Right Angle Rows Dishcloth (Crochet)

 

 MATERIALS

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
dctog - double crochet together



How to do the 3 dctog: yarn over and insert into st, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook, yarn over and insert in next st, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook, yarn over and insert in next st, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through all 4 loops on hook.

I think this pattern is fun in that every row gets shorter and faster to do.

Ch 83
(For different sizes with other weights of cotton, take the number of chs you normally start with, double that, add 3 for the center sts, add 2 for the turning ch.)

Row 1 - 1 sc in 4th ch from hook, 1 dc in next 36 chs, skip next ch, 3 dctog over next 3 chs, skip next ch, 1 dc in next 38 chs, ch 2, turn. (For different sizes, dc in sts to the center 5 sts, skip 1 st, 3 dctog, skip 1 st, then continue to end of row, ch 2, turn. Do that for every row until completed.)

Row 2 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 35 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 36 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 3 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 33 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 34 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 4 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 31 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 32 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 5 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 29 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 30 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 6 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 27 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 28 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 7 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 25 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 26 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 8 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 23 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 24 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 9 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 21 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 22 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 10 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 19 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 20 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 11 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 17 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 18 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 12 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 15 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 16 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 13 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 13 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 14 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 14 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 11 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 12 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 15 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 9 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 10 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 16 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 7 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 8 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 17 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 5 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 6 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 18 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 3 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 4 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 19 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 1 dc in next 1 dc, skip 1 dc, 3 dctog, skip 1 dc, 1 dc in next. 2 dc, ch 2, turn.

Row 20 - The ch 2 counts as first dc, 3 dctog, 1 dc in last st, fasten off.
Border - Do a row or two of sc around the dishcloth, putting 3 sc in the corners. 


RIGHT ANGLE ROWS DISHCLOTH PATTERN.