Nubbly Checkerboard Dishcloth #1

For this nubbly textured dishcloth I used 4 ply 100% white cotton yarn stitched on size 7 needles. I recommend that you knit this dishcloth snugly. One of the stitch patterns calls for a yarn over, knit 2 pass YO over the 2 knit stitches and off the needle. If you YO loosely you will get a yarn bar across the 2 stitches, and as the pattern develops it gives a pleasant look to the pattern. However, I wanted this dishcloth to have a distinctly nubby texture for scrubbing and wiping purposes, so I recommend the following: When you YO, K2, pass YO over 2 K sts and off the needle that you YO snugly so that the YO cinches up the 2 stitches and adds to the rough texture of the cloth. That said, here is variation #1.

Cast on 44 sts.
Rows 1 thru 8: K44, turn.
Row 9: K6, (YO snugly, K2, pass YO over 2 K sts & off needle, K2) 2 times, (P1, K1) 4 times, (YO snugly, K2, pass YO over 2 K sts & off needle, K2) 2 times, (P1, K1) 4 times, K6, turn.
Row 10: K6, (K1, P1) 4 times, P8, (K1, P1) 4 times, P8, K6, turn.
Row 11: K6, [(K2, YO snugly, K2, pass YO over 2 K sts and off needle) 2 times, (P1, K1) 4 times], repeat once, K6, turn.
Row 12: K6, (K1, P1) 4 times, P8, (K1, P1) 4 times, P8, K6, turn.
Rows 13 thru 16: Repeat Rows 9 thru 12, once.
Rows 17 & 18: Repeat Rows 9 & 10 once.
Row 19: K6, [(P1, K1) 4 times, (YO snugly, K2, pass YO over 2 K sts & off needle, K2) 2 times], repeat once, K6, turn.
Row 20: K6, P8, (K1, P1) 4 times, P8, (K1, P1) 4 times, K6.
Row 21: K6, [(P1, K1) 4 times, (K2, YO, snugly, K2, pass YO over 2 K sts and off needle) 4 times], repeat once, K6, turn.
Row 22: K6, P8, (K1, P1) 4 times, P8, (K1, P1) 4 times, K6.
Rows 23 thru 26: Repeat Rows 19 thru 22 once.
Rows 27 & 28: Repeat Rows 19 & 20, once.
Rows 29 thru 48: Repeat Rows 9 thru 28, once.
Rows 49 thru 58: Repeat Rows 9 thru 18 once.
Rows 59 thru 66: K44, turn.
Bind Off.