Vine Dishcloth

Materials:  1 2 ounce ball cotton yarn

                  1 pair size 6 knitting needles

Knit inc=knit into front and back of next stitch

Purl inc=purl into front and back of next stitch

SKP=slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch

S2KP2=slip 2, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over knit stitch

M1=knit into the space between the stitches on the row below

Pattern:

1:  (wrong side) K12, P5, K4, P3, K16

2:   K2, P12, P2 tog, knit inc, k2, p4, k2, YO, k1, YO, k2, p10, k2

3:   K12, P7, K4, P2, K1, P1, K15

4:   K2, P11, P2 tog, K1, purl inc, k2, p4, k3, YO, k1, YO, k3, p10, k2

5:   K12, P9, K4, P2, K2, P1, K14

6:   K2, P102, P2 tog, purl inc, p1, k2, p4, SKP, k5, k2 tog, p10, k2

7:   K12, P7, K4, P2, K3, P1, K13

8:   K2, P9, P2 tog, K1, purl inc, p2, k2, p4, SKP, k3, k2 tog, p10, k2

9:   K12, P5, K4, P2, K4, P1, K12

10: K2, P10, YO, k1, YO, p4, k2, SKP, k1, K2 tog, k2, p10, k2

11: K12, P3, K4, P2, K4, P3, K12

12: K2, P10, K1, YO, k1, YO, K1, p4, k1, M1, K1, p 2 tog, p2, S2KP2,, p10, k2

13: K16, P3, K4, P5, K12

14: K2, P10, K2, YO, K1, YO, k2, p4, k1, knit inc, k1, p 2 tog, p12, k2

15: K15, P1, K1, P2, K4, P7, K12

16: K2, P10, k3, YO, K1, YO, K3, p4, k2, purl inc, k1, P2 tog, p11, k2

17: K14, P1, K2, P2, K4, P9, K12

18: K2, P10, SKP, K5, k2 tog, p4, k2, p1, purl inc, k1, p2 tog, p10, k2

19: K13, P1, K3, P2, K4, P7, K12

20: K2, P10, SKP, K3, k2 tog, p4, k2, p2, purl inc, k1, p2 tog, p9, k2

21: K12, P1, K4, P2, K4, P5, K12

22: K2, P10, SKP, K1, k2 tog, p4, k2,P4, YO, k1, YO, k2, p10, k2

23: K12, P3, K4, P2, K4, P3, K12

24: K2, P10, S2KP2, P2, P2 tog, k1, M1, k1, p4, k1, YO, k1, YO, k1, p10, k2

Instructions:

Cast on 40 stitches.  Knit two rows.

Work pattern rows 1-24 twice.

Knit two rows.  Bind off.

The pattern was adapted from Twining Vine pattern in The Pattern Library Knitting, edited by Amy Carroll, Ballentine Books, 1981.