The bias knit washcloth is a classic knitting pattern, so classic in fact it has a default name: Grandmother’s Favorite.
I like it because it’s super easy, but still fun and quick to knit, and it’s perfect for using just about every scrap of leftover yarn you have.
I had the teensiest little bit of blue yarn left from other projects that I wanted to use, so I stitched the first half of my washcloth with that, and the second half with a coordinating green.
It made a tiny cloth perfect for face washing, but of course you can use this method to make a washcloth or dishcloth of any size you like.
Materials
- I used about 35 yards of two colors of Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton (colors Aqua and Mint), but you can use as much as you like to make a larger cloth
- one pair size 6 US/4mm knitting needles
- yarn needle
Gauge
Gauge is not critical but I got about 5 stitches and 10 rows per inch/2.5 cm in bias Garter Stitch
Size
My finished washcloth is about 6 inches/15 cm square. It’s a perfect little face cloth but just keep increasing a while longer to make yours bigger if you like.
How to Knit a Two-Tone Bias Knit Washcloth
With color A, cast on 4 stitches.
Knit 1 row.
Knit 1, yarn over, knit across.
Repeat this row until you are almost out of yarn or the sides of your triangle are the length you’d like a side of your washcloth to be. I had 30 stitches when I began decreasing.
Change to color B.
Knit 1, yarn over, knit 2 together, knit to last 3 stitches, knit 2 together, knit 1. One stitch decreased.
Repeat this row until 4 stitches remain (the last row will end with the decrease, not a knit 1).
Knit 1 row.
Bind off. Weave in ends.
More Knitted Kitchen
Check out my other patterns from the series: Circular Washcloth | Loop Stitch Washcloth | Ridged Ribbon Eyelet | Cartridge Rib Dishcloth | Two-Color Moss Stitch Dishcloth | Vine Lace Dishcloth
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How do you change colors so as to hide the tail of Color A? Thanks, Sarah! I make lot of these superquick (Portuguese purl), look forward to doing the two-color version!
Just start knitting with the second color at the beginning of a row, leaving a few inches of both hanging at the side. When you weave in the ends, make sure you weave the color A to the color A side and the color B to the color B side.