Stay-on Hand Towel the 2nd

I've counted! Today, I had to retrieve the hand-towel from the floor 33 times after the kids went in to wash their hands! So, short of tying a hand towel to their shirt (which I did threatened, and got a response of: "can you make mine a bunny shape, then I can use the ears to tie to my shirt!!"), I decided to make more (no not bunny shape, although that did spark my interest ;] )as the 1st one had been on the towel ring since I put it on! Woohoo!

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Hang on towel ring

Or hang on oven door handle

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Stitches Used/Abbreviation:

Cable CO: insert right needle in between 2 stitches, wrap yarn as if to knit, pull up a loop, and put the loop on left needle. Video instruction here. Since there's already stitches on left needle, skip the slip knot and first 2 sts, observe when she CO the 3rd st. This is what is needed for the pattern below.

St St : RS - knit, WS - purl (this will count as 1 st st row)

Garter st: knit on both RS and WS. (this will count as 1 garter st row)

byf: bring yarn forward to front of needle
byb: bring yarn to back of needle

psso: pass slip stitch over

k2tog: knit 2 together

pm - place marker
sm - slip marker

Border: (k, p) 3x, k1

Notes:

When you see "garter st for 2 rows" in pattern instructions, you would knit on both RS & WS, and this 2 row would count as ONE garter st row.

When you see byf, bring the yarn forward, keep the yarn in front of needle, then knit the following stitch.

Needles: 5.0 mm /US 8

Yarn: Bernat Handicrafter in Country Pink & Dark Brown

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Ruffles:

CO 84 in Country Pink

St st for 4 rows (or till your st st measure 1", ending on the WS)

(RS) k2tog to the end (42 sts)

Garter st for 2 rows

P the next row

Pattern Stitch:

Attach new yarn

1) Border, pm, k1, [sl 1, k1, psso, k9, k2tog]; repeat [ ] 1 more time, k1, pm, Border.

2) & 4) Border, sm, p to marker, sm, Border

3) Border, sm, k1, [sl 1, k1, psso, k7, k2tog]; repeat [ ] 1 more time, k1, sm, Border.

5) Border, sm, k1, [sl 1, k1, psso, byf, (k1, byf)5x, k2tog]; repeat [ ] 1 more time, k1, sm, Border.

6) Border, sm, k to marker, sm, Border

Repeat Pattern Stitch 9 times, ending with row 6)

Note:  If you don't want the slit, skip the following section, and proceed straight to the After Slit section.

Border, St st for 4 rows, Border.

Slit Opening:

(RS) Border, k5, byf, sl next st purlwise, byb, *sl next st, psso; repeat from * till there's 4 sts left before marker.

Sl the last bo st back on the right needle to the left needle. (you now have 5 sts before marker on left needle)

Turn work (WS), byb, CO 21 sts using cable CO

Turn work (RS), byb, sl the next st on left needle to right needle, pass 1 st of the CO (on right needle) over.

k1, k2tog, k1, Border. (42 sts)

(WS) k to end

St st for 2 rows.

Garter St for 1 row.

After Slit:

Continue working Pattern Stitch section for 9 times, ending with row 6).

Garter st for 1 row.

BO

Loop towel through the slit opening onto towel ring.

Then pull the top through slit.

With RS facing and ruffles on bottom, put towel through the towel ring.