Knit Washcloths - Fish

I'm on a roll with the rainbow washcloths!  Continuing with the secondary colors, here is a design for a fish washcloth with orange trim.  Previous washcloths are a sun (yellow), moon (blue), heart (red), and bunny (green).

 Materials:
*Knitpicks Cotlin in Swan and Clementine
* size 4 (3.5mm) knitting needles 

*size E crochet hook

1.  With Swan, cast on 40 stitches.

2.  Work rows 1 - 7 in garter stitch (just knit stitch).

3.  Begin stockinette stitch.  For rows 8, 10, and 12, knit 4 stitches, purl for 32 stitches, and knit the last 4 stitches.  Work rows 9 and 11 in garter stitch.

4.  Beginning with row 13, you can work from the chart.  The chart shows the uneven rows through row 51.  For the even rows, work 4 knit stitches, purl for 32 stitches, and knit the last 4 stitches.

Rows 13 through 19 - knit all the way across
Row 21 - knit 16, purl 4, knit 9, purl 2, knit 9

Row 23 - knit 14, purl 8, knit 5, purl 3, knit 10
Row 25 – knit 13, purl 10, knit 2, purl 4, knit 11

Row 27 – knit 11, purl 17, knit 12

Row 29 - knit 10, purl 18, knit 12
Row 31 - knit 10, purl 17, knit 13
Row 33 - knit 11, purl 3, knit 1, purl 12, knit 13
Row 35 – knit 12, purl 16, knit 12

Row 37 – knit 13, purl 10, knit 2, purl 3, knit 12

Row 39 – knit 15, purl 6, knit 5, purl 3, knit 7

Row 41 – knit 19, purl 10, knit 11
Row 43 - knit 27, purl 3, knit 10
Row 45 through 51 - knit all the way across

5.  Rows 52, 54, 56 - knit 4 stitches, purl 32 stitches, knit 4 stitches.
Rows 53, 55 and rows 57 - 63, work in garter stitch.

6.  Cast off.

7.  Join orange yarn and single crochet evenly around the washcloth, putting 3 single crochets in each corner.  Join to first single crochet with a slip stitch.  Chain 1 and add a second row of single crochet, again putting 3 stitches in each corner.  Finish off.

I won't be posting for the rest of this week as I work on getting ready for my Master's defense.  I'll be back next Monday with the next washcloth! 

Happy Creating!  Deborah