I do like knitting cotton dishcloths. Long ago, I discovered them at a craft sale and started making my own ever since. They seem more forgiving, probably due to their small size. I can almost manage to finish one without dropping a stitch and making a hole. I've tried a few patterns, mostly simple squares. I can knit as long as nothing happens, if I drop a stitch, I'm not able to figure out how to make it right and that means either unraveling it all or accepting the hole. Every dishcloth I knit seems to have one hole. I just can't seem to knit any kind of perfection. I guess like me they're flawed and therefore special! If anyone asks, I say I do it purposely, the hole represents a place to put my finger to hang on to the cloth.
I held a rug hooking workshop at the studio a few years back and Bette Young gave me this round dishcloth instruction. I screwed it up six million times and she fixed it for me....the patience of Job that woman! It was definitely challenging for me with all the counting and being distracted. I like the roundness of this design. I've posted the knitting instructions as a picture file if you wish to copy and paste it to print off.