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Dear Cath - April 2018

Q  I've just knitted my first dish cloth (cable) and It's only about 7 inches square. I imagined it would be about a washer size. Would you please advise the size the dish cloth patterns that you have are? I will make my next one bigger. Thank you for your advice. Leonie

A.  Dish cloth patterns vary as to size. Some of the patterns I've used have been very small, others way to big.

A simple garter stitch square is the easiest to knit, and the garter stitch makes the most effective dishcloth, with the little knobs of the stitches acting as a gently scourer.  Just cast on 44 stitches and knit 88 rows to make a square.

I knit my dishcloths using just one simple pattern on the diagonal, and I knit it until it is the size I want it to be - most of the time until the increase is up to 50 stitches, then I start the decrease rows. Occasionally the cotton or bamboo yarn I'm using is thinner, so I go down a size or two in needles and increase the number of stitches before starting to decrease.

Start by casting on three stitches and knit two rows. 
On the next row, knit one stitch, then increase in the next stitch, knit to the end of the row.
Repeat until you have 50 stitches on the needle.
Next row: knit one, knit two together, knit to end of row.
Repeat until you have three stitches left. Cast off.

There are a couple of easy dishcloth patterns in the Knitting Tip Store if garter stitch doesn't appeal to you. 
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