Monday April 4, 2011 – Many of you following the Dishcloth-day-Challenge have commented that the dishcloths are too pretty to use. Several ideas have come in for alternate ways to use these patterns. Several of the dishcloths would make wonderful motifs for afghans. Another use would be to make two and crochet them together for a potholder. If you have any other ideas we would love to hear from you.
Follow me onto dishcloth #95 and the rest of the story…
Carnival Dishcloth
Original Design By: Maggie Weldon
Copyright 2011 Maggie Weldon
Skill: Easy
Size: About 10” diameter (point to point)
Materials: Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn: Green – 1 oz, 48 yd (28 g, 43 yd) White 1 oz, 48 yd (28 g, 43 yd) (Peaches & Crème – Light Green, White)
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 top of last st made.
Back Post Treble (BPtr): Yo hook twice, insert hook from back to front around post of next st, yo , pull up lp, (yo, draw through 2 lps on hook) 3 times.
Shell: (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in st or sp indicated.
DISHCLOTH
Rnd 1: (Right Side) Starting at center, with Green, ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring; ch 1, (sc in ring, picot. ch 2) 6 times; join with sl st to first sc. (6 picots, 6 ch-2 sps) Finish off and weave in ends.
Rnd 2: With right side facing, join White with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 3 (counts as first dc now and throughout), 2 dc in same sp, picot, (3 dc in next ch-2 sp, picot) around; join with sl st to first dc. (18 dc) Finish off and weave in ends.
Rnd 3: With right side facing, join Green with sl st in first dc, ch 4 (counts as first tr now and throughout), tr in same dc, tr in next dc, 2 tr in next dc, ch 4, skip next picot, (2 tr in next dc, tr in next dc, 2 tr in next dc, ch 4, skip next picot) around; join with sl st to first tr. (30 tr, 6 ch-4 sps) Finish off and weave in ends.
Rnd 4: With right side facing, join White with sl st to any ch-4 sp, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, * dc in next tr, BPtr around next 3 tr, dc in next tr, Shell in next ch-4 sp; rep from * around, omitting last Shell on final repeat; join with sl st to first dc. (54 sts, 6 ch-2 sps) Finish off and weave in ends.
Rnd 5: With right side facing, join Green with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, * dc in next dc, BPtr around next 7 sts, dc in next dc, Shell in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, omitting last Shell on final repeat; join with sl st to first dc. (78 sts, 6 ch-2 sps) Finish off and weave in ends.
Rnd 6: With right side facing, join White with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, * dc in next dc, BPtr around next 11 sts, dc in next dc, Shell in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, omitting last Shell on final repeat; join with sl st to first dc. (102 sts, 6 ch-2 sps) Finish off and weave in ends.
Rnd 7: With right side facing, join White with sc to any ch-2 sp, 2 sc in same sp, (sc in next st) around, working 3 sc in each ch-2 sp; join with sl st to first sc. (120 sc) Finish off and weave in ends.
All Rights Reserved ©2011 Maggie Weldon
Enjoy,
Maggie
thanks it is funny a few minutes b4 i was here and ninty four was the new 93 now nintyfur is the beautiful green potholder i have been checking in since 4am to get the days new potholder THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK me
wow how neat i do the same YOU DID READ MY LETTER
came to see if 95 was here NOPE>>> anyway i also make them to just hang and look pretty I WILL BE SELLING SOME OF THEM to make money for fixing my house
i was sitting making paper flowers for our fiesta decorations ME
Working them in yarn, and maybe a larger hook, would make pretty doilies out of some of them.
I did this one in a red/orange.yellow variegated with plain yellow – how festive! I like the way that this one has patterns on two sides 🙂