Crochet Happy Dishcloth Version 2-FREE Pattern

Reworking the Crochet Happy Dishcloth

The pattern for the Crochet Happy Dishcloth came about because my Mother says her cotton dishcloths must be an open mesh pattern so they dry quickly. I enjoy crocheting dishcloths but I like making pretty things...and Mom's dishcloths are NOT pretty.

The Original Pattern was a generous size and worked in a V-Stitch to please both of us. It was/is a bit rounder in the middle than it is at the ends.

And the pattern has been wildly popular..It is one of the most highly viewed posts on my website and has been downloaded over 500 times on Ravelry.
I'm astonished really!


I started making a set of them last night and my Crochet OCD just wouldn't 'let me be'.  The result is a version that has an equal stitch count and is perfectly square. The resulting weave is much tighter..Mother would hate it.

Crochet Happy Dishcloth, Version 2

This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Material: Cotton Yarn of your choice.

Hook size ..again use size of your choice

• ch 31
• dc in 4th ch from the hook
• dc in each st across..turn, 
• chain 3, dc in next stitch, (skip st, 2 dc in next st) Repeat across row ending with 1 dc in each of the last 2 stitches..turn

What you are doing here is creating an outer border of 2 dc on each side moving up the piece, so be sure that each row begins and ends with 2 dc in the first/last 2 stitches

• chain 3, dc in next stitch..dc ch1 dc (v-stitch) place v-stitch in between each set of dc from row below all the way across to the last 2 st..dc in last 2 st..turn

Repeat these 2 rows until a total of 14 rows is reached. 

• Chain 3, dc in each st across
• Finish off and weave in ends..Total of 15 Rows

Please feel free to make and gift these cloths as you wish. You may not sell the pattern itself without written permission from me.

© Copyright Tracy Joyner 2014

                 

Crochet Happy Dishcloth-FREE Pattern

Say Goodbye to Ugly Dishcloths

Crochet Happy Dishcloth

My Mother absolutely loves cotton dishcloths..lucky for her, she has a daughter who can and will make her as many as she wants. That fact alone is where we both start and end in agreement about them, however. 

She is very particular about her cotton washcloths. She wants them made in a Double Crochet Mesh Pattern and nothing else is acceptable. She says they must be made in this mesh pattern because they dry faster and, if they aren't made like this, the cloth will "sour".

Now I love my crochet..but I hate making those dishcloths. Mom doesn't care what they look like, but I'm the one who has to make them..and they are UGLY. My mother doesn't believe in throwing anything away so these get pretty UGLY!

Last Spring, no longer able to compromise, I designed a cloth we both can agree on. The Crochet Happy Dishcloth is a generous size and it is pretty, because that is what I like.  It's design uses V Stitches to create a mesh-like cloth that dries well because that is what Mom likes. I've made dozens of these for friends and family and everybody loves them. I Hope You Do Too...

Crochet Happy's Dishcloth

• ch 32
• dc in 3rd ch from the hook
• dc in each st across, ch3 & turn
• dc ch1 dc (v-stitch) in first st, skip a st, [dc ch1 dc, skip st]  across
• dc in last st, ch3 and turn
• repeat last row until your total rows of v-stitches reaches 13
• 2 dc in first stitch, sk st, [2 dc sk st 2 dc] across. end this row w/dc in last st then ch3 and turn
• dc in ea st across, finish off and weave in ends

The v-stitches do create a "wide middle" that is balanced at the top and bottom by the use of the dc rows and on the sides by the dc on the end of each row. It creates a "frame" for the v-stitches. It's a very pretty cloth.

Please feel free to make and gift these cloths as you wish. You may not sell the pattern itself without written permission from me.

© Copyright Tracy Joyner 2012