When I was a kid, my mother would bake pies and cut steam vents in the top crust that, to me, looked like chicken feet. I asked her why they couldn't be happy faces instead. So from then on, whenever my mother baked a pie, she would make a happy face, using Xs for the eyes, an upside-down V for the nose, and a semi-circular slit for a smile. To this day, when I make pies (as rare as that is) that's how I make my steam-vents – and it always makes me smile. So when I was making dishcloths for my mom, I decided that she needed one that would make her smile. So I pulled out some graph paper, and came up with this:
I made Mom a burgundy one, but since I didn't get a good picture, I made myself one in green just so I could get a picture to show 
. How's that for dedicated blogging! And in case you want one of your very own (and you're not my mother – because if you are, you already have one), I wrote up the pattern. If you prefer to work from a chart (like I do), you can find it here.
SMILEY FACE DISHCLOTH
Materials: 100% Cotton, worsted weight and appropriate needles
Cast on 33 stitches
Rows 1 to 6: k1, p1 across row, end with k1
7: (k1, p1) 5 times, k13, (p1, k1) 5 times
8: (k1, p1) 4 times, k1, p15, k1, (p1, k1) 4 times
9: (k1, p1) 4 times, k17, (p1, k1) 4 times
10: (k1, p1) 3 times, k1, p19, k1, (p1, k1) 3 times
11: (k1, p1) 3 times, k21, (p1, k1) 3 times
12: (k1, p1) twice, k1, p23, k1, (p1, k1) twice
13: (k1, p1) twice, k10, (p1, k1) twice, p1, k10, (p1, k1) twice
14: k1, p1, k1, p9, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p9, k1, p1, k1
15: (k1, p1) twice, k7, p1, k1, p1, k5, p1, k1, p1, k7, (p1, k1) twice
16: k1, p1, k1, (p7, k1, p1, k1) 3 times
17: (k1, p1) twice, k5, p1, k1, p1, k9, p1, k1, p1, k5, (p1, k1) twice
18: k1, p1, k1, p5, k1, p1, k1, p11, k1, p1, k1, p5, k1, p1, k1
19: (k1, p1) twice, k3, p1, k1, p1, k13, p1, k1, p1, k3, (p1, k1) twice
20: k1, p1, k1, p27, k1, p1, k1
21: repeat row 19
22, 24, 26: repeat row 20
23, 25, 27: (k1, p1) twice, k25, (p1, k1) twice
28: k1, p1, k1, p10, (k1, p1) 3 times, k1, p10, k1, p1, k1
29: (k1, p1) twice, k12, p1, k12, (p1, k1) twice
30: k1, p1, k1, p11, k1, p3, k1, p11, k1, p1, k1
31: (k1, p1) twice, k11, p1, k1, p1, k11, (k1, p1) twice
32: k1, p1, k1, p13, k1, p13, k1, p1, k1
33, 35, 37, 39: repeat row 23
34, 36, 38: repeat row 20
40: k1, p1, k1, p5, k1, p3, k1, p7, k1, p3, k1, p5, k1, p1, k1
41: (k1, p1) twice, k5, p1, k1, p1, k9, p1, k1, p1, k5, (p1, k1) twice
42: k1, p1, k1, p7, k1, p11, k1, p7, k1, p1, k1
43: repeat row 41
44: (k1, p1) twice, (k1, p3) twice, k1, p7, k1, (p3, k1) twice, (p1, k1) twice
45: repeat row 11
46: repeat row 10
47: repeat row 9
48: repeat row 8
49: repeat row 7
50 to 55: repeat row 1 to 6
Cast off. Weave in ends.
Smile.
10 Comments
What a fun dishcloth pattern
Thanks for sharing!
What a great idea! Definitely one of the best dishcloths I’ve seen!
That is too cute! And indeed most gracious of you blog-wise.
Hey Leanne – I obviously haven’t visited in a while. I am so very sorry to read about your sister and am sending you a great big hug.
Great dishclothes! I love the M-D Ballband cloth too…and your smilie face is adorable.
I LOVE that you turned a happy memory into something you can see every day to make you smile! Nice job!
WOW, that is awesome. I’m going to make some for my girls. For smiles.
Thank you for the pattern and also for putting it written form as well as the graph. I cannot read graphs(not won’t, can’t) and it’s really hard to find written ones soemtimes.
thanks for sharing that wonderful pie story! ( and pattern)
I just found this pattern today while searching. I think its so cute and cant wait to knit one
Thanks for sharing
love your pattern! Would you be willing to explain to me how to write up a pattern (when to do a knit versus a purl)? I have loads of ideas for patterns I would like to write and I don’t believe in charging for it. I would post them all on my blog free of charge. I just don’t know how to do it…I would appreciate your input and knowledge on this.