I
like using antique patterns, so while looking through my pattern book I saw
this knit ‘Honeycomb Tweed’ pattern and thought it would work for my new dish
towel design; and the colors are in keeping with my desert theme ;-)
I
am liking the softness of the towels I design, and the texture patterns I am
using. I am searching my various pattern books to find usable patterns that
will be able to reflect desert colors without causing a jumbled mess of tangled
yarn in the back of the towels … this pattern is keeper :-D
MOD Desert Sunrise Dish Towel
Cotton
yarn: 3-oz. ‘Blue Jeans’ (MC) & 3-oz. ‘Over the Rainbow’ (CC)
#10-1/2
Knitting Needles
#J/10
crochet hook
With MC, cast on 73
sts; Purl 1 row.
Row 2: Continue with MC and
repeat the following - *K 1, slip next st purlwise*; end with a K 1.
Row 3: Continue with MC and
P 1 row; drop MC and attack CC.
Row 4: With CC, K 2 and
repeat the following - *slip 1 st purlwise, K 1*; end with K 2.
Row 5: Continue with CC and
P 1 row drop CC and attach MC.
Repeat rows 2 thru 5
for a total of 118 rows pattern.
Finish
towel as follows: With Mc, K 1 row/Purl 1 row/slip stitch across each stitch and end
off … OR continue with MC and single crochet around entire towel,
working 2 sc in each towel corner. The crochet edge will help the towel lay
flatter with less edge curl.
