Lacy Dishcloth Knitting Patterns - Fast And Fun To Knit & Make Great Gifts

These 3 beautiful lacy dishcloth knitting Patterns feature in this collection are Fern Diamonds, Single Lace Rib and Little Arrow Head Patterns. All of theses patterns have two things in common. One is that they all have 41 cast on stitches and they all have garter stitch borders. Knit them as dishcloth or washcloth for you and your love one. They would be great gifts for Mother's day! or Baby shower. My girls like to use them for barbies' blankets! 

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Image 1: Dishcloth knitting patterns in 3 different lace stitches 

I like to knit dishcloth because it's fast and fun. It's a great way for beginning knitters to learn new stitch patterns. It's not a big deal if you make a few mistakes, after all you won't be wearing it anywhere. Just keep practice until you get it right.

Materials:

1. Worsted weight cotton yarn in colors of your choice (a 50 gm-ball can make 3-4 dishcloths depending on the size.

2. Knitting needle size US #8 (5mm)

3. Row counter

4. stitch markers

4. Tapestry needle 

Dishcloth Pattern # 1 - Fern Diamond Pattern

Image 2: Dishcloth Knitting Pattern in Fern Diamond Lace

This pattern is the hardest of all the 3 dishcloth knitting patterns. Definitely need more attention. You can copy and paste the pattern in to your text document and then increase the font size for easy reading. 

Direction:

Note: slip all stitches knitwise.

CO 41 sts. Knit in garter sts (knit all rows) for 1 inch

Begin Fern Diamond pattern as follows;

Row 1 (right side): K 5, Place Marker (PM), K 3, *k2tog, yf, k1, yf, sl 1, k1, psso, k5; rep from * to last 13 sts, k2tog, yf, k1, yf, sl 1, k 1, psso, k3, PM, K 5.

Row 2 (wrong side) and every alternate rows: K 5, SM, Purl to last 5 sts, SM, k5.

Row 3: K 5, Slip Marker (SM), K 2, *k2tog, [k1, yf] twice, k1, sl 1, k 1, psso, k 3; rep from * to last 14 sts, k2tog, [k1, yf] twice, k1, sl 1, k1, psso, k2, SM, k5.

Row 5: K 5, Slip Marker (SM), k1, *k2tog, k2, yf, k1, yf, k2, sl 1, k1, psso, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts, SM, k5.

Row 7: K5, SM, K2tog, *k3, yf, k1, yf, k3, sl 1, k2tog, psso; rep from * to last 14 sts, k3, yf, k1, yf, k3, sl 1, k1, psso, SM, k5.

Row 9: K5, SM, K 1, *yf, sl 1, k1, psso, k5, k2tog,yf, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts, SM, k5.

Row 11: K5, SM, K 1, *yf, k1, sl 1, k1, psso, k3, k2tog, k1, yf, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts, SM, k5.

Row 13: K5, SM, K 1, *yf, k2, sl 1, k1, psso, k1, k2tog, k2, yf, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts, SM, k5.

Row 15: K5, SM, K 1, *yf, k3, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k3, yf, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts, SM, k5.

Row 16: As row 2.

Repeat these 16 rows until you have about an inch less than desired length. Ending with the wrong side row. Knit garter stitch for an inch to finish off the border. Bind off all stitches. Cut yarn and weave all ends behind work with tapestry needle. 

Dishcloth Pattern # 2 - Single Lace Rib Pattern

Image 3: Single Lace Rib Dishcloth Knitting Pattern

Direction:

CO 41 sts. Knit an inch of garter sts border then start Single Lace Rib Pattern as follows;

Row 1 (right side): K5 *yo, k2tog, p1, k1; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.

Row 2 (wrong side): K4, p1, *yrn, p2tog, k1, p1 rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.

Repeat these 2 rows until you have about an inch less than desired length. Ending with 2nd row. Knit garter stitch border for an inch and then bind off all stitches. Cut yarn and weave all loose ends behind work.

Dishcloth Pattern #3 - Little Arrowhead Lace Pattern

Image 4: One of my favorite dishcloth knitting patterns - Little Arrowhead Lace 

Direction:

CO 41 sts. Knit garter sts border for 1 inch and begin little arrowhead lace pattern as follows;

Row 1 (right side): K 5, PM, k1, *yo, sl 1, k1, psso, k1, k2tog, yo, k1; rep from * to the marker, SM, k5.

Row 2:(wrong side): K 5, SM, p to marker, SM, k5.

Row 3: K 5, SM, k2 *yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, k3; rep from * to last 10 sts, yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k2, SM, k 5.

Row 4: As row 2.

Repeat these 4 rows until you have an inch less than desired length and ending with the wrong side row. Knit garter stitch border for 1 more inch. Bind off stitches and cut yarn. Weave all loose ends behind work.

Knitting Terms and Abbreviations Used In These Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

PM = Place Marker

SL = Slip Marker

yf = yarn forward (bringing yarn into the front of work)

yo = yarn over

yrn = yarn round needle (wrap yarn around needle once)

sl 1 = slip a stitch

k2tog = knit 2 stitches together at once

psso = pass the slip stitch over the stitch just knitted

I hope you enjoy these dishcloth knitting patterns. Hope to see you back here soon. Happy Knitting!

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