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Easy Moss Stitch Dishcloth
Free easy crochet dishcloth pattern with chart
A first dishcloth in moss stitch: single crochet and chain 1. From row 2 on, each sc between the edges goes into the ch-1 space below. It makes a firm, flat cloth with a little scrub to it, finished with a single crochet border. It takes about 37 yards of worsted cotton and comes out about 8 3/4 by 9 inches.
- Yarn
- Worsted cotton (4)about 37 yd
- Hook
- 5 mmUS H-8
- Finished
- About 8 3/4 by 9 in29 rows and a border
Chart
Easy Moss Stitch Dishcloth chart
Reading this chart
- Start at the bottom. Each row begins at its number, beside its turning chain, and the rows turn back and forth.
- Rows alternate dark and blue so they read apart.
- The key under the chart names every symbol, following the Craft Yarn Council chart standard.
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Written pattern
Row by row
Turn at the end of every row. The ch 1 at the start of a row does not count as a stitch.
Written in US crochet terms
Ch 30.
- 1
Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc in next ch, *ch 1, sk next ch, sc in next ch; rep from * across, turn.
15 sc, 14 sps - 2
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), sc in next st, sc in next sp, *ch 1, sc in next sp; rep from * across, sc in the last st, turn.
16 sc, 13 sps - 3
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), sc in next st, *ch 1, sc in next sp; rep from * across, ch 1, sc in the last st, turn.
15 sc, 14 sps - 4–29
Repeat rows 2–3.
Border
- 1
Join leaf in the top right corner; work (3 sc) in each corner, making the first sc a standing sc (no beginning ch); along the top and the foundation chain: sc in each st and sp to the next corner; along the sides: sc in the end of each sc row; join with a sl st to the first st. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
27 sts along the top and bottom, 29 along each side, 3 sts in each corner
Written in UK crochet terms
Ch 30.
- 1
Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, dc in next ch, *ch 1, miss next ch, dc in next ch; rep from * across, turn.
15 dc, 14 sps - 2
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), dc in next st, dc in next sp, *ch 1, dc in next sp; rep from * across, dc in the last st, turn.
16 dc, 13 sps - 3
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), dc in next st, *ch 1, dc in next sp; rep from * across, ch 1, dc in the last st, turn.
15 dc, 14 sps - 4–29
Repeat rows 2–3.
Border
- 1
Join leaf in the top right corner; work (3 dc) in each corner, making the first dc a standing dc (no beginning ch); along the top and the foundation chain: dc in each st and sp to the next corner; along the sides: dc in the end of each dc row; join with a ss to the first st. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
27 sts along the top and bottom, 29 along each side, 3 sts in each corner
Make it your size
Bigger or smaller
Moss stitch needs an even number of chains. Each 2 chains you add make one more single crochet and one more space, about half an inch wider. Work rows until the cloth is as long as it is wide, ending after a row like row 3, then add the border.
Tips
For a neat cloth
Into the space
From row 2 on, each sc between the edges goes into the ch-1 space below, under the chain, not into a stitch.
Straight edges
The first and last sc of every row go into the edge stitches. Count your spaces: rows alternate 14 and 13.
A loose start
Cotton doesn't stretch. Chain with a hook one size up so the bottom edge doesn't pull in.
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