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The stitch pattern is the woven basket stitch, featured on page 54:
I first discovered this stitch while trying to knit Bamboozelle a while back. Something was very awry with the pattern (at least as I was interpreting it) and I dug through many stitch guides before I found the equivalent in good ol Mon Tricot.
You need to cast on an even number of stitches using the long-tailed cast on. I cast on 46 for this cloth, and it turned out a bit small I would probably try 56 or 60 stitches next time. (My lovely assistant Chaos indicates the cloth of which I speak. The other one was knitted when I was trying to sort out the Bamboozelle confusion.)
Hmph. This cloth is clean. It has no intriguing smells. Whats the point of this if I cant have a snack?! -Chaos
Row 1 (wrong side): P1, *purl the second stitch on the needle, purl the first stitch on the needle, slide both stitches off the needle*, P1
Row 2 (right side): *pass the right-hand needle behind the first stitch to knit the second stitch on the needle, knit the first stitch in the usual way, slip both stitches off the needle* (On Row 2, make sure you get both stitches off the needle! I had trouble with that if I wasnt paying close attention.)
Knit until you like the size, then bind off. Im still experimenting with bind offs. Whatever you do, dont bind off in pattern! Youll end up with a very wide bind off row. Trust me on that one.
As written, your cloth is going to curl a little bit. I couldnt figure out an edge treatment that really went with this stitch pattern, so I decided to live with the curling. Hey, no dishcloth curls when its being used, right?
Please let me know if you have questions about this or if you come up with a really spiffy edging or bind off!
I first discovered this stitch while trying to knit Bamboozelle a while back. Something was very awry with the pattern (at least as I was interpreting it) and I dug through many stitch guides before I found the equivalent in good ol Mon Tricot.
You need to cast on an even number of stitches using the long-tailed cast on. I cast on 46 for this cloth, and it turned out a bit small I would probably try 56 or 60 stitches next time. (My lovely assistant Chaos indicates the cloth of which I speak. The other one was knitted when I was trying to sort out the Bamboozelle confusion.)
Hmph. This cloth is clean. It has no intriguing smells. Whats the point of this if I cant have a snack?! -Chaos
Row 1 (wrong side): P1, *purl the second stitch on the needle, purl the first stitch on the needle, slide both stitches off the needle*, P1
Row 2 (right side): *pass the right-hand needle behind the first stitch to knit the second stitch on the needle, knit the first stitch in the usual way, slip both stitches off the needle* (On Row 2, make sure you get both stitches off the needle! I had trouble with that if I wasnt paying close attention.)
Knit until you like the size, then bind off. Im still experimenting with bind offs. Whatever you do, dont bind off in pattern! Youll end up with a very wide bind off row. Trust me on that one.
As written, your cloth is going to curl a little bit. I couldnt figure out an edge treatment that really went with this stitch pattern, so I decided to live with the curling. Hey, no dishcloth curls when its being used, right?
Please let me know if you have questions about this or if you come up with a really spiffy edging or bind off!
