This could be made as a dishcloth or as a washcloth. Instructions for the edging are included. If you want the intended use to be as a face cloth, choose a soft cotton yarn when you are picking out the materials you will use to crochet the cloth. A coarser cotton fiber yarn can be used for a dishcloth.
Abbreviations: ch = chain, chs = chains, ea = each, dc = double crochet, sc = single crochet, sl st = slip stitch, sp = space
Materials: about 1 oz. any cotton worsted weight yarn for Main Color and
about 1/4 oz. Color B for edging. US size H crochet hook
In the example, I used Elmore Pisgah Yarn Peaches and Creme brand cotton, color Ecru for Main Color and color Orange Sherbet for Color B (edging).
Pattern Notes:
You will turn at the end of each row, unless noted otherwise. This copyrighted pattern is written in US American English crochet pattern terms.
Help Photos: Stitch Combinations Explained for this pattern (photo shows close look at stitches in a row of this pattern, with explanations given on that page).
Photo Showing Outside Round Started (also shows the cloth rows completed, before the edging is added). This photo can help you see more clearly what the design of this cloth looks like.
Size: Without edging: 7 3/4 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches tall. With edging added: 9 3/4 inches wide, at widest point x 10 inches tall, at widest point.
Gauge is not important for this project.
Starting Chain: ch 26.
Row 1: Working in one loop only of ea ch, sc in second ch from hook, sc in ea ch across.
(making 25 sc altogether. Remaining loops will be used in outside round.)
Row 2: ch 3 (counts as first dc), being sure to skip the sc that is at the base of the
ch-3 just made, dc in ea of next 2 sc, * ch 1, skip next sc, dc in ea of next 2 sc, skip next sc,
2 dc in ea of next 2 sc, skip next sc, dc in ea of next 2 sc **,
repeat the directions between * and ** once, then
ch 1, skip next sc, sc in ea of last 3 sc.
Row 3: ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in ea of next 2 dc, * ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp,
dc in ea of next 2 dc, skip next dc, 2 dc in ea of next 2 dc, skip next dc, dc in ea of next 2 dc **,
repeat the directions between * and ** once, then ch 1, skip next ch-1 sp,
dc in ea of next 2 dc, dc in the 3rd ch of the ch-3 at the end of the row.
Rows 4 - 14: Repeat row 3.
Row 15: ch 1 (to turn), sc in the first dc, sc in ea of next 2 dc, sc in ch-1 sp,
sc in ea of next 8 dc, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in ea of next 8 dc, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in ea of next 2 dc,
sc in the 3rd ch of the ch-3 at the end of the row. Do not turn at the end of this row.
Outside Round: ch 1, then working down the side of the piece, sc in the end of the
sc row, 2 sc around the post of the dc on the edge of ea row until you come to the sc row at the
end of this side, sc in the end of that sc row, then ch 2 for corner, sc in the remaining loop of
ea starting chain along the bottom edge, then ch 2 for corner, sc in the end of the
sc row, 2 sc around the post of the dc on the edge of ea row until you come to the sc row at the
end of this side, sc in the end of that sc row, then ch 2 for corner, sc in ea sc across the top,
then ch 2 for corner, slip stitch in the first sc of this round.
End off, leaving a strand for weaving in. Weave in the ends, to secure.
Edging: Attach color B in the ch-2 corner space on the left-hand side of the top edge.
ch 3 (counts as first dc), (dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in same ch-2 corner space, * ch 1, skip next sc,
sc in ea of next 2 sc, ch 1, skip next sc, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) all in next sc **, repeat the directions between
* and ** 4 times, then ch 1, skip next sc, sc in ea of next 2 sc, ch 1, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) all
in next ch-2 corner sp, repeat the directions between * and ** 4 times, then ch 1, skip next sc,
sc in ea of next 2 sc, ch 1, skip next sc, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) all in next ch-2 corner sp,
repeat the directions between * and ** 5 times, then ch 1, skip next sc,
sc in ea of next 2 sc, ch 1, (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) all in next ch-2 corner sp,
repeat the directions between * and ** 4 times, then ch 1, skip next sc,
sc in ea of next 2 sc, ch 1, skip next sc, slip stitch in the top of the ch-3 that started this
edging round.
End off, leaving a strand for weaving in. Weave in the ends, to secure.
