Form Follows Function

I had some time to do a quick project in between finishing up an old project and starting my sweater project so, I thought it was time to whip out a hand towel for Hubby's bathroom (yes, we each have our own bathrooms - it's a luxury! 😊).  If you recall from my other hand towel projects ((1) & (2)), it was important to me that the hand towel actually absorbed water and dried our hands so, I splurged and purchased two (2) skeins of Plymouth Yarn Fantasy Naturale Multi in Blue Twist and using my Denise US8 needles, here's what I did:

1. Casted on 48 sts
2. Used the Seersucker Stitch pattern for 22.5 repeats.
3. Then bound off in pattern following Row 1 of the Seersucker Stitch.

Here's what my finished product looks like:

It came out to 30cm x 72.5 cm (11 13/16” x 28 13/16”).

The cotton was a dream to work with - so smooth and it didn't shed at all! This is what people meant when they talked about knitting with quality cotton yarn. Hopefully, my splurge on this expensive cotton yarn will yield a very absorbent hand towel (and hopefully, it won't take forever to dry in my dryer!). 😉