Today I filed the paper work to get our Crochet Dishcloth Collection into the Guinness Book of World Records.  On their website I searched “crochet” and came up with the longest chain crocheted while running a marathon and the largest afghan which was over 80 feet!  I don’t think I would want to challenge that one! Did you know that it is free to file?  I am going to see if I can get Lisa Gentry to join us in this challenge.  She is the world’s fastest crocheter.

Follow me onto dishcloth #35 and the rest of the story…

Snowflake Dishcloth

FD034
Original Design By: Maggie Weldon
Copyright 2011 Maggie Weldon

Skill: Easy
Size: About 9½” across – point to point.
Materials: Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn:
White – 1 oz, 50 yds (30 g, 45 m)
Blue – 1 oz, 50 yds (30 g, 45 m)
(Sugar ‘n Cream – White, Hot Blue)
Crochet Hook: Size H-8 (5.00 mm)

JOINING WITH SC
When instructed to join with sc, begin with sl knot on hook, insert hook in st or sp indicated, yo and pull up a loop, yo and draw through both loops on hook.

Special Stitches
Picot: Ch 4, sl st in 3^rd ch from hook, ch 1.
Picot #2: Ch 3, sl st in last st worked.
V-Stitch (v-st): (Dc, ch 1, dc) in same st or sp indicated.
Cluster Stitch (cl-st): Keeping last lp of each st on hook, 3 dc in same st or sp indicated, yo, draw through 4 lps on hook.
Shell: (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same st or sp indicated.

Dishcloth
Rnd 1: (Right Side) Starting at center, with Blue, ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring; ch 5 (counts as first dc and ch 2 now and throughout), (2 dc in ring, ch 2) 5 times, dc in ring; join with sl st to first dc. (12 dc, 6 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 2: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 5, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, (ch 1, Shell in next ch-2 sp) 5 times, ch 1, dc in first ch-2 sp, join. (24 dc)
Rnds 3-6: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 5, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, * ch 1, (2 dc in ch-1 sp, ch 1) across to corner, Shell in corner;  rep from * 5 times more omitting last Shell of final rep, dc in first ch-2 sp, join. (36, 48, 60, 72 dc)
At the end of Rnd 6, finish off Blue and weave in ends.

Edging
Rnd 1: With right side facing, join White with sc to any corner ch-2 sp, picot, sc in same sp, * picot, (sc in next ch-1 sp, picot) across to next corner, (sc, picot, sc) in corner; rep from * 5 times more, omitting last corner of final rep; join with sl st to first sc. (42 picots) Finish off and weave in ends.

Snowflake
Rnd 1: With White, ch 2, 6 sc in 2^nd ch from hook, join with sl st to first sc. (6 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 4 (counts as first dc and ch 1), dc in same st, ch 1, (v-st in next st, ch 1) 5 times; join with sl st to first dc. (6 v-sts)
Rnd 3: Sl st in ch-1 sp, ch 3, keeping last lp of each dc on hook, 2 dc in same sp, yo and draw through 3 lps on hook (beg cl-st made), ch 3, sc in next ch-1 sp, picot #2, ch 3, * cl-st in next ch-1 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch-1 sp, picot #2, ch 3; rep from * 4 times more; join with sl st to beg cl-st.
Rnd 4: Ch 3, beg cl-st in cl-st, picot #2, ch 5, sc, picot #2, ch 5, * cl-st in next cl-st, picot #2, ch 5, sc in picot, picot #2, ch 5; rep from * 4 times more; join with sl st to beg cl-st. Finish off leaving long end.

Finishing - Use photo as guide
- Using long end sew Snowflake to front of dishcloth, aligning points.

All Rights Reserved ©2011 Maggie Weldon

Enjoy,
Maggie

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