Every month I am motivated by the Craft Room Destash Challenge to make something using the supplies I already have in my house. I say house because even though I have a dedicated craft room, I’m pretty sure my family feels I take over the whole house with my crafts. Let’s face it, crocheting can be done sitting on the couch and watching TV… so, yeah, there is always yarn in the living room! This month I decided to tackle the bin of 100% cotton yarn I had. With my new kitchen, I’ve been picking up new dish towels, pot holders, etc. Good kitchen dishcloths are always handy to have in the kitchen.
Quick Crocheted Dishcloths
Growing up, my mother always used hand knit cotton dishcloths. A family friend made them for her, often while sitting on the shores of Lake Erie by our cottage. While I can knit, it is much faster for me to crochet. My grandma taught me when I was 5, at our cottage.
A few years back, in our old house, I crocheted some dishcloths to coordinate with my then new kitchen. I wasn’t sure the best stitch so I simply did rows of double crochet until it was the size I wanted.
I never really liked them as much as my mom’s. They were too thick and stiff.
I kinda gave up on making dishcloths after that.
But, I’m in a crochet page on Facebook which gives me tons of inspiration. I was intrigued by someone’s question about crocheting dishcloths and the best stitch. People posted links to patterns they liked, pictures of their work and comments about how they liked to make their own.
I decided it was time to try my hand at them again.
My bin was full of oatmeal like colors of cotton yarn. Nice and basic. While sitting chatting with my mom and watching HGTV’s Home Town, I whipped up half a dozen.
I simply chained 24 stitches, turned and in every other chain did a seed stitch (SC, CH, SC) all the way across. Then turned and repeated for a total of 18 rows (12 seed stitches per row). Then I did a few single crochet stitches in the corner, continued the pattern down the side, across the bottom, and back up the next side. Tie off and weave in the ends.
More Crocheted Dishcloths
The rules of the challenge state we can’t spend more than $10 to complete the project. Honestly, I didn’t have to spend a dime! I had several balls of cotton yarn in a few shades.
But, none of them actually went with my kitchen….
So, I did end up buying a blue-green color that was more in line with the colors of my house.
The good news is, where my cottage is, we have a little store of handmade goods. Plus, there is a local store I sell my work in… and I’m hoping to get motivated enough to start listing things in my Etsy shop again soon.
A ball or two of cotton yarn and a crochet hook are super easy to carry around in my purse. With appointments and lessons this week, I made quite a pile of dishcloths…
I finally like the finished product! This stitch results in the perfect thickness of dishcloth. They are so soft and have such great texture, there’s no reason you couldn’t use them for washing your face too! Ok, I do suggest not using the same one for both kitchen and face…
Let’s see what everyone else made for the challenge!
Craft Room Destash Challenge
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