Beginners Festive Dishcloth – a easy pattern for beginners with no abbreviations

Today’s pattern is the Beginners Festive Dishcloth. Today is June 1 and before we know it the holiday season will be here. So I’m starting early on some “Festive” crocheted items.

The Beginners Festive Dishcloth was crocheted with Sugar ‘n Cream cotton yarn in the Holiday Stripes color – a variegated white, red and green yarn. This yarn is great for creating the stripes in this dishcloth. Of course, you can make the dishcloth in any solid or other variegated yarn.

The stitch for the Beginners Festive Dishcloth is the Even Moss Stitch. This is an easy stitch to crochet and is great for beginners to learn a new crochet stitch.

Beginners Festive Dishcloth

Materials:

   1 skein (2 oz) Sugar ’n Cream cotton yarn  (Holiday Stripes)

   I–9  (5.5mm) hook

Size:   approximately 7 ½” square

Stitches used:  (US terms)

   chain

   single crochet

   half double crochet

   slip stitch

Gauge:  2 *hdc, sl st* per inch

Notes:

1. Stitch pattern is the Even Moss Stitch
2. Each row will begin with a single crochet and end with a half double crochet
3. Each row will begin with a single crochet in the 1^st stitch = the same stitch as the ch 1
4. If you would like a larger dishcloth, increase chain by 4 stitches for each inch
5. Be sure to count your stitches at the end of each row

Beginners Festive Dishcloth

Chain 25

Row 1:  Single crochet in 2nd chain from hook and single crochet in each chain across. Chain 1, turn  (24)

Row 2: Single crochet in 1st stitch, half double crochet in next stitch, slip stitch in next stitch.   Repeat (half double crochet in next stitch, slip stitch in next) to last stitch.  Half double crochet in last stitch.  Chain 1 turn  (24)

Repeat row 2 till piece is square (approximately 25 total rows and 7 ½ inches)

Last row:  single crochet in each stitch (24)

Finish off and weave in ends.

Enjoy crocheting and cleaning with this Beginners Festive Dishcloth. A free PDF of the Beginners Festive Discloth can be found on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beginners-festive-dishcloth

Post pictures of your dishcloths and let me know if you have ideas for future “Festive” or beginner projects.

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