Not Your Mama's Washcloth
By Mike Burton http://www.ravelry.com/people/knmburton Copyright March 2014
Materials
Medium weight yarn; sample made with Lily Sugar and Cream in Denim Size "l" (5.5mm) crochet hook. Gauge isn't really necessary.
Special Stitches:
(mdcs) I've used a modified version of a double crochet spike stitch to add texture to the washcloth without adding a whole lot of thickness to it. Instead of going through the fabric to pull a loop through, you will instead be going into the left side anchor of the row below your working row. After creating the initial row below your working row, and reaching the point of your mdcs, yo, insert hook into the left anchor (highlighted in the picture above), draw up Ip, draw through 2 lps, draw through remaining 2 Ips. (you don't need to pull the initial Ip up to your working row. The dc will work its way up there by itself)
CH 29 (any odd number will work if you want your washcloth larger or smaller) ROW1: SC in 2nd ch from hook and in each st across. (28) Ch1, turn. ROW2: [hdc in next sc, dc in next sc] across. Ch1, turn. ROw3: [sc in next dc, mdcs in anchor of hdc of row below] across until last st. dc in last st. Ch1, turn. ROW4: hdc in next dc, [dc in next sc, hdc in next mdcs] across until last st. dc in next sc. Ch1, turn. Repeat Row3-4 until piece measures \~.25 in. shorter than piece is wide, making sure to end with ROW3. Finishing ROw: Sc across (28) Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Back of work.
After second round of ROw3
After second round of ROw4
Around ROW13
