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Happy Hour Knits Knit a collection of handy bar cloths and embroider them with your choice of words or phrases. From "Knitty Gritty" episode DKNG-801

Los Angeles–based knitwear designer Star Athena shares her pattern for a set of knit bar cloths. Each is knit with a different color yarn and uses a different stitch pattern, but they all share a garter stitch border and a stockinette panel freehand-embroidered with a cocktail-themed word. As an alternate, the more time-consuming duplicate stitch can be used to add the words. These cloths, which can be personalized to fit the theme of your choice, make great gifts.

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Knit and embroidered bar cloths make great gifts — but be sure to make a set for yourself.

Star Athena shows how to cast on and knit the border and the panel; then she demos the 6-row stitch pattern called the quilted lattice.

Materials:

Lily Sugar 'n Cream, 1 ball of each: Sage Green, Wine, Grape, Warm Teal, Yellow
embroidery needle
embroidery word charts: use those provided or create your own by using a computer or making them by hand with knitter's graph paper
needles in US size 7/4.5mm

Gauge: 20 sts/26 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch.

Note: Gauge is not crucial for this project.

Quilted Lattice

Note: The quilted lattice is knit in the grape yarn (figure A) (figure B) (figure C).

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

CO 33 sts and knit 4 rows.

Work stockinette panel:
Row 1(ws): k3, p27, k3.
Row 2: k.
Rep rows 1 and 2 twice more.
Row 7: rep row 1.
Row 8: rep row 1.

Start lattice pattern:
Row 1(ws): k3, p27, k3.
Row 2: k5, *wyf sl5, k1. rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 3: k3, p27, k3.
Row 4: k7,* insert needle under strand from row 2 and k next st, bringing st under strand and out toward you, k5. rep from * to last 8 sts, insert needle under strand from row 2 and k next st bringing st under strand and out toward you, k7.
Row 5: k3, p27, k3.
Row 6: k4, wyf sl3, *k1, wyf sl5. rep from * to last 8 sts. k1, wyf sl3, k4.
Row 7: k3, p27, k3.
Row 8: k4, *insert r needle under strand from row 6 and k next st, bringing st under strand and out toward you, k5. rep from * to last 5 sts, insert needle under strand from row 6 and k next st bringing st under strand and out toward you, k4.

Repeat these 8 rows until cloth measures 10". K 3 rows and bo. Weave in ends.

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