Knitted Skull & Crossbones Towel

It’s time for square two in my series of knitted pieces for Halloween. The first piece I completed was a bat. I am hoping to link all the pieces together to create a fun and colorful table runner for Halloween. Fingers crossed that it comes together. The hardest part so far was coming up with five different images, then converting those images into knitting patterns.

I am using Sugar’n Cream cotton yarn for all five pieces. The pieces can be combined, or you could use them individually as kitchen towels. For the Skull & Crossbones, I’m using the color Hot Green. The skull & crossbones design is created with only knit and purl stitches, so it’s an easy project for a beginner.

Size US 7 knitting needles.

1 skein of Sugar’n Cream yarn in color Hot Green.

Cast on 40 stitches

Rows 1-4: Knit across row

Row 5: k9, p2, k19, p2, k8

Row 6 and all even stitches of pattern: knit across row.

Row 7: k9, p2, k6, p7, k6, p2, k8

Row 9: k7, p4, k6, p7, k6, p4, k6

Row 11: k7, p2, k1, p2, k4, p9, k4, p2, k1, p2, k6

Row 13: k11, p2, k2, p11, k2, p2, k10

Row 15: k12, p5, k2, p3, k2, p5, k11

Row 17: k14, p3, k2, p3, k2, p3, k13

Row 19: k14, p13, k13

Row 21: k15, p5, k1, p5, k14

Row 23: k15, p4, k3, p4, k14

Row 25: k16, p9, k15

Row 27: k16, p9, k15

Row 29: k17, p2, k3, p2, k16

Row 31: k15, p4, k3, p4, k14

Row 33: k14, p2, k1, p2, k3, p2, k1, p2, k13

Row 35: k13, p2, k2, p7, k2, p2, k12

Row 37: k9, p2, k1, p2, k4, p5, k4, p2, k1, p2, k8

Row 39: k9, p4, k15, p4, k8

Row 41: k11, p2, k15, p2, k10

Row 43: k11, p2, k15, p2, k10

Rows 44-48: knit across row.

Bind off.

Like the bat towel I knitted, the piece wasn’t a perfect square when I finished. I sprayed the piece down with water until it was damp and pinned it to a blocking board to get it to the size I wanted. Once it was dry, I removed it from the board.

The pattern took a little tweaking, but I like how it turned out. Here’s a hint for the next Halloween towel pattern I’m working on: it’s going to be creepy crawly. Stay tuned……