Materials: 1 ball Cotton yarn, Size 5 US needles
Designers Note: The body of this face cloth uses a nice stitch pattern called Purl-Twist Fabric that I found in Barbara Walker's book, A Treasury of Pattern Stitches. I added a simple eyelet border of yarn overs running up both selvage edges. You can also add an optional crocheted lace edge if you want to dress up the cast on and bind off edges.
Directions:
Cast on 46 stitches (or an even number of your choice) and 8 stitches for the borders. (I used a total of 54 stitches). I used a two-tail cast on.
The first four stitches of every row are always K2, yo, K2tog. This creates the eyelet border.
Row 1: K2, yo, K2tog, *Purl 2tog but do not slip them off the left needle; then purl into the first stitch again and slip both off the left needle together. Repeat from * until you reach the last 4 stitches. K4.
Row 2 and 4: K2, yo, K2tog, then knit across to the end.
Row 3: K2, yo, K2tog. P1, *Purl 2tog but do not slip then off the left needle; then purl into the first stitch again and slip both off the left needle together. Repeat from * until you reach the last 5 stitches. P1, K4.
These four rows make up the pattern.
The even rows are always knit all the way across (after the 4 stitch yo border)
Row 3 will have a single purl at the beginning and end of the purl pattern stitches, separating them from the yo border.
Continue to work in pattern until desired length is reached. Bind off. I made a simple edging by crocheting about 6 chains stitches and looping the chain over to the next bound off stitch, creating and dege of open, U-shaped chains.
