About the Summerhouse Dishcloth
The pattern here is designed in our beautiful summerhouse, which really makes all the creative ideas pop out. That’s why it should be called the Summerhouse Dishcloth 😉
… and there is a little summer atmosphere in the lightness of the design 🙂
I have completely fallen for filet crochet, and all the beautiful patterns you can make with it. It gives a really nice depth, when there is a hole here and there, and then you can put together patterns indefinitely, as they are completely in system. I like!
Time to produce: 1.5 hour
Skill level: Easy
Size: 25 x 25 cm
10 x 10 cm = 23 s x 14 r
For this pattern on The Summerhouse Dishcloth you need to be able to make double crochet, chains and single crochet.
There is two special techniques, I have used, to make it completely straight and pretty. It’s Chainless Foundation with Double Crochet, and there is a special stitch you make, to get COMPLETElY straight edges when turning. I have called it “Pretty Turning (pt)”.
Click the links here, or scroll down the bottom, to see the videoguides, I have made for you 🙂
What you need
Materials
For the two cloths here in the pictures I have used this cotton yarn, which I have become quite happy to work with. It is a cotton that is super soft and lovely! Even though it says wash at 40 degrees celsius, I wash mine at 60 degrees, as it can easily withstand the heat, and it is only minimal what they lose in color:
Before you get started
There is a special technique you need to use when turning the work, to get the perfectly straight edges. I call it “Pretty turning (pt)”. You can of course choose to turn the piece in your usual way, but I would recommend you to try this, because it will be quite nice!
Step 1
When you have reached the end of the row, turn around without making turning chains.
Step 2
Pull a little in the loop, and make a single crochet in the first stitch.
Step 3
On top of that single crochet, you make another: Insert the hook in the back loop of the two loops from the first single crochet and make a single crochet in it.
Step 4
Now you have made 2 stitches with the pretty turning = 2 pt. This is how the edge becomes completely straight, without using the standard chains for turning 🙂
The holes in the pattern
The holes in the pattern appear by making a chain and skipping a stitch. When you have to crochet on top of the chain (where there is a hole), you crochet around the entire chain – insert crochet hook into the hol,e that has come, and take the yarn back. That’s how you get a nice hole …
(Parantheses) og commas,
When you crochet according to the pattern, there are some different characters you use, so you avoid huge lines. Here I use commas “,” and parentheses “()”.
- At a comma: What stands between commas, you just do as it says.
- At parentheses: What is in between parentheses must be multiplied by the number of times that follows.
If you are new to patterns, then it’s explained here with an example:
EXAMPLE: “1 pt, (1 ch, skip 1 stitch, 1 dc) 2 times, turn”
Means:
“1 pt, 1 ch, skip 1 stitch, 1 dc, 1 ch, skip 1 stitch, 1 dc, turn”.
The pattern
ROW 1
Make 59 double crochet (dc) with chainless foundation, turn
ROW 2
(1 pt = turn without using a turning chain, but by pull the first loop a little loose)
59 single crochet (sc), turn
ROW 3
2 pt, (1 chain, skip 1 stitch, 1 dc) 29 times, turn
ROW 4
(1 pt = turn without using a turning chain, but by pull the first loop a little loose)
59 single crochet (sc), turn
ROW 5
2 pt, 58 dc, turn
ROW 6-33
Repeat row 2-5 till you reach 33 rows in total. Finish with a chain, tighten it, weave it in, cut the thread and!
… babaaaaa: You have now made your own “The Summerhouse Dishcloth” and have a dishcloth, that is ready for use 🙂 And perfect for a summerhouse!
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Here you find some helpful videos, so you can make the pattern. Especially if you are a beginner (If you are: You’re awesome – am cheering for you!). It’s a bit easier to understand with live pictures 
Milla Billa made the design and editing. Music was by www.bensound.com.
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