SSK-ing the two stitches on either side of the gap that forms from your turn on the previous row. Work until you have half of your stitches on your right needle and half remain on the left needle. (22 stitches on each needle.)
2"d half of Second Triangle:
Instead of starting the row with an increase, start it with a decrease (K1, k2tog). Continue to work the decrease in the “middle' of the row as before, and after making this second decrease, both needles will have the same number of sts. When 6 sts remain, work as follows: k1, k3tog, turn, k2 k3tog, turn, k1 K2tog, cut yarn & pull through last remaining loop. NOTE: This pattern is a great introduction to short rows. 1 Wide = the bottom edge of the cloth in the above photo. This pattern is an adaptation to the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf found at: http://douma.net/Karen/knitting/Accessory Scarves/Multidirectional_Diagonal_Scarf.htm 2003 Karen Baumer - Permission to redistribute granted provided that this copyright notice is included
