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The First Squares Dishcloth (knit)
The dishcloth is the perfect first project: small, forgiving, and useful the day it comes off the needles. Garter stitch — knit every row — means there is nothing to count and nothing to memorise, and cotton yarn makes it a cloth you will actually reach for.
You will need
One skein of worsted-weight cotton yarn (about 100–120 yds), one pair of US 8 (5 mm) knitting needles, scissors, and a yarn needle for weaving in the ends. That is the whole list.
Make it
1. Cast on 38 stitches, leaving a tail of about 10 cm. (The long-tail cast-on tutorial walks you through it slowly.)
2. Knit every stitch of every row. This is garter stitch — the fabric will look bumpy on both sides, which is exactly right for a dishcloth.
3. Keep going until the piece measures about 19–20 cm (7½–8 in) from the cast-on edge — roughly square.
4. Bind off loosely, cut the yarn leaving a 10 cm tail, and weave both tails in with the yarn needle.
5. Done. Wash it, use it, and notice what your hands just learned: an even edge, steady tension, and a finished object in one evening.
The Quick-Cloud Phone Charm (crochet)
A small, cheerful cloud charm for your phone strap — the make we hand brand-new crocheters when they want something finished before the kettle boils. The PDF is free for the asking: send us a note from the contact page and we will email it over. No purchase, no strings — just a first finish.
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