If you are as particular as my boyfriend and I, you can't just buy any towel for the kitchen. It needs to be a nice colour, texture, and good at drying dishes and hands. This perfect towel didn't seem to exist (for a reasonable price) so I used my crochet skills to make us new dish cloths and towels. Making these was a nice break in between the amigurumi projects. Also, my boyfriend couldn't really complain about the time I was investing (as I like to say) in crocheting as I was making something we could both use. Win-win, I'd say. I had made some small dish cloths to test out the waters (pun not intended). I made two waffle dish cloths, one moss stitch dish cloth, and one moss stitch tea towel (below). We discovered that the ones I made seem more resistant to getting that 'stinky towel' smell when compared to our store bought towels. However, they seem to take some time to air dry (not so great). I should also mention that I used Bernat 100% cotton yarn which goes on sale at Michael's for $1.25 to $1.50/ball. Let's add another win to the score! After the success of the first set, my boyfriend asked me to create another towel, larger than the tea towel. I used Bernat yarn again and this new towel required a total of 4 balls. The completed towel is 16.5" x 20.5". This time I went with the two-tone look again and a stitch that has more texture - the lemon peel stitch. This is created by alternating between single and double crochet within the same row, and repeat. No counting required at all, just make sure for every subsequent row, stitch a single on top of a double and a double on top of a single. Can't wait to use this towel! Materials used:
- Bernat Handicrafter 100% cotton yarn; 80 yds, 1.75oz/73m, 50g; [medium, 4] in sage green, off white, white, and navy blue. - 4.5mm hook
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Melissa LuangsiripanyaHi there! I'm a self-taught casual crocheter. Here you will find more details on how I made my projects as well as stories of hardship, frustrations and success! Archives
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