Back to the care of dishcloths – Donna Lynn wrote:  “Many people say this but I have never had a problem. I always used crochet cotton (ww) and it’s almost always the cheap stuff, Peaches N Cream or Sugar N Creme. I use the reds as well as the other colors and I ALWAYS bleach my dishcloths …to get the bacteria out of them. After time they fade but never bleed all over my whites. I make them for friends and family and have never had a problem. After they start to get too old for dishes they are used for cleaning around the house. I would never use acrylic as I have hear others do. Personal pref.

Thank you for your comments Donna.

Follow me onto dishcloth #52 and the rest of the story…

Rainbow Dishcloth

FD051
Original Design By: Maggie Weldon
Copyright 2011 Maggie Weldon

Skill: Easy
Size: About 9” diameter.
Materials: Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn:
White – 1½ oz, 75 yds (45 g, 68 m)
Red – ½ oz, 25 yds (15 g, 23 m)
Orange- ½ oz, 25 yds (15 g, 23 m)
Yellow- ½ oz, 25 yds (15 g, 23 m)
Green- ½ oz, 25 yds (15 g, 23 m)
Blue – ½ oz, 25 yd (15 g, 23 m)
(Lily Sugar ‘n Cream)

Crochet Hook: Size H-8 (5.00 mm)

Dishcloth
Row 1: (Right Side) With White, ch 4, 6 dc in 4^th ch from hook (skipped ch counts as first dc). (7 dc)
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, working in back loops only, 2 dc in each dc across. (14 dc) Finish off and weave in ends.
Row 3: With right side facing, join Red with sl st to first dc, ch 1, working in back loops only, 2 dc in first 5 dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next 5 dc. (24 dc) Finish off and weave in ends.
Row 4: With right side facing, join Orange with sl st to first dc, ch 1, working in back loops only, 2 dc in first dc, dc in next dc, (2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc) 4 times, dc in next 4 dc, (dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc) 5 times. (34 dc) Finish off and weave in ends.
Row 5: With right side facing, join Yellow with sl st to first dc, ch 1, working in back loops only, 2 dc in first dc, dc in next 10 dc, 2 dc in next dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next dc, dc in next 10 dc, 2 dc in last dc. (40 dc) Finish off and weave in ends.
Row 6: With right side facing, join Green with sl st to first dc, ch 1, working in back loops only, 2 dc in first dc, (dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next dc) 7 times, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in last dc. (49 dc) Finish off and weave in ends.
Row 7: With right side facing, join Blue with sl st to first dc, ch 1, working in back loops only, 2 dc in first dc, (dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next dc) across. (58 dc) Finish off and weave in ends.

Edging

Rnd 1: With right side facing, join White with sl st to first dc, ch 1, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in first dc, working in back loops only, (dc in next 6 dc, 2 dc in next dc) 7 times, dc in next 7 dc; working in both loops, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in last dc; working in sides of rows, evenly work 33 dc across; join with sl st to first dc. Finish off and weave in ends.

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Enjoy,
Maggie

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