Free crochet pattern: petal popcorn dishcloth
Petal Popcorn is a sweet and simple free crochet dishcloth pattern that’s full of texture and charm!
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At the start of summer, I grabbed a handful of sunny summery cotton yarn from Knit Picks. It was my gift to myself for making it through a gloomy winter and a lot of projects knit and crocheted with neutral colors. I needed bright, poppy, and fruity colors and easy, short projects. That’s where the Petal Popcorn free crochet dishcloth pattern began.
The Petal Popcorn dishcloth is beginner level made with a mix of single, half-double, and double crochet stitches. Each is simple on their own, and putting them together to crochet this dishcloth is great practice pattern reading!
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petal popcorn free crochet dishcloth pattern
This is a written pattern that will have you crochet flat back and forth.
Materials:
- I/9 (5.5mm) crochet hook
- Approx. 65 yds of worsted weight cotton yarn (Knit Picks Dishie in “Conch”)
- Scissors
- Yarn needle to weave in ends
- Tape measurer or ruler
Size:
8″ x 8″ square, instructions to adjust height and width are below
Gauge:
14 sc= 4 inches
Pattern notes:
This pattern is for a worsted weight dish cloth using a I/9 (5.5mm) crochet hook. I chose to crochet flat with a bamboo hook. You can use another type of hook you find most comfortable.
You can crochet with any worsted weight yarn, as long as the gauge matches. To make your dishcloth longer or shorter, add or decrease the number of rows you chain. The pattern is written for a 8″ x 8″ square. If you need the dishcloth to be more narrow, chain less stitches. If you need the dishcloth to be wider, chain more stitches. Start small and chain one more or one less and then test it. I recommend crocheting your dishcloth slightly larger because cotton will shrink. Remember to take your time setting it up for the correct size you want!
You will chain your stitches and crochet in the pattern below until you make a square and then fasten off.
Make sure you watch my Learn to Crochet playlist to see how to make a slip knot, chain, and turn. I have tutorials on fastening off below. If you would like to adjust the dish cloth’s length, keep in mind that you’ll need to increase or decrease the number of rows you crochet.
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Free crochet dishcloth pattern abbreviations (US) and skills:
ch- chain
sc- single crochet
dc- double crochet
hdc- half-double crochet
st(s)- stitch(es)
rep- repeat
petal popcorn crochet dishcloth pattern
Chaining
Make a slip knot, using this tutorial here if needed.
Ch 29 sts. I have a tutorial on how to do this here.
free crochet dishcloth pattern directions
Note: Here is my tutorial on how to chain 1, turn in crochet.
Row 1: sc in the 2 ch from the hook and in each ch across to the end of row. Ch 1, turn.
You should now have 28 sts for each row for the rest of this project.
Row 2: hdc in the first stitch. skip a stitch, work a sc and dc both in the next stitch
across. End with a hdc in the final stitch. Ch 1, turn.
Rep Row 2 for pattern for 22 rows or until the dishcloth measures 8″ tall.
Row 22 or Final Row: sc in the first stitch and in each stitch across.
fastening OFF
You will be taking the yarn off your hook and cutting it from the yarn ball following
this three step process:
1: Cut a 4-6″ tail.
2: YO and pull entire tail through the loop on your hook.
3: Weave in your ends (See below).
weave in ends
Now we are going to weave in the yarn ends to finish both ends of the dishcloth.
Following the weaving in ends tutorial for the sides of your dishcloth from this video here, choose which end you are going to weave in first.
Thread your yarn needle with the tail of yarn and following the horizontal bumps of the row, weave the tail up and down down the row. I recommend going 1-2″ and then turning back the other direction 3-4 stitches.
Cut any of your tail that’s left. Repeat for the other end of your dishcloth.
Celebration! You did it!
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When you finish your Petal Popcorn Dishcloth I’d love to see it! Feel free to tag me on Instagram @thisyellowfarmhouse. You can also email me at [email protected] with your finished picture or questions!
