Easter Egg Washcloth Pattern

Hippity Hoppity, Easter's on its way, peeps! Here's a pattern fer ye. Enjoy.

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O'Kitten's Easter Egg Washcloth Pattern

SIZE: 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (19.5 x 19.5 cm)

MATERIALS: Less than 1 (one) 2.5 oz (70.9 g) ball Lily Sugar’n Cream 100% cotton yarn (colors shown are Robins Egg Blue #01215 and Pretty Pastels #00199), US size 6 needles, tapestry needle, crochet hook (optional)

GAUGE: 18 stitches = 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch

NOTE: See abbreviations and stitch explanations at bottom.

DIRECTIONS: CO 37 sts

Rows 1–4: Knit
Row 5: k3, purl across, k3
Row 6: Knit
Row 7 (and all odd rows unless otherwise specified): k3, purl across, k3
Row 8: k15, k2tog, yo, kb, (yo, ssk)x2, k15
Row 10: k14, (k2tog, yo)x2, kb, (yo, ssk)x2, k14
Row 12: k11, (k2tog, yo)x3, kb, (yo, ssk)x4, k11
Row 14: k10, (k2tog, yo)x4, kb, (yo, ssk)x4, k10
Row 16: k9, (k2tog, yo)x4, kb, (yo, ssk)x5, k9
Row 18: k8, (k2tog, yo)x5, kb, (yo, ssk)x5, k8
Row 20: Repeat row 16
Row 22: k8, (k2tog, yo)x3, kb, yo, ssk, yo, sk2p, yo, k2tog, yo, kb, (yo, ssk)x3, k8
Row 24: k9, (k2tog, yo)x2, kb, yo, ssk, yo, sk2p, yo, k2tog, yo, kb, (yo, ssk)x3, k9
Row 26–28: Repeat row 22–24
Row 30: Repeat row 14
Row 32: Repeat row 12
Row 34: k11, m1, (k2tog, yo)x3, sk2p, (yo, ssk)x3, m1, k9
Row 36: k12, (ssk, yo)x3, kb, (yo, k2tog)x3, k12
Row 38: k13, m1, yo, ssk, yo, d4, yo, k2tog, yo, m1, k13
Row 40: k15, m1, yo, d4, yo, m1, k15
Row 42: k17, c3, k17
Row 43: k3, purl across, k3
Row 44: Knit
Row 45: k3, purl across, k3
Row 46–49: Knit
Row 50: Bind off …

…and weave in ends. Or…

…Bind off to last knit stitch. Transfer the last knit stitch to a crochet needle and single crochet 12 stitches. Loop the crochet chain back to the washcloth and secure it using the tapestry needle and loose yarn end. Weave in ends.

Abbreviations:

CO: cast on

st: stitch

k: knit

k2tog: knit 2 together

yo: yarn over

kb: insert right needle into back of stitch on left needle and then knit it

ssk: slip two stitches (one at a time) knitwise from left needle onto right needle and then knit them together

sk2p: slip one stitch knitwise onto the right needle, knit the next two sts on the left needle together, then pass the slipped stitch over the k2tog sts and off the needle

m1: create a new stitch by knitting into the back of the stitch in the row below the next stitch on the left needle, then knit into the front of the next stitch on the left needle

d4: Quadruple decrease (reduces 5 sts to 1):
1. Slip 3 stitches to the right needle.
2. Pass the 2nd stitch on the right needle over the 1st (center) stitch.
3. Slip the center stitch back to the left needle.
4. Pass the 2nd stitch on the left needle over the 1st (center) stitch.
5. Slip the center stitch back to the right needle.
6. Pass the 2nd stitch on the right needle over the 1st (center) stitch.
7. Slip the center stitch back to the left needle.
8. Pass the 2nd stitch on the left needle over the 1st (center) stitch.
9. Knit the center stitch.
Or: You can ssk, then k3tog, then pass the ssk stitch over the k3tog stitch, but the result isn’t as nice as using the longer version of this decrease as described above.

c3: Cluster 3. Slip 3 sts to right needle. Pass yarn to front. Slip same 3 sts from right needle back to left needle. Pass yarn to the back. Give the yarn a good tug, then k3.



Pattern and photos ©S. Clarke 2009 http://obsidiankitten.blogspot.com/