Vertical Chevron Facecloth

Since someone else today mentioned wanting a facecloth pattern to knit for a man, I thought I would post this one. I designed it myself (sort of; I took a pattern stitch from Barbara Abbey's _The Complete Book of Knitting_ and designed a facecloth around it). Feel free to pass it on, preferably with attribution. :-

The pattern stitch is called Vertical Chevron, so I guess this is the Vertical Chevron Facecloth. It's a nice, zig-zaggy pattern that shows up well with cotton yarn. I'm knitting it in a dark green that doesn't show the pattern as well as a lighter color would, IMHO. 

Anyway, here's the pattern.

CO 52 sts
Work at least four rows in seed stitch (k1, p1 both sides). Maintain a 4-stitch border in seed stitch on both sides (this prevents the cloth from curling at the edges).

Patt row 1: K4, *P3 K3* P4 (repeat between stars until the final four stitches)
Row 2: Purl. (Purl all even -- wrong side -- rows.)
Row 3: K1, P1, *K3 P3* K3, P2, K1
Row 5: K1, P2, *K3 P3* K3, P1, K1
Row 7: K1, *P3 K3* K4
Row 9: Repeat row 5
Row 11: Repeat row 3
Row 12: Purl

Repeat these 12 rows until cloth is almost the desired length; then do another four rows of seed stitch (or however many rows you did at the bottom) and bind off.

If anyone has any trouble with these instructions, please let me know. This is the first thing I've ever designed. :-)

Julie
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