Pretty and Simple Dishcloth (Crochet)

This dishcloth is very easy to make (great for beginners) and very pretty too.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Cotton yarn. As always with my crocheted dishclothes, I used a lighter weight cotton yarn as I find it easier to wring out than the thicker dishcloths made with the 4 ply cotton. But any weight of cotton will do as you can make the dishcloth as big or small as you want as indicated in the instructions below.

You can buy the perfect cotton yarn for crocheted dishcloths online at Yarnsbay! (Although at the time of posting this, the site is experiencing technical problems. When you place an order it will tell you that it doesn't ship to your locations, when in fact they do as they have always shipped my orders before. Hopefully this will be fixed soon!) It is 100% cotton, lightweight (2 - fine), about half the thickness of standard cotton yarns. They are located in Ontario, Canada. They also ship to the U.S.
Hook: 4.0 mm

Abbreviations used:
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet

Ch 41. Add or subtract 3 chs for a smaller or larger cloth.

Row 1 - 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook, *ch 2, skip 2 chs and make 1 sc in the next ch*, repeat from * to * to last ch, 1 sc in last ch, ch 3 and turn.

Row 2 - 3 dc in the ch 2 space of previous row, ch 1, *3 dc in next ch 2 space, ch 1*, repeat from * to * to last ch 2 space, I dc in last sc, ch 1 and turn.

Row 3 - 1 sc in first ch 1 space, ch 2, *1 sc in next ch 2 space, ch 2*, repeat from * to * to last ch 2 space, 1 sc in last ch 2 space, ch 3 and turn.

Repeat Rows 2 and 3 until desired length.

Border - Border - Do a row of sc in C1 all around the dishcloth. In each corner make 3 sc.

PRETTY AND SIMPLE DISHCLOTH PATTERN.