How to Crochet Your Own Dishcloth

Unleash your creativity and embark on a delightful crochet journey as you craft your very own charming dishcloth. With just a few simple tools and some colorful yarn, you can transform a mundane household item into a work of art. Crocheting allows you to add a personal touch to your kitchen by creating a dishcloth that is not only functional but also visually appealing.

Skill Level

Basic/Beginner

Size Information

• Length = 9.5 inches/25 cm
• Width = 9.5 inches/25 cm

Gauge – 20 sts / 26 rows in 10×10 cm/4×4 inches in single crochet.

The Supplies You Need

Yarn

• Yarn 1 x Ricorumi Spin Spin DK Cotton (50g/115m)
• This yarn is DK yarn/light worsted/8-Ply.

Hook Size

4 mm (US G-6) hook.

Notions

• Darning needle/yarn needle
• Scissors
• Tape measure

Crochet Abbreviations

• CH – Chain
• Cont – Continue
• DC – Double Crochet
• Patt – Pattern
• Rep – Repeat
• RS – Right Side
• SC – Single Crochet
• Sl-St – Slip Stitch
• St(s) – Stitch(es)
• WS – Wrong Side

Beginner Dishcloth Crochet Pattern

• Make a slipknot and CH 40, turn.
• Row 1: (RS) CH 1, 1 SC in the 2nd CH from the hook, *1 sc in each CH, rep from * to end, turn.
• Rep row 1 until the work measures 8 inches/20 cm.

Double Crochet Border

• Next, chain 3, and make a double crochet into the same stitch (should be the corner).
• Then, continue to make 1 double crochet in each stitch across the row.
• Once you have reached a corner, make 3 double crochets in the same stitch.
• Make a double crochet in each stitch on the next side of your project.
• Make sure you’re putting just one stitch per row when working on the sides of your crochet project.
• Now, continue to repeat this sequence all the way around your crochet project.
• Once you have finished your border, slip stitch to the first stitch (Make sure you have worked one more double crochet into the final corner – which is the first corner, making a slip stitch into that first ch 3).

The Scalloped/Shell Crochet Border

• Ch 1, work 1 SC into the next st, skip 1 st, work 5 DC’s into the next st, skip 1 st, work 1 SC into the next st, skip 1 st, work 5 DC’s into the next st.
• Rep the sequence of working 1 SC, skip 1 st, work 5 DC’s into the next st, skip 1 st, work 1 SC into the next st.
• Repeat until you return to where you started at the beginning of the shell border, Sl-St into the last st.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off securely.
• Weave in any loose ends.