A member of the UUCSB Prayer Shawl Ministry makes scrubbies for washing dishes from tulle. She cuts the tulle into strips and then crochets little tuffets. Another member found inexpensive kitchen towels and wooden spoons at Reny's. My job is to make dishcloths that coordinate with the scrubbies and the towels.
Deb Andriulli shared two delightful dishcloths on her blog: the Waffle Dishcloth and the Aunt May Dishcloth. The results are lovely. In both cases I cast on more stitches than the pattern because I tend to knit tightly.
The waffle dishcloth has a three-stitch pattern repeat. I cast on fifty stitches instead of thirty-eight. I used a #5 needle and three strands of cotton. I think it is 2/8 cotton but the labels are lost in the mists of time. My version on Ravelry is here.
For the Aunt May dishcloth, which has a ten-stitch pattern repeat, I cast on forty-seven stitches instead of thirty-seven. I am using #7 needles and Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic II. I know, very fancy yarn for a dishcloth but I've had it in my stash for more than ten years. The stitch pattern is exactly reversible, a very desirable quality in a dishcloth, scarf, or shawl. I love the result.
I also used Waffle Dishcloth by Katherine Vaughan. Like Andriulli's waffle dishcloth, the stitch pattern repeats every four rows but instead of two purl and two knit rows in each waffle square, there are three knit rows and one purl. The results are less depth in the texture and a less appealing "wrong side." My result is here in Ravelry. Consequently I prefer Andriulli's pattern. This pattern, too, I modified by casting on more stitches.
While considering dishcloth patterns, I ran across many knit-purl picture designs. That is, dishcloths with an embossed image such as a leaf or a duck or a skull-and-cross-bones. These are way too precious for me. I much prefer an all-over stitch pattern which looks great on both sides.
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