Crocheted Flowering Dishcloth

melissa
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A completed crocheted flowering dishcloth. Let's face it, doing the dishes and wiping the counters is no fun. I can't help enjoy it just a bit more when using a pretty, homemade dishcloth.

Total Time: 1 - 1 1/2 hours

Source: My inspiration was my "Super Stitches" crochet book

Supplies:

"I" crochet hook
tiny amount #4 worsted weight cotton yarn - "Peaches and Cream", color: "Rouge Red"
1 oz #4 worsted weight cotton yarn - "Peaches and Cream", color: "Damask"
scissors
embroidery needle for weaving in ends

Steps:

With your Rouge Red color, ch 5, join with a slip stitch in your first ch to make a ring.

Ch 7,

1 sc into your ring,

Ch 6, 1 sc into your ring.

Repeat last step 5 times.

Slip stitch into the first ch you made in this round. End off with this color.

Join your new color, Damask, with a slip stitch in the 3rd ch from your first round.

Ch 4, 1 sc in next chain loop.

Repeat last step 5 times.

Ch 4, 2 sc in next chain 4 space, 1 sc in next sc.

Repeat last step 5 times.

Ch 4, 2 sc in next ch 4 space, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sc, skip 1 sc.

Repeat last step 5 times.

Ch 4, 2 sc in next ch 4 space, 1 sc in each of the next 3 sc, skip 1 sc.

Repeat last step 5 times.

You will now add 4 more rows, continuing in the same manner as the last row. Yet with each subsequent row, you will be adding 1 more sc on each side in between your chain space corners.
At the end of your 4th additional row, you will have 2 sc in your ch 4 space, followed by seven sc, skip 1, etc.

Now you will ch 1, sc in the next sc, and 8 sc in the ch 4 space.

You will proceed in this manner for this entire round. 1 sc in each sc, 8 sc in each ch 4 space.
When you have reached your first sc, join with a slip stitch and end off.