Easy Textured Knitted Tea Towel – Free Knitting Pattern
There’s something incredibly satisfying about knitting practical, beautiful items for your home. This Textured Easy Knitted Tea Towel Pattern is a quick and meditative project that adds charm to your kitchen while being wonderfully absorbent.
Imagine the main color of your kitchen repeated in the hanging towel on your oven door! Add rows of a contrasting color for an extra splash of tea towel looks. There is always a reason to be creative. Let this thoughtful gift be the first of many!
Easy Knitted Tea Towel Pattern
This pattern is designed to be beginner-friendly, featuring simple 2 repeat rows in mostly garter stitch, that create a lovely texture. Whether you’re looking for a thoughtful handmade gift or a useful addition to your home, this kitchen towel is a delight to knit!
Why You’ll Love Knitted Dish Towels
- Beginner-friendly – Only basic stitches are required.
- Relaxing, rhythmic knit – A perfect TV or travel project.
- Practical & pretty – It adds handmade warmth to your kitchen.
- Great stash-buster – Use up your leftover yarn!
Materials Needed
- Yarn: DK (double knit) soft cotton worsted weight yarn.
- Needle Size: 4 mm knitting needles (6US, 8UK) used for DK cotton yarn.
- Tapestry Needle: weaving in ends.
- Scissors
- 4mm / G/6 crochet hook (US) or size 8 hook in the UK
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knitting techniques used:
- Casting on stitches
- How to knit stitch
- Purl stitch
- Slip stitch
- Casting off stitches
Size / dimensions (approximate):
11″ wide (28cm) x 17″ (43cm) long
It is not necessary to crochet a gauge swatch. If the tea towels are not the right size and turn out too big for the kitchen, use them as hand towels. If it is too small, then you have the softest wash cloths.
Abbreviations
k – knit
Ktbl – knit through back loop
p – purl
RS – right side
st – stitch
sts – stitches
WS – wrong side
Quick KNit – Written Instructions to knit Dish Cloths
US terms were used.
Although the pattern is reversible, the stitch pattern is on what we know as the wrong side.
Using DK yarn with matching needles and cast on 60 stitches.
Row 1 (WS): K3, P1 to last stitch, Ktbl (knit through back loop).
(It is not necessary if you are going to crochet an edge around the finished tea towel)
Row 2 (RS): Knit
Rows 1 and 2 form the stitch pattern.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 for the entire length of the towel. To reach my measurements, I knitted 128 rows.
Cast off in the pattern, meaning in row 2, don’t bind off yet.
Using a crochet hook and single crochet sts create an edge around 2 sides of the dish toweland the cast-on edge. Sc in each stitch and 2 single crochet in the corners. When you reach the top right of your crochet project, chain 15 + 1 and slip stitch into the first st to form a hanging loop. Turn and single crochet in each st around. A slipped stitch edge would look equally neat around the edges.
You can always use a technique of your choice to finish the edges of your great gift!
Bind off, weave in the ends, and block gently for the best finish.
Finishing Touches & Tips
- Use a neutral or bold color to match your kitchen decor.
- Make a matching set by knitting coordinating dishcloths.
- These tea towels make thoughtful housewarming gifts!
- To create eye-catching finished items, your choice of color and choice of pattern is very important.
- For neat edges, always slip your first stitch (knit-wise).
If you love knitting practical pieces, be sure to check out my other free knitting patterns on EasyOnTheTongue.com!
More knit stitches to use for dish towels
In Conclusion
Now’s the perfect time to add your personal touch to your home decor style, and what better way to start than with your tea towels?
This Easy Textured Knitted Tea Towel is modern and stylish, and I’m absolutely chuffed with how it turned out! It’s the kind of project that’s not only practical but also looks great hanging in your kitchen. Plus, it makes a wonderful gift or could be a hot seller at craft fairs.
The free knitting pattern is available right here on the blog. If you love this project, please share it on your social media accounts – it helps spread the word about what I’m doing here and lets others enjoy this pattern too!
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