Crocheted Dishcloths: Check!

I have heard ladies say they keep pinning things onto their Pinterest boards but are not doing anything with them. They enjoy the pinning process. I can truly relate to that because I can get lost in Pinterest very easily for hours on end. But at this time I am on a mission to make some of the things I have pinned on my crafts board. It all started over my two week holiday break. Have you noticed I am posting more crafts on my blog lately? 

I had a friend who crocheted dishcloths by the dozen and gave them away as gifts. I always wondered if they worked very well in the kitchen. I had this skein of yarn placed in front of where I sit in the great room as a reminder of what I wanted to do. (I also want to make a sock monkey and glittery Mod Podged Christmas ornaments).  

I hadn't crocheted in probably 20 years. I made baby afghans in the past when my kids were little but for some reason or other I stopped crocheting, knitting and sewing. I had to go out and purchase new crochet hooks because I must have gotten rid of the ones I had a long time ago. Darn it, I also had all the knitting needle sizes and must have given them to Goodwill too - some lucky person was very happy, I am sure! 

Anyway, I had no idea there were tons of dishcloth patterns on the web! What a wonderful surprise! I made a Pinterest board just for dishcloths. I tried a couple patterns and then decided I liked this simple one here. You don't have to crochet a border around it.

It came out to a 9 inch square and as you can see here a little smaller than the dishcloths I already have. So I think I may make them a little larger in the future.

I can't stop looking at the beautiful stitches - and to think they came from a skein of yarn. To you seasoned crocheters out there, please bear with me as I am still getting back into this and am still at the honeymoon stage.

So I was eager to test them in my kitchen. I was amazed with the first time I cleaned the kitchen counter. The thick cotton does a great job. I even washed them in the laundry, just as I do with my other dishcloths and they came out great.

crocheting is very Calming, don't you agree?

I was talking about them to my colleagues at work and they all said they have some and would use nothing but homemade dishcloths! Where have I been?

The only thing I would warn people about is washing the colored yarns separately at first because they do bleed for awhile in the wash. Fortunately my colleague forewarned me before I washed my red ones. I'm not sure I will make more red ones. I'm pretty happy with these natural colored ones for now.

Sometimes when I link to another post for directions I worry the post will disappear and I will lose the directions. Due to that I have included the directions here because I really like this pattern.

Supplies:

Worsted weight cotton yarn
Size H crochet hook

Chain 29 (or any odd number of chains to achieve the desired width for your dishcloth - I use 35 usually).

Row 1: Sc in second chain from hook and in each chain across. Chain 1, turn. (28 sc)

Row 2: Sc in back loop of 1st sc. Sc in front loop of next sc. *Sc in back loop of next sc, sc in front loop of next sc. Repeat from * across row. Chain 1, turn. 

Repeat row 2 for pattern. Continue crocheting the pattern until you reach the length that you want your dishcloth to be. 

When the dishcloth is as long as you want it: Crochet the last row in sc, through both loops of previous row of sc. 

Finish off and hide ends. 

How about you? Have you tried crocheting dishcloths yet? 

What is your favorite pattern?

dishcloths - check

sock monkey - just ordered the socks online

glittery Christmas balls - bought a styrofoam ball and a bottle of Mod Podge 

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