Whilst at the Manor House, I took some crocheting to do in the evenings. I needed a couple of new dishcloths and thought I'd try some different patterns. I started off with this free tutorial at Mellie Blossoms for a zig zag dish cloth. Check out all the ends you end up with to weave in!
I added the round bit so I can hang it off my tap as I love this feature in my existing dishcloths. I have no idea why it turned out diamond shape and not square!
As you can see, it's a one-sided pattern, but hey, it's a dishcloth, who cares if it's got a back!
Next I moved onto this tartan washcloth tutorial at Happy Berry. I used cotton yarn for both dishcloths as it dries quite quickly and I can throw them in the washing machine at 60 degrees with my towels and socks.
I love the way this turned out but it's huge! I should have scaled it down to make a dishcloth. Again, I added the circle bit to hang it up.
The pattern is created by slip stitching into the front of the cloth when it's finished, that was a new technique for me and very effective. I'm not sure what it's called, slip stitch crochet? Tapestry crochet? I'm not sure.
This photo shows how it looks from the back - not so neat.
Right, I'm off to wash the rabbit bowls out with one of my new dishcloths! (No, it doesn't make the job any more interesting... but they're pretty!)
I rather like the back of the tartan one - it makes an interesting change of texture!
ReplyDeleteI like the back of both of them - they don't look bad to me - they're as pretty as the front! I think instead of weaving strands of yarn in and out to get rid of them, I would have tied knots in them right at the edge of the dishcloth, trimmed them down to about 2", then called them a design decision FRINGE :D
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic! They tempt me to take my mom up on her offer to teach me how to crochet. (As my husband pointed out, I'm not sure where I could store supplies for another craft - lol!) lovely work!
ReplyDeleteLove them! Great colors :D
ReplyDeletei love the knitted and crochet dish cloths... I have to admit mine are very boring and not nearly as pretty as yours...
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very practical, when i was taught to knit many many years ago it was dishcloths we did
ReplyDeleteI love hand knitted/crocheted dishcloths, so much nicer than the shop bought ones
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dish cloths. In the first picture it seems cute little birdies are swimming from one end to another. Nice.
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those turned out great
ReplyDeleteWell I think your dish cloths are magnificent. But I personally simply couldn't bear to put all that work in for use as a dish cloth! Do you perhaps wash after each use to prevent them becoming stained?
ReplyDeleteThey're both great, I always weave in my ends as I go along - catching the thread under the next row of stitches. I can see you must have a very stylish kitchen with such gorgeous dish cloths ;)
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