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Lemon Peel Dishcloth
Free easy crochet dishcloth pattern with chart
A bumpy, scrubby dishcloth in lemon peel stitch: single and double crochet alternating, with a single crochet on every double and a double on every single. At a typical lemon peel gauge, 28 rows and a single crochet border make a cloth about 9 inches square. Plan on about 100 yards of worsted cotton.
- Yarn
- Worsted cotton (4)about 100 yd
- Hook
- 5 mmUS H-8
- Finished
- About 9 in square28 rows and a border
Chart
Lemon Peel 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.
Drawn by Krowshea from the checked counts. New to charts? How to read crochet charts.
Written pattern
Row by row
Turn at the end of every row. From row 2 on, the ch 1 at the start of a row does not count as a stitch.
Written in US crochet terms
Ch 31.
- 1
Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, [sc in next ch, dc in next ch] 15 times, turn.
15 sc, 15 dc - 2–28
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), [sc in next st, dc in next st] 15 times, turn.
15 sc, 15 dc
Border
- 1
Join the yarn 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 to the next corner; along the sides: sc in the end of each row; join with a sl st to the first st. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
28 sts along the top and bottom, 28 along each side, 3 sts in each corner
Written in UK crochet terms
Ch 31.
- 1
Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, [dc in next ch, tr in next ch] 15 times, turn.
15 dc, 15 tr - 2–28
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), [dc in next st, tr in next st] 15 times, turn.
15 dc, 15 tr
Border
- 1
Join the yarn 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 to the next corner; along the sides: dc in the end of each row; join with a ss to the first st. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
28 sts along the top and bottom, 28 along each side, 3 sts in each corner
Make it your size
Bigger or smaller
Lemon peel needs an odd number of chains: two for each sc and dc pair, plus one. Each pair you add makes the cloth about half an inch wider. Work rows until it is as long as it is wide, whatever your gauge, then add the border.
Tips
For a neat cloth
Short on tall
Every row starts with an sc on the last dc of the row below. If an sc lands on an sc, a stitch went missing.
Count pairs
Every row has 15 sc and 15 dc. Count pairs at the end of a row before you turn.
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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