Jungle Bamboo Cloth

I’ve been teaching myself a number of new knitting stitches lately, and the bamboo stitch looked like it produces a lovely texture without being particularly difficult. I couldn’t, however, find a dishcloth pattern to learn the stitch on. So, I made up my own and it worked.

So I proudly present my first dishcloth design.

Jungle Bamboo Cloth
Free pattern (for personal use only).

Materials:

• US 7 / 4.5 mm knitting needles


• Georga Cotton from Easy Knit Yarn: Jungle


• Tapestry needle

Instructions:

Cast on 38 stitches.

Rows 1-6: K (produces a garter stitch border)

Begin bamboo stitch pattern:
Row 7: K4, P30, K4
Row 8: K4, *YO, K2, Pass the YO strand over both knit stitches* repeat 15 times, K4

Repeat Rows 7-8 seventeen times

Row 9: Repeat Row 7

Rows 10-15: K

Bind off and weave in ends.

Note that the reverse side has an interesting pattern as well.

© 2010-01-27 N0Nightowl