When Hubby tells you to crochet more dish towels, you hurriedly run to buy cotton yarn because “Oh my! He’s encouraging one of my creative vices! Quick, buy all the yarn before he changes his mind!”
Real life right here. These poor guys got worked!
I’ve crocheted a few dish towels in the past. They were absolutely boring. Double stitch after double stitch. Obviously I wanted something quick but this time was totally different. I scoured Pinterest for crochet dish towel patterns. I planned to make them all different. Make it more interesting for myself. With it being football time, it was a perfect craft to have for couch sitting and subsequent yelling at the tv.
First pattern I did is so my favorite from 5 Little Monsters. It took me a bit to understand the stitches. I probably restarted about three times. It has a fun, twisty texture that I think will be perfect for scrubbing.
The next was almost a shell pattern again from 5 Little Monsters. The groupings are a little poofy, almost like petals in rows. This was much faster. Neither of the first two had borders so once you made it to the end of the last row you were done. Sometimes adding a border feels a bit painful for me. So close to being done but wait, not yet!
Thirdly we have more of a post design CDM Handmade. I think is more of what I think of when I picture a dish towel. It has a small border around the edge. It gives it varying heights between the main body and the edging. I like that it makes each bit stand out.
Lastly, I have a diagonal design from Totally Snappy. What’s funny about this is that I used the same design on a much larger scale previously. I made Hubby (boyfriend at the time) a crocheted blanket that matches it. It took forever but one on a much smaller scale goes super fast!
I made a smaller one too just to use up the last of the yarn.
Hubby beware: next time you encourage Jamie crafty time look out! That shit will get done in a blink of an eye.
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