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Today I have a nasty spring cold so I am staying home from work. I am curling up with my favorite thing in the world….my knitting.

Since I am all stuffed up and can’t really concentrate on any complicated patterns I am sticking to something very easy yet a luxury to use. I am making a new spa set for spring.

First is my hand towel. (see pattern below) I absolutely adore hand knits in the bathroom…and the kitchen for that matter. Hand knit cotton towels, face cloths, shower bags, etc. just perform so much better than any commercially made products on the market. They have a luxurious feel to them, make the soap lather more and the towels are super absorbent.

If you have never used any hand knit spa items before here is your chance! I am going to post my pattern for my hand towel today. Then I will post the patterns for the rest of the set as I knit them.

I have knit my hand towel in spring green solid and variegated green, yellow and white 100% cotton yarn. You can use any colour you wish or even just solid. I have used the solid green for the moss stitch bands across the bottom.

Materials:

You will need two 50g balls of MC and one 50g ball of solid to make a good sized hand towel.

Size 5mm knitting needles.

Spring Green Hand Towel Pattern

CO 61 sts.

Work 5 rows of moss stitch (k1, p1)

K1,p1,k1,p1,k1, K to last 5 sts, k1,p1,k1,p1,k1

K1,p1,k1,p1,k1, P to last 5 sts, k1,p1,k1,p1,k1

Repeat last 2 rows once more.

Work 5 rows moss stitch.

K1,p1,k1,p1,k1, K to last 5 sts, k1,p1,k1,p1,k1

K1,p1,k1,p1,k1, P to last 5 sts, k1,p1,k1,p1,k1

Repeat last 2 rows until your hand towel is 3″ from desired length.

Work 5 rows of moss stitch (k1, p1)

K1,p1,k1,p1,k1, K to last 5 sts, k1,p1,k1,p1,k1

K1,p1,k1,p1,k1, P to last 5 sts, k1,p1,k1,p1,k1

Repeat last 2 rows once more.

Work 5 rows moss stitch.

BO.

I hope you will enjoy knitting and using my knitted hand towels for your home spa experience. I will be posting my face cloth and shower bag patterns soon.

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