TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2011
Designer Carol Showers wrote: “ I borrowed a small tea cup from my sister, so I could look at it while trying to design a dishcloth, but it looked more like a creamer. Which starts another idea for another dishcloth. ”
Thank you Carol for joining the Dishcloth-A-Day Challenge!
Follow me on to #334 and the rest of the story…
Creamer Dishcloth
Original Design By: Carol Showers
Copyright 2011 Maggie Weldon
Skill: Easy
Size: About 9″ wide and 7″ long
Materials: Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn: Stripes – 2 oz, 100 yds (60 g, 92 m) (Sugar ‘n Cream – Natural Stripes)
Crochet Hook: Size I-9 (5.50 mm)
Special Stitches:
Single Crochet Decrease: (sc dec): Draw up a lp in each of next 2 sts, yo and draw through 3 lps on hook.
DISHCLOTH:
Row 1: (Right Side) Starting at base, ch 14, sc in 2nd ch from hook, [sc in next ch] across. (13 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across.
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first sc, [sc in next sc] across to last sc, 2 sc in last sc. (15 sc)
Rows 4-9: Rep Rows 2-3 three times.
At the end of Row 9 there are 21 sc.
Rows 10-11: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across. (21 sc)
Row 12: Ch 1, turn, sc dec (over first 2 sc), [sc in next sc] across to last 2 sc, sc dec. (19 sc)
Row 13: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across. (19 sc)
Rows 14-15: Rep Rows 12-13 once. (17 sc)
Rows 16-18: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first sc, [sc in next sc] across to last sc, 2 sc in last sc. (19, 21, 23 sc)
At the end of Row 18, ch 10, sl st in side of Row 10 (to form handle).
Row 19: Ch 1, turn, sc in next 10 ch, working in Row 18, sc in each sc across. (33 sc)
Row 20: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first sc, sc in next 22 sc. (24 sc) Leave remaining sts unworked.
Row 21: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across to last sc, 2 sc in last sc. (25 sc)
Row 22: Ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first sc, [sc in next sc] across. (26 sc)
Row 23: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across. (26 sc) DO NOT FINISH OFF.
TRIM
With right side facing, 2 sc in same sc as last sc; working in side of rows, evenly sc across; working in unused lps of starting ch, 2 sc in first ch, sl st in next ch, (sc, hdc) in next ch, (hdc, sc) in next ch, sl st in next ch, (sc, hdc) in next ch, dc in next ch, (hdc, sc) in next ch, sl st in next ch, (sc, hdc) in next ch, (hdc, sc) in next ch, sl st in next ch, 2 sc in last ch; working in side of rows, sc evenly across to handle, sc in each sc of handle, sc in side of next 3 rows, sl st in first sc of Row 23. Finish off and weave in ends.
Handle Trim
With right side facing, join yarn with sc in any st on inside of handle, sc in side of rows and each ch around, skipping corner st where necessary so that work lays flat; join with sl st to first sc. Finish off and weave in ends.
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Enjoy,
Maggie
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Carol ~~ Thanks for your lovely creamer pattern. With a little modification to the right-hand side, to make it more like the left-hand side, and omitting the “handle,” this would make a lovely vase dishcloth. Then would only need to add a couple/three little flowers !! Thanks, again, for the lovely creamer pattern.