This pattern is a variation on Barbara Walker’s Double Brioche stitch. The background stitches are purled instead of knitted, which makes an interesting texture. The wrong side is just as pretty as the right side! The resulting fabric, like all Brioche stitches, is deep and elastic.

I found this unnamed stitch pattern in Gisela Klopper’s Beautiful Knitting Patterns. Other patterns available on Ravelry with this stitch name it “Rick Rack Rib”, so I will stick with that. This stitch pattern makes a deep, lacey, and firm ribbed fabric.

This is a variation of the well-known Garterlac dishcloth by Criminy Jickets. Although it is fussier to make, in my opinion, it makes much better use of the short color changes in the yarn.

This charming pattern is a variation of Brioche stitch, with a twist row. It is a variant of Barbara Walker’s “Twist Brioche” stitch. Like most Brioche patterns, this stitch pattern makes a deep, lofty, and stretchy fabric that is the same on both sides. It would be ideal for scarves or cowls.

This is a variation of Amy Carpenter’s Round Dishcloth. I tightened up the gauge to make it more durable, and reduced the number of stitches to 18 to make it smaller. I also added a slip stitch edge and some extra yarn overs for decoration.

This dishcloth/washcloth is based on Barbara Walker’s Double Brioche stitch (Honeycomb Brioche stitch in Nancy Marchant’s book Knitting Brioche). Whatever you call it, this stitch is one of my favorites. It is a little tricky to learn, but once the pattern becomes familiar you can fall into a great rhythm. Before attempting this pattern I would...

This dishcloth/washcloth is based on Barbara Walker’s Double Brioche stitch (Honeycomb Brioche stitch in Nancy Marchant’s book Knitting Brioche). Whatever you call it, this stitch is one of my favorites. It is a little tricky to learn, but once the pattern becomes familiar you can fall into a great rhythm. Before attempting this pattern I would...

This lovely lace pattern is one of the easiest to memorize, as it is only one pattern row offset by one stitch. It is right out of Barbara Walker, I have simply added garter stitch borders.

The magic about this pattern is that the stripes are vertical on one side, and horizontal on the other! This slip stitch pattern may seem a bit fussy at first, but it is easily memorized after a few rows.

This pattern will be most striking if you choose a yarn that has one color visually pops out. The idea is to make the bobble whenever the color is ready to be worked, wherever it turns up! It’s kind of fun to see where they come out!

Like the Colorwave dishcloth, this dishcloth/washcloth is based on Barbara Walker’s Double Brioche stitch, one of my favorites. It is a little tricky to learn, but once the pattern becomes familiar you can fall into a great rhythm.

This colorful dish/wash cloth is quick, fun, and addictive to knit up. It can be adapted to sport or worsted weight cotton. I have even made several with two strands of lace weight cotton (8/2 thickness) held together.