Welcome to Day 1 of the Spring Cleaning Dishcloth CAL!
This year I decided to design our cloths with texture. Some have a little – some have a lot – but they all have some. Texture doesn’t always mean post stitches or popcorn stitches. There are so many different stitches and combination of stitches that produce a textured fabric. Let’s explore some!
Our first cloth features the Bead Stitch. The Bead Stitch gives us texture and elegance. The usual Bead Stitch is worked around just one double crochet stitch, but this one is worked around three. It’s a mega bead!
This dishcloth is named for my very first moderator in my Ravelry group – Berniece. I can’t remember not having her around. She’s always there to support and cheer everyone with crochet projects as well as life projects. Thank you, Berniece, for being such a good friend to all.
Have fun making today’s dishcloth, and be sure to join either my Ravelry group or Facebook group so you can be eligible for prizes. Links below.
Prizes: Cascade Yarns has generously donated some Nifty Cotton Yarn for prizes this year. This is the same yarn that I’ve used in all 8 dishcloth designs, and it is soooo nice. You won’t want to miss out on this prize!
I’ll also be giving away:
*Copies of the e-Book that contains all 8 patterns. You can add it to your Ravelry Library or store on your personal computer.
*Coupons for FREE MONEY in my Ravelry Store!
MATERIALS:
CASCADE NIFTY COTTON
A: (13) Soft Blue – 92 yds.
B: (15) Blue – 10 yds.
Crochet Hook: Size H / 5.0 mm
Tapestry Needle
Size after blocking: 9.5” X 9.5”
ABBREVIATIONS:
Beg = beginning
Begdc = beginning double crochet
Ch/s = chain/s
Dc= double crochet
Hdc = half double crochet
Hk = hook
Lp/s = loop/loops
Prev = previous
Prev = previous
Rep = repeat
RS = right side
Sc = single crochet
Sk = skip/skipped
Sl St = slip stitch
Sp/s = space/s
St/s = stitch/es
WS = wrong side
Yo = yarn over
Yo = yarn over
NOTES:
1. The Begdc can be replaced with 3 chains.
2. Tutorial for Begdc: NO MORE TURNING CHAINS!
3. This cloth is reversible, so RS/WS is not indicated.
SPECIAL STITCHES:
Bead St: (Yo, insert hk from front to back around all 3 prev dcs, yo and pull up a lp back to front) 3 times (7 lps on hk), yo and draw through all 7 lps to close. DO NOT ch 1.
V-St: (Dc, ch 1, dc) in same st/sp.
INSTRUCTIONS
Row 1: With A ch 35, working in back bumps of chs, sc in 2nd ch from hk and in each ch to end, turn. (34 sc)
Row 2: Begdc in first st, (dc in next 3 sts, Bead St, sk next 2 sts, V-St in next st, sk next st) 4 times, dc in next 3 sts, Bead St, sk next st, dc in last st, turn. (5 Bead St, 4 V-St, 2 dc)
Row 3: Begdc in first st, (dc in next 4 sts, sk next dc, V-St in next ch-1 sp, sk next dc) 4 times, dc in last 5 sts, turn. (4 V-St, 22 dc)
Row 4: Begdc in first st, (dc in next 3 dc, Bead St, sk next 2 dc, V-St in next
ch-1 sp, sk next dc) 4 times, dc in next 3 dc, Bead St, sk next st, dc in last dc, turn. (5 Bead St, 4 V-St, 2 dc)
Rows 5 – 14: Rep Rows 3 – 4.
Row 15: Ch 1, sc in first st, sc in each st and ch-1 sp to end, turn. (34 sc)
Do not finish off, continue to Border.
BORDER
Rnd. 1: Ch 1, (sc, hdc, sc) in same st, sc in next 32 sc, (sc, hdc, sc) in last sc of row.
Rotate cloth to work on vertical side, work 32 sc evenly across this side.
Rotate cloth to work on bottom of Row 1, (sc, hdc, sc) in first ch, sc in next
32 chs, (sc, hdc, sc) in last ch of foundation chs.
Rotate cloth to work on vertical side, work 32 sc evenly across this side, join with sl st to beg sc. Finish off.
Rnd. 2: Join B with standing dc (or sl st, ch 3), work 1 dc in each sc around and
5 dc in each corner hdc, join with sl st to beg dc. Finish off, weave in all ends.
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If you’d like a tidy copy of this pattern in PDF form to save on your computer or in your Ravelry Library, you can purchase it here for only $1.99: Ravelry – Berniece’s Dishcloth
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Great post, thanks for writing