From Crochet at About.com (formerly called The Mining Company)
Textured Towel Topper Pattern
Designed by Sandi Marshall

Materials:
1 oz. any color Worsted Weight Yarn
kitchen towel
Size G crochet hook
one medium button

Abbreviations:
fp = front post ... All front post stitches in this pattern are double crochet front post stitches
bp = back post ... All back post stitches in this pattern are double crochet back post stitches
How to do Front and Back Post Stitches - see http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa060797.htm
ch = chain
dec = decrease
hdc = half double crochet
Steps for making an hdc - see http://crochet.about.com/library/blhalfdouble.htm
tog = together
sc next two sc tog = single crochet next two single crochet together. This is a decrease. See my photo tutorial for this at http://crochet.about.com/library/bl_decrease.htm
st, sts = stitch, stitches
bp dec over next 2 st = back post decrease over next 2 stitches
To do this: working like a back post double crochet stitch; yarn over hook, draw up a loop around the post of the next stitch, yarn over hook, draw up a loop around the post of the following stitch, yarn over hook, draw through 4 loops on hook, yarn over hook, draw through two remaining loops.
fp dec over next 2 st = front post decrease over next 2 stitches
To do this: working like a front post double crochet stitch; yarn over hook, draw up a loop around the post of the next stitch, yarn over hook, draw up a loop around the post of the following stitch, yarn over hook, draw through 4 loops on hook, yarn over hook, draw through two remaining loops.

Directions
One Method of Preparing Towel: You could use a whole towel, with embroidery chain stitches made across the center, to use for attaching the crocheted topper. See that photo tutorial at http://crochet.about.com/od/kitchenpatterns/ss/toweljoin.htm ... if you use this method, you need to have 39 embroidery chain stitches in which to work row 1 of the towel topper.
Another Method: Cut towel in half. Fold cut edge over about 1/4 inch; fold this over once more about 1/4 inch. Sew close to folded edge by hand or with sewing machine.
Using a large-eye yarn needle or a crochet hook, poke 39 holes, evenly spaced, across towel; placing holes slightly more than 1/4 inch from top edge, so holes are just below the 1/4 inch fold.

Row 1: Attach yarn in first hole (or in first embroidery chain stitch); sc in ea hole (or embroidery chain) across (depending on which method you used to prepare the towel). (You need to have 39 sc in row 1.)

Row 2: ch 1, sc in first sc, sc next two sc tog, * sc in next sc, sc next two sc tog **, repeat the directions between * and ** across, until 3 sc remain, then sc in ea of last 3 sc. (27 sc)

Row 3: ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in ea sc across. (27 dc)

Row 4: (Right Side) ch 2, fp, 3 bp, 3 fp, 3 bp, 5 fp, 3 bp, 3 fp, 3 bp, fp, hdc in ch-3.

Row 5: (Wrong Side) ch 2, bp (around fp of previous row), 4 fp, bp, 5 fp, 3 bp, 5 fp, bp, 4 fp, bp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 6: ch 2, fp, 4 bp, fp, 2 bp, bp dec over 2 st, 2 bp, fp, 2 bp, bp dec over next 2 st, 2 bp, fp, 4 bp, fp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 7: ch 2, bp, 4 fp, bp, fp, fp dec over next 2 st, 2 fp, bp, 2 fp, fp dec over next 2 st, fp, bp, 4 fp, bp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 8: ch 2, fp, bp, bp dec over next 2 st, bp, fp, 3 bp, 3 fp, 3 bp, fp, bp, bp dec over next 2 st, bp, fp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 9: ch 2, bp, fp, fp dec over next 2 st, bp, 2 fp, 5 bp, 2 fp, bp, fp dec over next 2 st, fp, bp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 10: ch 2, fp, 2 bp, fp, bp dec over next 2 st, bp, 3 fp, bp, bp dec over next 2 st, fp, 2 bp, fp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 11: ch 2, bp, 2 fp, bp, fp dec over next 2 st, fp, bp, fp, fp dec over next 2 st, bp, 2 fp, bp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 12: ch 2, fp, 2 bp, fp, bp dec over next 2 st, fp, bp dec over next 2 st, fp, 2 bp, fp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 13: ch 2, bp, (bp dec over next 2 st) twice, bp, (bp dec over next 2 st) twice, bp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 14: ch 2, fp, bp, 3 fp, bp, fp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 15: ch 2, bp, fp, 3 bp, fp, bp, hdc in ch-2.

Rows 16 - 25: (Repeat rows 14 and 15 consecutively) 5 more times.

Row 26: Repeat row 14.

Row 27: ch 2, fp, bp, ch 2, skip next 3 sts (to form the buttonhole), bp, fp, hdc in ch-2.

Row 28: ch 1, sc in ea of first 3 sts, 2 sc in ch-3 space, sc in ea of next 2 sts, sc in top of ch-2 at end of row.

Row 29: ch 1, sc first 2 sc tog, ch 1, dc in ea of next 3 sts, ch 1, sc last 2 sc tog. End off.

Fold top part of towel topper over at about row 22 and sew on the button to correspond with the buttonhole.

This is a copyrighted pattern. Please note:
This Textured Towel Topper pattern is free for personal use only (not-for-profit, non-commercial use).
Per copyright law, this pattern may not be sold or distributed by any form of reproduced copy, even if it would be made available to others for free. Instead, you may give others the URL for this pattern, so that they may come to this site for themselves.
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copyright 1998 by Sandi Marshall, designed 1/10/1998 by Sandi Marshall. Pattern directions revised 2008 by Sandi Marshall. Pattern is licensed to About.com.

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