#122 Tulip Crochet Dish Cloth – Maggie Weldon Maggies Crochet

Monday May 2, 2011

Today marks the day that we are one-third of the way done with the Dishcloth-a-Day Challenge!  Thank you to everyone who has helped so far.  Now that we have the BestFreeCrochet.com website finished, I will start working on getting sponsors for the prizes.  Prizes should be posted by the end of the month.

Designer Kathleen Stuart wrote: “With spring just around the corner, I wanted to celebrate, so I made the Tulip Dishcloth. I found a pattern to make a diagonal block stitch afghan years ago. I never made a plain afghan from it, but it gave me an idea to use each block as a block in a quilt block. The tulip dishcloth idea came from a quilt block I saw in a book once. This dishcloth would be fun to make into an afghan too. I really enjoy the bright colors”.  Thanks for letting me have fun and help out with the challenge!”

Thanks for joining Kathleen.  We have all enjoyed your beautiful designs.

Follow me onto dishcloth # 123 and the rest of the story…

#122 Tulip Dishcloth

Original Design By: Kathleen Stuart

Copyright 2011 Maggie Weldon

Skill: Easy

Size: About 8” square.

Materials: Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn: Multicolor – 1 oz, 50 yds (30 g, 45 m); Green – 1 oz, 50 yds (30 g, 45 m); Red – 1 oz, 50 yds (30 g, 45 m) (Lily Sugar ‘n Cream – Mod Ombre #2223, Mod Green #1223, Red #95)

Crochet Hook: Size J-10 (6.00 mm)

Gauge: 5 rows = 4”

Special Stitches

Beginning Block (beg-block): Ch 5, turn; 3 dc in fourth ch from hook.

Block: Sl st in ch-3 sp of next block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp.

Pattern Notes:

1. Dishcloth is worked diagonally, from corner to corner.

2. When changing colors, keep unused color to wrong side of work; do not cut yarn until color is no longer needed.  Do not carry colors on wrong side of work, unless otherwise noted; use a separate skein or ball for each color change.

Dishcloth

Row 1: (Right Side) Starting with Green, ch 5, 3 dc in 5^th ch from hook (first block made).

Row 2: Beg-block, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp. (2 blocks)

Row 3: Beg-block, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 1 block. (3 blocks)

Row 4: Beg-block, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 2 more blocks. (4 Blocks)

Row 5: Beg-block, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 3 blocks. (5 Blocks)

Row 6: Beg-block, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 4 blocks. (6 Blocks)

Row 7: Beg-block, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 1 block, change yarn to Red, work 1 block, change yarn to Green, work 3 blocks. (7 Blocks)

Row 8: Beg-block, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 1 block, change to Red, work 2 blocks, change to Green, work 3 blocks, changing to Multicolor in last dc. (8 Blocks)

Row 9: With Multicolor, beg-block, change to Green, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 1 block, change to Red, work 3 blocks, change to Green, work 2 blocks, change to Multicolor, work 1 block. (9 Blocks)

Row 10: Beg-block, change to Green, sl st around beginning ch of previous block, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 1 block, change to Red, work 4 blocks, change to Green, work 2 blocks, change to Multicolor, work 1 block. (10 Blocks)

Row 11: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc and in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same space, change to Green, work 1 block, change to Red, work 5 blocks, change to Green, work 1 block, change to Multicolor, work 1 block, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (9 Blocks)

Row 12: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc, change to Green, sl st in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same space, change to Multicolor, work 1 block, change to Red, work 4 blocks, change to Multicolor, work 1 block, change to Green, work 1 block, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (8 Blocks)

Row 13: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc and change to Multicolor (Finish off Green), sl st in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, change to Red, work 5 blocks, change to Multicolor, work 1 block, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (7 Blocks)

Row 14: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc and in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, change to Red, work 4 blocks, change to Multicolor, work 1 block, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (6 Blocks)

Row 15: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc and change to Red, sl st in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, change to Multicolor, work 1 block, change to Red, work 1 block, change to Mulitcolor, work 1 block, change to Red, work 1 block, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (5 Blocks)

Row 16: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc and change to Mulitcolor (Finish off Red), sl st in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 3 blocks, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (4 Blocks)

Row 17: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc and in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 2 blocks, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (3 Blocks)

Row 18: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc and in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, work 1 block, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (2 Blocks)

Row 19: Turn; sl st in first 3 dc and in first ch-3 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, sl st in ch-3 sp of last block. (1 Block) DO NOT FINISH OFF.

Edging

Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in same sp as sl st, * [ch 3, sc in between next 2 blocks on side] across side of square, [sc, ch 1, sc] in corner st; rep from * across each side of block, ending with ch 3; join with sl st to first sc. Finish off and weave in ends.

All Rights Reserved ©2011 Maggie Weldon

Enjoy,

Maggie

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