This week I have chosen another SUPER easy stitch pattern for you worked solely with single crochet stitches. This is the very basic dishcloth pattern. A small change in the order of the stitches worked gives you a lovely look – a bit of texture – and practice working crossed stitches. If you can do this one –  you will be able to do the half double and double crochet crossed stitches too!

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Let’s Learn a New Crochet Stitch Pattern: Kitchen Crochet Edition!

Here are links to our last 3 posts (just to make it super easy for you!)

1. The Simplest Crochet Dishcloth
2. Ribbed Half Double Crochet Dishcloth
3. Forked Half Double Crochet Dishcloth

If you want to try your hand at the double crochet crossed stitches try this tutorial:

Crossed Double Crochet Afghan Block (you can make this as a dishcloth too! – I recommend making it with cotton yarn or linen; rather than acrylic)

Supplies

• Yarn: Bernat Handicrafter Cotton (sample uses Hot Pink ). Medium Weight [4] Yarn.
• Hook 5.0 mm (H). 4 inch by 4 inch square uses 5 mm (H) Orange Osage Hook.
• Scissors, Yarn Needle, Stitch Marker (optional)

Difficulty Level

BEGINNER

Finished Size

6 inches by 6 inches
For the 4 inches by 4 inches, 9 inches by 9 inches and 12 inches by 12 inches please scroll to the end of the post!

Gauge

3.65 sts per inch
3.16 rows per inch

Abbreviations

US Terminology used

ch – chain
R – row/round
RS – right side (aka as the ‘pretty side’ of your work)
rem – remaining
rep – repeat
sc – single crochet
sk – skip
st/sts – stitch/stitches
* – Repeat the instructions between the asterisks the number of times indicated. This repeat will contain of multiple instructions.
() – Repeat the instructions between the parentheses the number of times indicated.
[] – at the end of the row – the total number of stitches

Helfpul Tutorials

Invisible Join

Stitch Pattern Multiple

Ch a multiple of 2 sts

Notes

• Optional edging instructions are included at the end of the post.

Very Basic Dishcloth Pattern Instructions

Size: 6 inches x 6 inches

(Sample Shown in images)

R1: Ch 22, 1 sc in the back bar (back bump) of the second ch from hook and in each rem ch across, ch 1, turn [21]

R2: (RS): 1 sc in first sc *sk next sc, 1 sc in next sc; working in front of the last sc made, work 1 sc in the skipped sc**. Rep from * to ** across, ch 1, turn [21]

R3-R18:  Rep R2

R19: 1 sc in each st across; finish off and weave in ends. [21]

3 Optional Sizes

Size: 9 inches by 9 inches

R1: Ch 34, 1 sc in the back bar (back bump) of the second ch from hook and in each rem ch across, ch 1, turn [33]

R2: (RS): 1 sc in first sc *sk next sc, 1 sc in next sc; working in front of the last sc made, work 1 sc in the skipped sc**. Rep from * to ** across, ch 1, turn [33]

R3-R18:  Rep R2

R19: 1 sc in each st across; finish off and weave in ends. [33]

 

Size: 12 inches by 12 inches

R1: Ch 44, 1 sc in the back bar (back bump) of the second ch from hook and in each rem ch across, ch 1, turn [43]

R2: (RS): 1 sc in first sc *sk next sc, 1 sc in next sc; working in front of the last sc made, work 1 sc in the skipped sc**. Rep from * to ** across, ch 1, turn [43]

R3-R18:  Rep R2

R19: 1 sc in each st across; finish off and weave in ends. [43]

 

Size: 4 inches by 4 inches

This size only uses a 5 mm (H) Orange Osage Hook

R1: Ch 16, 1 sc in the back bar (back bump) of the second ch from hook and in each rem ch across, ch 1, turn [15]

R2: (RS): 1 sc in first sc *sk next sc, 1 sc in next sc; working in front of the last sc made, work 1 sc in the skipped sc**. Rep from * to ** across, ch 1, turn [15]

R3-R10:  Rep R2

R11: 1 sc in each st across; finish off and weave in ends. [15]

OPTIONAL EDGING

Work 1 sc in each st and each row end and in each corner work: 1 sc, ch 1, 1 sc. Finish off with an invisible join and weave in ends.

 

See you next week! I have another stitch using single crochet for you to try!