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One of the things I like most of the Summer Spiral Scrubby is the alternating sections of scrubby to cotton yarn. Not only does the change in material and color give it an interesting design appearance, but it also gives a nice material for washing dishes.
Following the same idea for the By the Ocean Dish Cloth, I alternated the yarns in lines by just carrying the yarn up along the side. This creates the alternating colors and materials without having all the ends to weave in at the end. A final round of single crochet around the edges hide the yarn that was brought up along the side and it gives a finished edge to the dish cloth.
The final dish cloth measures 9 inches square, a perfect size for washing dishes. The texture of the dish cloth is not too aggressively abrasive. I just may make one of these for myself to use in the bathtub to exfoliate!
I really enjoyed watching the lines of texture and color develop while making this dish cloth. I hope you find as much enjoyment in making it, and perhaps a little more enjoyment while doing dishes – or exfoliating in the bath.
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Or, for the printable PDF version of all three dish cloths (without ads) HERE
Click to see the By the Ocean Dish Cloth Pattern
Click to see the Across the Land Dish Cloth Pattern
Crochet By the Ocean Dish Cloth
By City Farmhouse Studio
Get the printable PDF version of the patterns (without ads) HERE
Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie Yarn – Calm Print – 1 skein – get it here
Red Heart Scrubby Cotton Yarn – Caribbean – 1 skein – get it here
Crochet Hook – 5.5mm (I)
Needle
Finished Dish Cloth Measures: 9” square
With Yarn 1 chain 33.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each stitch following. (32sc)
Row 2: Ch 1 and turn. Sc in each st across, but on the last st of the row when there are 2 loops on hook switch to Yarn 2 for the last yo.
Draw through the two loops of Yarn 1 on hook. Move Yarn 1 out of work, but do not cut.
Row 3: With Yarn 2 chain 1 and turn. 32 sc across.
Row 4: Ch 1 and turn. Sc in each st across, but on the last st of the row when there are 2 loops on hook bring up Yarn 1 that was dropped on Row 2. Use it for the last yo and draw through to complete last stitch.
Repeat Row 3 and 4 alternating colors 16 more times for a total of 18 stripes in the cloth. For the last st of the last row pull through the last two loops with both strands of yarn. Continuing with both strands for edging, ch1 and sc 32 along each of the 4 sides of the cloth. Sl st in first sc and bind off.