These soap sacks have more decoration in the body and less at the top
than the Three Sisters patterns.  They are knitted in the round from
the top down, with the bottom closed by grafting.  They end up looking
"seamless", but of course the graft is really a seam.  :-)

Materials:
  Worsted weight dishcloth cotton, about 30 yd per sack
  One 40" US 7 (4.5 mm) circular needle for magic loop (or 2 circs, or dpns)
  Crochet hook, US 7 (4.5 mm)


Diagonal Rib Soap Sack
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Measure out a tail of about 24", and cast on 32 st using the Estonian
  cast-on (http://newstitchaday.com/how-to-knit-the-Estonian-cast-on).
Divide in half for magic loop and join in the round.
Work 4 rounds of 2x2 diagonal rib stitch, as per the chart below.
In the 5th round only, replace (p, p) with (yo, p2tog) to make eyelets.
Continue the diagonal rib for a total of 33 rounds.
Cut the working yarn, leaving a tail of at least 30".
Use the tail to graft the bottom closed in pattern (second chart).
Make an 18" crochet chain for the drawstring (ch 64), and thread it
  through the eyelets in round 5.

Chart for the front (the back half of each round is identical):

 33:  **--**--**--**--
     [repeat 3 more times, with ** instead of eyelets]
  8:  *--**--**--**--*
  7:  *--**--**--**--*
  6:  --**--**--**--**
  5:  --%O--%O--%O--%O            Symbol key:
  4:  -**--**--**--**-              -  knit
  3:  -**--**--**--**-              *  purl
  2:  **--**--**--**--              O  yarn-over
  1:  **--**--**--**--  <<<         %  p2tog    

Chart for the diagonal rib graft:

        -   -   *   *   -   -   *   *   -   -   *   *   -   -   *   *      :34 
 <--  |p k|p k|k p|k p|p k|p k|k p|k p|p k|p k|k p|k p|p k|p k|k p|k p|#       
       / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /       
       #|p k|p k|k p|k p|p k|p k|k p|k p|p k|p k|k p|k p|p k|p k|k p|k p|  <<< 
 34:      *   *   -   -   *   *   -   -   *   *   -   -   *   *   -   -        


Quatrefoil Eyelet Soap Sack
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Measure out a tail of about 24", and cast on 32 st using the Estonian
  cast-on (http://newstitchaday.com/how-to-knit-the-Estonian-cast-on).
Divide in half for magic loop and join in the round.
Work 35 rounds of stockinette, with eyelets positioned as per the chart.
Cut the working yarn, leaving a tail of at least 30".
Use the tail to graft the bottom closed with Kitchener stitch.
Make an 18" crochet chain for the drawstring (ch 64), and thread it
  through the eyelets in round 5.

Chart for the front (the back half of each round is identical):

 35:  ----------------
 34:  ----------------
 33:  ----------------
 32:  ----------------
 31:  -\O------\O-----
 30:  -==------==-----
 29:  \O\O----\O\O----
 28:  ====----====----
 27:  -\O------\O-----
 26:  -==------==-----
 25:  ----------------
 24:  ----------------
 23:  -----\O------\O-
 22:  -----==------==-
 21:  ----\O\O----\O\O
 20:  ----====----====
 19:  -----\O------\O-
 18:  -----==------==-
 17:  ----------------
 16:  ----------------
 15:  -\O------\O-----
 14:  -==------==-----
 13:  \O\O----\O\O----
 12:  ====----====----
 11:  -\O------\O-----
 10:  -==------==-----
  9:  ----------------
  8:  ----------------
  7:  ----------------
  6:  ----------------
  5:  -\O--\O--\O--\O-            Symbol key:			  
  4:  -==--==--==--==-              -  knit				  
  3:  ----------------              =  twisted knit (see tips below)
  2:  ----------------              O  yarn-over			  
  1:  ----------------  <<<         \  ssk                    

Chart for the Kitchener graft:

        -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -          
 <--  |p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|p k|#   :36 
       / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ /       
 36:   #|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|k p|  <<< 
          -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -        

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Tips:

For the cast-on, I like to count the starting loop or slip knot as the first
  "type A" stitch, and proceed directly to a "B".  This way the pairs match
  the ribbing better, and also the tail and join gap seem more solid.  The
  first stitch looks odd when casting on, but it's fine after being knit.
The piece looks impossibly narrow at first, but don't worry -- it will widen.
Leave a very generous tail for grafting, especially if you like to sew it
  loosely and tighten it later.
Before sewing the graft, run a lifeline through the loops on each needle, and
  put a removable stitch marker on the tail; this will help you to identify
  the loops when adjusting the tension afterward.
Some dishcloth cotton has a rather loose twist, and the ssk will untwist it
  further and look bad.  You can combat this by manually overtwisting the
  yarn for those sts in the previous row, and optionally also wrapping the
  yarn in the opposite direction when knitting those previous-row sts so they
  are created with a reverse mount (right leg in back).  In that case the ssk
  becomes just k2togtbl.
Grafting charts are explained at <www.bx.psu.edu/~cathy/knitting/graftcalc>.

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Designed by Cathy Riemer, Sep 2015.  Free to use, distribute, and modify.