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Hand Towel
Notes:
This hand towel is designed to hang from any convenient spot in
your kitchen. The “branch” at the top folds over to form a loop
that secures at the button, and allows the Woodsy Hand Towel to
attach to its matching Woodsy Dish Cloth and Woody Mug Cozy
to make your own leafy tree!
SKKP
Slip one, k2tog, psso.
DIRECTIONS
The hand towel is knit from the bottom up.
Trunk
CO 49 sts.
Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 kwise, K to end.
Row 2 (WS): Sl 1 pwise, (K5, P1), rep a total of 8 times.
Rep Rows 1 and 2 for 10”.
Decreasing Trunk
Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 kwise, (SSK, K1, K2TOG, K1) rep a total of 8 times.
(33 sts)
Row 2 (WS): Sl 1 pwise, (K3, P1), rep a total of 8 times.
Row 3: Sl 1 kwise, K to end.
Row 4: Sl 1 pwise, (K3, P1), rep a total of 8 times.
Rep Rows 3 and 4 a total of 2 times.
Branch
Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 kwise, K4, SKKP, K1, SKKP, K to end. (13 sts)
Row 2 (WS): Sl 1 pwise, (K1, P1), rep a total of 6 times.
Row 3: Sl 1 kwise, K to end.
Row 4: As Row 2.
Rep Rows 3 and 4 for 5”.
Buttonhole
Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 kwise, K3, BO 5, K to end.
Row 2 (WS): Sl 1 pwise, K1, P1, K, CO 5, K1, P1, K1, P1.
Row 3: Sl 1 kwise, SSK, K to 3 sts before end, K2TOG, K1. (11 sts)
Row 4: Sl 1 pwise, (K1, P1), rep a total of 4 times, P2.
Row 5: Sl 1 kwise, SSK, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K2TOG, P1. (9 sts)
Row 6: Sl 1 pwise, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1. K1, P2.
Row 7: Sl 1 kwise, SSK, PSSO, BO to last 3 sts, K2TOG, BO
remaining st.
Finishing
Stitch button on RS approximately 5” down from buttonhole.
Weave in ends, wash and block to diagram.
Rep Rows 3 and 4 a total of 3 times.
Next Row (RS): Sl 1 kwise, (SKKP, K1) rep a total of 8 times. (17
sts)
Row 2 (WS): Sl 1 pwise, (K1, P1), rep a total of 8 times.
Row 3: Sl 1 kwise, k to end of row.
Row 4: Sl 1 pwise, (k1, p1), rep a total of 8 times.
Hand Towel
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