Knit Washcloths

Some of you may know that my youngest daughter has multiple life threatening food allergies (among others).  This past Thursday we took her to the allergist to undergo what's called a "food challenge" for her soy allergies.  During this appointment, small amounts of soy will be digested to see how she reacts.  It's a long, drawn out process as the doctors administer tiny amounts at a time and slowly increase the amount of soy if she doesn't have a reaction.   After almost over 4 hours of this, she passed her challenge.  She is officially not allergic to soy anymore. :)

To reward her, we went to get her nails done but we arrived much too early for the appointment.  So we browsed AC Moore Craft Store and found a lady, knitting at a table in the back of the store.  On the table were a number of small, square, knitted and crocheted washcloths.  I inquired about them and she said she was accepting donations for the Gulf oil clean up.  The volunteers will use them to clean off oil from the wildlife.  She will ship them out and have been doing so for a few weeks now.   She also teaches a knitting camp for kids at the store :)  I may sign Victoria up for this!

So what do you think I'm doing now?  I'm making washcloths!  It's very easy and fun to make as it's a quick knit.

Here's one that's done.

Another view (and a terrible picture at that!)

This is one I'm working on.

10" x 10" Washcloths

MATERIALS:

• 1 skein of Lily's Sugar and Cream yarn or the like (I used Lily's Sugar and Cream for the blue washcloth and Lion Brand's Organic Cotton for the cream.  Both work fine)
• Size US 8 straight knitting needles
• Row counter

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cast on 3 sts
2. Increase in the first stitch by knitting in the front and back of the first stitch
3. Knit to the end and turn
4. Repeat #2-3 until 50 rows have been completed
5. Decrease by kniting the first 2 stitches together at the beginning of the row
6. Knit to the end of the row
7. Repeat #5-6 until 3 sts remain
8. Bind off
9. Weave in ends
10. DONE!

If you need help deciphering stitches,  KnittingHelp.com is a great website for knitting resources.  They have a video tutrial of the increase here (see KFB).  See a video of the decrease here (see k2tog).

Now go and make a few washcloths!