Knitted Ghost Dish Towel

Time for the fourth square in my Halloween series. This one was a tough one to figure out, and I’m not sure I like how it turned out. There are so many ways to make a ghost, and I wasn’t sure which one to go with. It turned out rather menacing looking instead of the fun/non-scary type of ghost I wanted.

Like the other squares in my Halloween series, I used Sugar’n Cream cotton yarn. I’m hoping to connect the squares into one long Halloween table runner, and I wanted to use yarn that was washable.

Size US 7 knitting needles

1 skein Sugar’n Cream yarn in white

Begin by casting on 40 stitches

Rows 1-4: knit across row

Row 5: k18, p3, k19

Row 6 and all even rows of pattern: k across row

Row 7: k9, p2, k6, p5, k6, p2, k10

Row 9: k8, p4, k4, p7, k4, p4, k9

Row 11: k7, p6, k2, p3, k1, p1, k1, p3, k2, p6, k8

Row 13: k7, p11, k1, p1, k1, p11, k8

Row 15: k7, p25, k8

Row 17: k7, p1, k5, p13, k5, p1, k8

Row 19: k14, p5, k1, p5, k15

Row 21: k15, p4, k1, p4, k16

Row 23: k16, p3, k1, p4, k16

Row 25: k16, p8, k16

Row 27: k16, p8, k16

Row 29: k16, p8, k16

Row 31: k16, p8, k16

Row 33: k16, p8, k16

Row 35: k15, p9, k16

Row 37: K14, p10, k16

Row 39: k13, p10, k17

Row 41: k12, p9, k19

Row 43: k9, p10, k21

Rows 44-48: k across row.

bind-off and weave ends into piece.

Like the other squares I knitted, I sprayed the finished piece with a little water and then stretched it out on a blocking board so that it was the same size as the other squares.

I’m hoping to post the final square soon, and then I have to get to work attaching all the squares together. This project is taking a lot longer than I was anticipating, but I’m looking forward to the outcome. So far, I like how all the completed squares look together. I can’t wait to add the final square!