Knitted Shamrock Dish Cloth
�2005 Nicole's Crochet Bistro

This cloth is my first attempt at writing a knitting pattern. I wasn't able to find a St. Patrick's Day themed cloth that I liked online, so I decided to take a stab at designing my own! My best friend Lyz found a graph of a shamrock at about.com, and I'm adapting it into a dishcloth. I would classify this pattern as a beginner pattern, but you do need to count the stitches carefully. Hopefully you enjoy trying out this pattern as much as I did creating it!

A note from Nicole: This cloth didn't work out to be square as I had hoped. I am thinking of adding a few more rows of st st after the inner border at the beginning, and before the inner border at the end to make it more square.

What Do I Need?
I used a ball of "Shades of Green" Bernat Handicrafter worsted weight cotton yarn and a pair of size 6 knitting needles, but you could use any colour of yarn and your favourite pair of "dishcloth" needles!

Cast on 43 stitches {sts}.
Rows 1-5: K across.
Row 6: K3, p37, k3.
Row 7: K across.
Row 8: K3, p2, k33, p2, k3.
Row 9: K5, p1, k31, p1, k5.
Row 10: K3, p2, k1, p31, k1, p2, k3.
Row 11: K5, p1, k31, p1, k5.
Row 12: K3, p2, k1, p31, k1, p2, k3.
Row 13: K5, p1, k18, p2, k11, p1, k5.
Row 14: K3, p2, k1, p12, k2, p17, k1, p2, k3.
Row 15: K5, p1, k17, p2, k12, p1, k5.
Row 16: K3, p2, k1, p13, k2, p16, k1, p2, k3.
Row 17: K5, p1, k5, p7, k3, p2, k2, p7, k5, p1, k5.
Row 18: K3, p2, k1, p4, k9, p2, k1, p2, k9, p4, k1, p2, k3.
Row 19: K5, p1, k4, p10, k1, p1, k1, p10, k4, p1, k5.
Row 20: K3, p2, k1, p4, k23, p4, k1, p2, k3.
Row 21: K5, p1, k4, p23, k4, p1, k5.
Row 22: K3, p2, k1, p5, k21, p5, k1, p2, k3.
Row 23: K5, p1, k4, p23, k4, p1, k5.
Row 24: K3, p2, k1, p4, k10, p1, k1, p1, k10, p4, k1, p2, k3.
Row 25: K5, p1, k4, p9, k1, p3, k1, p9, k4, p1, k5.
Row 26: K3, p2, k1, p4, k8, p1, k5, p1, k8, p4, k1, p2, k3.
Row 27: K5, p1, k5, p6, k1, p7, k1, p6, k5, p1, k5.
Row 28: K3, p2, k1, p12, k7, p12, k1, p2, k3.
Row 29: K5, p1, k12, p7, k12, p1, k5.
Row 30: K3, p2, k1, p12, k7, p12, k1, p2, k3.
Row 31: K5, p1, k12, p7, k12, p1, k5.
Row 32: K3, p2, k1, p12, k7, p12, k1, p2, k3.
Row 33: K5, p1, k12, p7, k12, p1, k5.
Row 34: K3, p2, k1, p12, k7, p12, k1, p2, k3.
Row 35: K5, p1, k12, p7, k12, p1, k5.
Row 36: K3, p2, k1, p12, k7, p12, k1, p2, k3.
Row 37: K5, p1, k12, p7, k12, p1, k5.
Row 38: K3, p2, k1, p13, k2, p1, k2, p13, k1, p2, k3.
Row 39: K5, p1, k31, p1, k5.
Row 40: K3, p2, k1, p31, k1, p2, k3.
Row 41: K5, p1, k31, p1, k5.
Row 42: K3, p2, k1, p31, k1, p2, k3.
Row 43: K5, p33, k5.
Row 44: K3, p37, k3.
Row 45: K across.
Rows 46-50: K across.
Cast off all sts and weave in ends.

...and a new dish cloth is born!

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