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## PATTERNS: SOLID DISHCLOTH 

Cotton yarn is a good choice to use for a dishcloth. It is absorbent, stronger wet than dry, machine washable and can be bleached if needed. This pattern uses a cluster stitch that creates a texture in the cloth for scrubbing. 

## MATERIALS 

• Size 3 crochet thread: 1 ball desired color for solid dishcloth or 1 ball each of two colored for striped dishcloth. 

• Crochet Hook:  3.5mm (US E-4) 

## MEASUREMENTS 

• Dishcloths measure 9 ½” x 9”. 

• Gauge: 21 dc = 4 inches 

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•  CHECK YOUR GAUGE.  Use any size hook to obtain the specified gauge. 

## SPECIAL STITCH 

• Cluster (CL): keeping last loop of each dc on hook, dc in next 3 sts; YO and draw through all 4 loops on hook. 

## INSTRUCTIONS 

• Ch 48 

• Row 1 (WS):  Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each rem ch (47 sc). Ch 2 (counts as first dc on following rows), turn. 

• Row 2 (RS):  DC in each sc. Ch 4, turn. 

• Row 3: Ch over next 3 dc, ch 2; * CL over next 3 dc, ch 2; rep from * to turning ch, dc in 2nd ch of turning ch. Ch 2, turn. 

• Row 4: 

• Row 5:  Sc in each dc to turning ch-2, sc in 2nd ch of turning ch. Ch 2, turn. 

• Row 6: Dc in each sc. Ch 1, turn. 

• Row 7: Rep Row 5 

• Row 8: Dc in each sc. Ch 4, turn. 

• Rep Rows 3-8 three times more. 

• Rep Rows 3-6. At end of Row 6, Ch 1, turn. 

## Border: 

3 sc first sc for corner, sc in each sc to last sc, 3 sc in last sc for corner, sc along next edge in ends of rows to beg ch, working in unused loops of beg ch, 3 sc in first loop for corner, sc in each loop to last loop, 3 sc in loop for corner, sc along next edge in ends of rows to first sc. Join with slip st in first sc. Fasten off. 

