Crochet Dishcloth Moss Stitch

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The moss stitch crochet stitch makes a beautiful crochet dishcloth. Enjoy this free crochet dishcloth pattern.

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This Crochet Moss Stitch is a great fool-proof straight edge stitch. I’m excited to share, although, I do know probably many crocheters know this stitch

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My Favorite Crochet Dishcloth Simple and easy to follow, this pattern features the moss stitch to create a beautiful dishcloth! The dishcloth measures approx 6.5″ X 6.5″. You can make the dishcloth smaller or larger by chaining less or more chains at the beginning (the number needs to stay even). Abbreviations: ch= chain sc=Continue Reading

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Worked on the bias from corner-to-corner, this soft washcloth features a diagonal stripe pattern with a textured twist. Crochet it in the stripe pattern shown, your own stripe pattern, or no stripes at all! Corner to Corner Moss Stitch Washcloth by Yay For Yarn Click Here to purchase the Large Print, Ad-Free, Printable PDF version of the pattern. Skill Level: Advanced Beginner Yarn: Peaches & Creme, #4 Worsted Weight, 100% Cotton Yarn; 80 yards in “Dark Gray” 50 yards in “White” You Will Also Need: US Size H (5.0 mm) crochet hook (or size needed to obtain gauge) Scissors Yarn Needle or Blunt Tapestry Needle Ruler (for measuring gauge) Gauge: 19 sts = 4” (10 cm) in Moss Stitch, 19 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Moss Stitch. Finished Size: 11 ¼” (28.5 cm) wide by 11 ¼” (28.5 cm) tall. Abbreviations: st: stitch sts: stitches beg: beginning sp: space sp: spaces sk: skip nxt: next sl st: slip stitch ch: chain sc: single crochet hdc: half-double crochet With Dark Gray, ch 3. Row 1: Sk 1st 2 chs (2 skipped chs count as 1 st), (sc, ch 1, sc, hdc) in 3rd ch from hook. You should have 5 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sp. Row 2: Ch 2, turn, sc in same st. Ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp. Ch 1, sk 1, (sc, hdc) in top of beg ch sp from row below. You should have 7 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Row 3-12: Ch 2, turn, sc in same st. *ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp*. Repeat between *and* across to last 2 sts. Ch 1, sk 1, (sc, hdc) in top of beg ch sp from row below. By the end of Row 12, you should have 27 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Change to White. As you work the next stripe, you will “carry” the unused gray yarn up the edge of the work by twisting the working yarn with the unused gray yarn at the beg / end of every row that begins or ends on that edge. Row 13-22: Repeat Row 3. By the end of Row 22, you should have 47 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Change to Dark Gray. As you work the next stripe, you will “carry” the unused white yarn up the edge of the work by twisting the working yarn with the unused white yarn at the beg / end of every row that begins or ends on that edge. Row 23-30: Repeat Row 3. By the end of Row 30, you should have 63 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Change to White. NOTE: The following stripe will be a single-row stripe of white. If we work that row as normal, we will be at the opposite edge from the gray yarn when we need to change back to gray. To get the gray yarn to the other edge without cutting and re-joining it, we will be crocheting over it on this next row to carry it across to the other side. Row 31: Repeat Row 3, laying the unused gray yarn across the row and crocheting over it. You should have 65 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Change to Dark Gray. As you work the next stripe, you will “carry” the unused white yarn up the edge of the work by twisting the working yarn with the unused white yarn at the beg / end of every row that begins or ends on that edge. Row 32: The gray yarn that was crocheted over during the last row will still be visible. Each time you work into a ch-1 sp during this row, be sure to insert the hook into the ch-1 sp AND under the gray yarn that lays across the gray st from last gray row. ch 2, turn. Sk nxt st, sc in nxt ch-1 sp. *Ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp*. Repeat between *and* across to last 2 sts. Sk 1, hdc in top of beg ch sp from row below. You should have 63 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Row 33-39: Ch 2, turn. Sk nxt st, sc in nxt ch-1 sp. *Ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp*. Repeat between *and* across to last 2 sts. Sk 1, hdc in top of beg ch sp from row below. By the end of Row 39, you should have 49 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Change to White. As you work the next stripe, you will “carry” the unused gray yarn up the edge of the work by twisting the working yarn with the unused gray yarn at the beg / end of every row that begins or ends on that edge. Row 40-49: Repeat Row 33. By the end of Row 49, you should have 29 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Change to Dark Gray. As you work the next stripe, you will “carry” the unused white yarn up the edge of the work by twisting the working yarn with the unused white yarn at the beg / end of every row that begins or ends on that edge. Row 50-60: Repeat Row 33. By the end of Row 60, you should have 7 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. On following 3 rows, continue to carry the unused white yarn up the edge of the work. Row 61: Ch 2, turn, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp. Ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp, sk 1, hdc in top of beg ch sp from row below. You should have 5 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sp. Row 62: Ch 2, turn. Sk 1, sc in ch-1 sp, sk 1, hdc in top of beg ch sp from row below. You should have 3 sts, including beg ch sp. Row 63: Ch 1, turn. Sc2tog into sc / beg ch sp. You should have 2 sts, including beg ch sp. The unused white yarn you have been carrying up the edge should now be at the same corner that you finished with. Edging Round 1: Ch 1, do not turn. 2 sc in same st. Working into the ends of the rows, *sc evenly across nxt side of washcloth (about 40 to 45 sc). 3 sc in corner of washcloth.* Repeat between *and* 2 more times. Sc evenly across nxt side of washcloth (about 40 to 45 sc). Sl st in beg ch-1 sp. Insert hook into 1st sc of round, yarn over with White yarn, and pull through all loops on hook (like a sl st). You will work the nxt round with White. Round 2: Ch 1, do not turn. 2 sc in same st. *Sc in ea st across to center st of 3-sc corner from previous round, 3 sc in center st of corner.* Repeat between *and* 2 more times. Sc in ea st across to beg of round.
Sl st in beg ch-1 sp. Insert hook into 1st sc of round, yarn over with Gray yarn, and pull through all loops on hook (like a sl st). You will work the final round with Gray. Cut the White yarn, leaving about a 6” tail. On the next round, lay the White tail over the previous round and crochet over it. Round 3: Ch 1, do not turn. 2 sc in same st. *Sc in ea st across to center st of 3-sc corner from previous round, 3 sc in center st of corner.* Repeat between *and* 2 more times. Sc in ea st across to beg of round. Cut yarn, leaving about a 6” tail. Pull on the current loop on the hook until the end of the yarn comes out. Thread that tail into the eye of your yarn needle. Insert yarn needle from front to back into the 1st sc of round, and pull it through. Insert yarn needle down into top of the last st of the round (same st the yarn tail originally came out of), and pull through. (This technique re-creates the look of the top of a sc, making the join of the round invisible around the edge.) Weave in ends. For Single-Color Washcloth without Stripes: Ch 3. Row 1: Sk 1st 2 chs (2 skipped chs count as 1 st), (sc, ch 1, sc, hdc) in 3rd ch from hook. You should have 5 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sp. Row 2: Ch 2, turn, sc in same st. Ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp. Ch 1, sk 1, (sc, hdc) in top of beg ch sp from row below. You should have 7 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Row 3-31: Ch 2, turn, sc in same st. *ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp*. Repeat between *and* across to last 2 sts. Ch 1, sk 1, (sc, hdc) in top of beg ch sp from row below. By the end of Row 31, you chould have 65 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Row 32-60: Ch 2, turn. Sk nxt st, sc in nxt ch-1 sp. *Ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp*. Repeat between *and* across to last 2 sts. Sk 1, hdc in top of beg ch sp from row below. By the end of Row 60, you should have 7 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sps. Row 61: Ch 2, turn, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp. Ch 1, sk 1, sc in nxt ch-1 sp, sk 1, hdc in top of beg ch sp from row below. You should have 5 sts, including beg ch sp and ch-1 sp. Row 62: Ch 2, turn. Sk 1, sc in ch-1 sp, sk 1, hdc in top of beg ch sp from row below. You should have 3 sts, including beg ch sp. Row 63: Ch 1, turn. Sc2tog into sc / beg ch sp. You should have 2 sts, including beg ch sp. This pattern is intended for your personal use only. You may not share it, copy it, sell it, give it away, or mass-produce the finished product. However, you may sell the finished items on a small scale, as long as you convey in your item description that you used a Yay For Yarn pattern. Yay For Yarn Copyright© 2018- Current. All patterns and photos are owned by Yay For Yarn. Pin this image to save this pattern for later! What’s your favorite kind of knitted or crocheted washcloth? Happy Yarning! 🙂

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When I was looking for dishcloth patterns for my spring cleaning round up a couple of weeks ago I started thinking that I should share some of my favorite dishcloth patterns. The ones that I have made over and over, that I use everyday in my home, that I have given as gifts. Designing new patterns is a lot of fun and dishcloths are an easy way to try out a new stitch or design because they are small and work up quickly. But there are also those patterns that you seem to go back to again and again, the old standbys, and I thought it would be fun to share some of those. I have made a lot of different dishcloths and there are certain things that I have learned that I like in a dishcloth pattern. One is that I like to have some texture and be somewhat solid, no big spaces between stitches. I have made some that are supposed to be more of a pretty, sometimes kind of lacy design and I feel like they tend to have too many holes to be functional. I guess that is the thing, I want it to be functional, it can be pretty too but it needs to get my dishes clean and wipe up messes. Another thing that I like is for my dishcloths to be easy to make. Maybe that goes along with the functionality part. I don’t want to spend a ton of time making something that is going to be used to clean up messes. Some dishcloths seem to be mostly just for decoration and if that is what you are using it for than I guess it makes sense to make the more complicated, time-consuming ones but mine get used on a daily basis so it just makes more sense to keep it simple. I always use cotton yarn for my dishcloths. I have seen some patterns that call for other yarns but I prefer cotton. It is absorbent and wears well, It may shrink a little in the wash but that doesn’t bother me. As far as size goes I haven’t entirely made up my mind. I probably tend to lean more towards making smaller ones. The ones that I made for this post are definitely on the smaller side, in fact I wouldn’t want to go any smaller. I think I prefer smaller ones for washing dishes but for wiping up spills and things like that bigger would be a little better. It is totally a matter of preference and this pattern is really easy to make as big or as small as you like. I called this the Moss Stitch Dishcloth but the truth is that this stitch has several different names. Moss stitch, woven stitch, granite stitch, linen stitch. These are all different names that I have seen used to refer to this stitch. Moss stitch seems to be the most common so I chose to go with it but sometimes moss stitch is used to refer to a completely different stitch. Whichever name you choose to use, this is an easy stitch and an easy dishcloth to make. If you know how to chain and single crochet then you can make it. This one is probably the least textured of the ones I plan on sharing but I feel like it is still scrubby enough to be effective. Another nice thing about this stitch is that I think it works well with variegated yarn, a lot of stitches don’t look great with variegated yarn, but it also looks good in a solid. To make this dishcloth you need: Cotton Yarn (I used Peaches & Cream for these samples) H hook Begin by chaining an even number, this is your foundation chain plus one for turning. I started with 28 chains for these samples so each of my rows had 27 stitches Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, [ch 1, skip 1, sc in next stitch] repeat to the end of the chain, ending with a sc Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc in first sc, [sc in ch space, ch 1, sc in next ch space] repeat to the end, sc in last sc Row 3: ch 1, turn, sc in first sc, [ch 1, sc in next ch space] repeat to end of row ending with sc in last sc Continue repeating rows 2 and 3 until your dishcloth is the size you want. On these dishcloths I added a border by sc around the outside edge all the way around, 3 sc in each corner. I don’t always add a border, it just depends on what you want. Below is an example of an old dishcloth I made a while ago using this stitch without a border. It has been well used and washed several times, you can see the pink stain from where it was used to clean up some fruit punch, but it still gets the job done. This is really an easy pattern that just uses basic stitches. I like the texture and density of the fabric better than a double crochet dishcloth but it isn’t any more difficult. I have a couple more patterns that I like to use on a regular basis that I will share soon. Until then check out my other dishcloth patterns: X’s & O’s Dishcloth, Bobble Heart Dishcloth, V-Day Stripes Dishcloth, and Heart Rows Dishcloth

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