Don't They Shrink?

At work I attended a general meeting about retirement benefits (wishful thinking on my part) and took along some knitting. On our way out, a (female) co-worker asked what I was working on and I said a dishcloth. To which a (male) co-worker said, "A dishcloth?!? Don't they shrink?"



Well, no, do your towels shrink? He wasn't sure, but he did know that he had never heard of knitting dishcloths.

• Pattern from 2007 A Pattern A Day Calendar, June 25, "Lickety Split Cloths and Towels" FYI - The instructions for the items in this pattern are a little vague and general.
  
• Yarn: Lion Cotton "Sagebrush" - I stopped when I had used half the skein, which is why the dishcloth is a bit rectangular
  
• Needles: I use US5 for worsted weight cotton because the yarn is so inelastic; I cast on with US7, then switch to the US5 and knit loosely.