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Hello friends! I’ve been having a lot of fun with adding texture to my crochet projects lately, and want to share my newest pattern: the Textured Stripes Dishcloth. This uses the front post double crochet, but it goes around a single crochet a few rows down instead of a double crochet. This creates neatly staggered stitches that form diagonal stripes across the cloth. I hope you enjoy making this as much as I do! I can’t wait to see how you use this technique in other projects (or just make lots of awesome dishcloths!).

Let’s Get Started!

• Difficulty: Advanced Beginner
• Materials
  • 4.5 mm crochet hook
  • Yarn needle/ darning needle
  • Lily Sugar n’ Cream-
• Stitches used: chain, single crochet, front post double crochet
  • Please check out this link if you need help with front post double crochet. I’m sorry to say I have not filled in the tutorial section of my website just yet!
• Other Techniques: none
• Abbreviations:
  • ch- chain
  • fpdc- front post double crochet
  • sc- single crochet
  • st- stitch

Instructions: Textured Stripes Dishcloth Crochet Pattern

Row 1: Ch 34. In second chain from hook, sc. Sc in each ch until end of row. (33 st)

Row 2: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 3: Ch 1, turn. *Sc in the next 5 st. Fpdc around the sc of the first row beneath the next st.* Repeat pattern between ** 4 times. Sc in the last 3 st. (33 st)

Row 4: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 5: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 6 st. Fpdc around the sc of the 3rd row (this is the sc next to the fpdc of that row). *Sc in the next 5 st. Fpdc into the sc of the 3rd row. * Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc in the last two st. (33 st)

Row 6: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 7: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the first st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 4 times. Sc into the last st. (33 st)

Row 8: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 9: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 2 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 6 st. (33 st)

Row 10: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 11: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 3 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 5 st. (33 st)

Row 12: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 13: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 4 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 4 st. (33 st)

Row 14: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 15: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 5 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 3 st. (33 st)

Row 16: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 17: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 6 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 2 st. (33 st)

Row 18: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 19: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the first st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 4 times. Sc into the last st. (33 st)

Row 20: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 21: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 2 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 6 st. (33 st)

Row 22: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 23: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 3 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 5 st. (33 st)

Row 24: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 25: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 4 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 4 st. (33 st)

Row 26: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 27: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 5 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 3 st. (33 st)

Row 28: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 29: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 6 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 2 st. (33 st)

Row 30: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 31: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the first st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 4 times. Sc into the last st. (33 st)

Row 32: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 33: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 2 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 6 st. (33 st)

Row 34: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 35: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 3 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 5 st. (33 st)

Row 36: Ch 1, turn. Sc across (33 st)

Row 37: Ch 1, turn. Sc in the next 4 st. Fpdc. *Sc into the next 5 st. Fpdc.* Repeat pattern between ** 3 times. Sc into the last 4 st. (33 st)

Edging:

I did two rows of single crochet around the edge of the square, putting 3 sc in each corner to keep the edges from curling. Fasten off, weave in the ends.

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