Tuesday July 19, 2011
Designer Shirley A. Enck wrote: “I like to make dishcloths using single stitches. This one uses chain, hdc’s, dc’s and FPdc and BPdc’s. I use different width between FPdc’s depending on finished size I want. This was my first fully completed crochet item since my basal joint thumb surgery! I am little by little getting back to crocheting longer amounts of time.”
Thank you Shirley for joining the Dishcloth-A-Day Challenge!
Follow me on to #201 and the rest of the story…
Wide and Narrow Pathways Dishcloth
Original Design By: Shirley A. Enck
Copyright 2011 Maggie Weldon
Skill: Easy
Size: About 8½” square
Materials: Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn: Blue – 2 oz, 95 yds (56 g, 86 m)(I Love This Cotton – Vintage Teal)
Crochet Hook: Size I-9 (5.50 mm)
Special Stitches
Front Post Double Crochet: (FPdc): Yo hook, insert hook from front to back to front around post of indicated st, yo hook, pull up lp, [yo hook, pull through 2 lps] twice.
Unless noted otherwise, always skip the st behind the FPdc.
Back Post Double Crochet: (BPdc): Yo hook, insert hook from back to front to back around post of indicated st, yo hook, pull up lp, [yo hook, pull through 2 lps] twice.
Unless noted otherwise, always skip the st in front of the BPdc.
DISHCLOTH
Row 1: (Right Side) Ch 32, hdc in 3rd ch from hook (skipped ch counts as first hdc), [hdc in next ch] across. (30 hdc)
Row 2: Ch 3, turn, [dc in next hdc] across. (30 dc)
Row 3: Ch 3, turn, dc in next 3 dc, FPdc in next 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc, [FPdc in next 2 dc, dc in next 2 dc] twice, FPdc in next 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc, FPdc in next 2 dc, dc in last 4 dc.
Row 4: Ch 3, turn, dc in next 3 dc, BPdc in next 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc, [BPdc in next 2 dc, dc in next 2 dc] twice, BPdc in next 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc, BPdc in next 2 dc, dc in last 4 dc.
Rows 5-16: Rep Rows 3-4 six times.
Row 17: Ch 2, turn, [hdc in next dc] across. (30 hdc) Finish off and weave in ends.
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Enjoy,
Maggie
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