And so, to begin.

Beginning a blog, like any new venture, is a little daunting. I feel like I'm throwing a high-school party: will anyone come? Will the cool kids tell their friends to come? Do I have enough snacks?

Speaking of snacks, I've been knitting a few of these for Christmas presents and they're pretty bite-sized: you can knit one in an evening, tops.



Stitches are picked up along one edge of a towel. I used facewashers 12”/30cm wide, but pattern can be adapted to suit any width. Yardage used will vary.

Gauge:

5 stitches to 1”/2.54cm in garter stitch.

Materials:

DK weight yarn, less than 100yd

OR two strands of fingering weight yarn held together, less than 200yd

I used about 25g of Vickie Howell ‘Craft’ yarn (65% cotton, 35% milk protein)for the green one or about 50g of Panda Regal 4ply cotton (2 strands held together) for the pink.

4mm/US size 6 needles, or size required to obtain gauge

Fingering weight yarn to whipstitch along edge of towel.

Darning needle

Button

Begin!

Using a 24” piece of fingering weight yarn and darning needle, whipstitch across top edge of towel, spacing each stitch about ½” apart. (40st across 12” towel, but this number is flexible)

Using main yarn and 4mm/US size 6 needles pick up stitches from the back of whipstitch loops as follows:

Pu 1; [Yo, Pu 1] to end.

Wrong side row: Knit all stitches.

Right side row: Ktbl, k1, k2tog, k to last 4; ssk, k1, sl 1 wyif.

Repeat this last row until there are 15st remaining, ending on a wrong side row.

Next row: Ktbl, k1, k2tog, k to last st; sl 1 wyif.

Repeat this row until there are 8 sts left.

Even row: Ktbl, k to last st; sl 1 wyif.

Repeat this row for 20 garter ridges, ending on a wrong side row.

Buttonhole row: Ktbl, k2, BO 2, k to last st; sl 1 wyif.

Wrong side row: Ktbl, k2, cable cast-on 2, ktbl, k1, sl 1 wyif.

Right side row: Ktbl, k2, [ktbl] twice, k to last st, sl 1 wyif.

Work another 4 garter ridges of the even row as above, ending on a wrong side row.

BO all stitches.

Fold loop over and position button to fit through buttonhole.

Sew button and weave in ends.