How to Knit a Dishcloth Starting With One Stitch

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Knit a dishcloth on the diagonal starting with one stitch!

You can knit a dishcloth that is so much better than any you can buy. It is knit on the diagonal starting with just one stitch! The garter stitch bumps make it efficient, but the open nature of the dishcloth allow it to dry quickly to avoid souring.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Size 10 needles
Peaches and Cream cotton yarn, around 1 oz. You can find it at walmart.

Step 1

Place one loop on the needle! No tedious casting on is necessary to knit a dishcloth. That is why I love making these. Mindless knitting, almost and you don't even have to count CAST-ON STITCHES!
Step 2

In that one stitch, you will knit in the front and back of the stitch, which is an increase. In case you have never done this, you do one stitch as usual, and leave the loop on the needle, and then insert the needle into the back of the stitch, knit and then slide the stitch off the needle as usual. You have made two stitches in one.
Step 3

Turn and do one plain knit row. We are doing garter stitch, knit every row, which produces the desired bumpy texture. We will be increasing on each end, every other row until there are 18 stitches on the needle. This makes a small dishcloth; if you want a larger one, work until 22 stitches are on the needle.
I keep track of which row I am on, increase or plain, by whether the tail end is on the right or left.
Step 4

Increase until 18 stitches, then begin to decrease

When you get to the desired 18 or 22 stitches on the needle, you will begin to decrease every other row. These decreases will be Knit two together on the first one, and "slip one, knit one, pass the slip stitch over."(s1k1psso) You slip one stitch, knit one stitch, then take the tip of the left needle and pull the slipped stitch over the knit stitch. You can't knit two together on both sides, or the stitches would slant the wrong way. If we were knitting a garment, we would put a border stitch before these increases and decreases, but we are just going to knit a dishcloth!
Step 5

Continue to decrease each side every other row, with a plain knit row in between. Work until you have only one stitch on the needle, and pull the thread through to secure. I took the yarn tail and went in and round several times through an open spot in the corner, in order to make an opening to hang it on a hook to dry.