https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/dishcloth-with-stripes-cr • Posted by Mama Zoe
I wanted to try my hand at creating a pattern... and decided to try using various stitches and techniques in one project. It made a neat pattern that I really liked so I thought I'd share. Just so you know - my finished cloth is slightly rectangular... I ran outta yarn. BUT - I took about 4 stitches off the initial chain when I wrote the how-to... you should be fine. Enjoy! Abbreviations used; ch - chain sc - single crochet dc - double crochet st - stitch TBL - thru back loop TFL - thru front loop Any questions, let me know. Sorry I didn't get a pic of the finished thing. I'll try and get one later - right now it's in the sink. LOL
I wanted to try my hand at creating a pattern... and decided to try using various stitches and techniques in one project. It made a neat pattern that I really liked so I thought I'd share. Just so you know - my finished cloth is slightly rectangular... I ran outta yarn. BUT - I took about 4 stitches off the initial chain when I wrote the how-to... you should be fine. Enjoy! Abbreviations used; ch - chain sc - single crochet dc - double crochet st - stitch TBL - thru back loop TFL - thru front loop Any questions, let me know. Sorry I didn't get a pic of the finished thing. I'll try and get one later - right now it's in the sink. LOL
ch36 ROW 1: 1sc into second st from hook, then 1sc into each ch to end of row. ch1, TURN.
ROW 2: TBL - 1sc into each st to end of row. ch2, TURN. (at this point you should see the first stripe appear below this row)
ROW 3: Thru BOTH loops - skip first st - then dc into each st to end of row. ch1, TURN.
ROW 4: TFL - 1sc in each st to end of row. ch1, TURN.
ROW 5: TBL - 1sc in each st to end of row. ch2, TURN. (this should have created another line, except on the opposite side of the work)
ROWS 6,7,8; rep ROWS 3,4,5 respectively. Keep repeating until you have a square (or run out of yarn!). You should end up with alternating "lines" on each side of the cloth. Finish off and weave in ends. P.S. I found that doing a sl.st. into each st through your entire last row will finish the end off very neatly. Done! :)