How to Make a Simple Garter Stitch Dish Rag

This is an easy pattern that explains how to knit a basic garter stitch wash cloth.
These are sometimes called Granny's Favorite or Granny Washcloth.

Making dishrags or washcloths is fun and easy. But let me warn you, once you start making these you get addicted! Washcloths make great take-along projects and are a perfect mindless knitting project.

What you will need:

• Worsted weight cotton such as Peaches & Creme by Elmore Pisgah or Lily Sugar'n Cream.
• A pair of size US 8 (5mm) knitting needles, or size to obtain gauge.
  Worsted weight is generally marked as a US size 8 needle. Go down a size or two if you knit loosely. Go up a size if you knit tightly.
• A needle for darning in the ends

Cast on 3 stitches.

Row 1: Knit 1, Make 1, Knit to end.

Repeat row 1 until you have a triangle that is half the size you want your finished cloth to be.

Begin decrease rows:

Knit 1, K2tog, Knit to end of row.

Repeat decrease row until 3 stitches remain.

Bind off the last three stitches, weave in tails and you are done!

Variations:
This pattern can easily be modified for any yarn, any gauge.

Any Yarn
Try making this washcloth in a hardy acrylic such as Red Heart Super Saver for an indestructible dish rag. Cotton and cotton/linen blends make great face cloths for the bath.

Any Gauge
This granny square can be knit in any gauge yarn. Try using crochet cotton for very fine cloths. Sport weight linen blends make luxorious bath cloths.

In the next post we will talk about how this basic pattern can be modified for many different uses.

Stay tuned. Until then...
Keep knitting!