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Updated February 2024 – PINTEREST FRIENDS
Hey Friends, I have noticed a lot of Pinterest traffic coming to this post from pins completely unrelated to this post and website. I’m not sure who made those pins or why (maybe bots of some kind?), and I am trying to work with Pinterest to have them removed. As a Pinterest user myself, I know how frustrating it can be to click into a post and find the content is completely different than what you were expecting. In the meantime, I can see the referral pins on my end of things so I am going to try to find the original sources for the variety of pins you were looking for so that you can still find the content you were actually trying to find. Thank you for your patience and hopefully this issue with the pins will be resolved soon. In the meantime, here is a running list of resources:
If you are here for the crochet chart whose photographed sample is tan, I could not find the original source.
If you are here for the zippered pencil pouch tutorial, you can find it here. It is from a German site called Sew Simple.
If you are here because of the crochet shell stitch tutorial, you can find it here from mypicot.com
If you are here for the crocheted lacy rose afghan crochet pattern, you will find the original pattern here. The pattern is from a pattern book called Garden Lace Afghans by Maggie Weldon Designs.
If you are here for the green, pink, and blue font, it looks like the original website is no longer available.
If you are here because of the three stitch charts whose samples were crocheted with green yarn, I could not find an original source. It looks like it’s a photograph of a page of a book, but I can’t make out what the text says as the photo quality is quite bad.
If you are here because of the crochet pineapple stitch chart, I could not find the original source. It looks like it might be a skirt or shawl, so here are some YouTube tutorials: for skirts, for shawls.
Confession. I am an adult and I own next to nothing, as far as household goods go (yarn and books are another story). To be fair I haven’t needed to purchase anything practical. I was blessed to live with extended family during college. But having been out of school for seven years now you’d think I’d have picked up a few things along the way. Let me explain. My last job was over in Europe and the company provided furnished housing for me. Furniture, linens, etc. Great deal, right? It was, but now I’m stateside again with nothing to my name.
Now as the date of my wedding grows closer (yay!) and my fiance and I have begun to combine households, we’ve discovered between the two of us we’re missing a lot of essentials, especially as far as kitchen linens are concerned. I didn’t bring any linens myself, and him, being a (former) bachelor, only had two hand towels to his name. Luckily for the two of us I’m pretty handy with a crochet hook. Supplying handmade washcloths to fill out our kitchen linens wouldn’t be an issue. In fact, I have been itching to design a washcloth myself.
There are so many great crochet washcloth patterns out there! I started my collection by making a few of the patterns I found on Pinterest but after I completed a set I decided I wanted something different. Some of the washcloths use a very open stitch, and while beautiful, they weren’t as thick and textured as I wanted. They’re great for skincare but not for scrubbing baked lasagna out of a pan. Some of the others I’ve tried are very thick and textured but there was a small downside. The really thick cloths become really heavy after being saturated with water and soap. I wanted a Goldilocks washcloth, something in between a light, delicate washcloth and something heavy and textured; a lighter washcloth with a lot of texture for scrubbing. And I think I finally created something that fits that criteria. Behold, the Bead Stitch Washcloth.
Are you ready for a free crochet pattern? Great! Here it is!
Materials Needed
- Cotton Yarn, approximately 60 yards (I used about a third of a skein of I Love This Cotton)
- H/8, 5.00mm hook
- Yarn Needle
- Scissors
Special Stitches
- Bead Stitch: insert hook into designated stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, (yarn over and pull through first loop on hook) twice, yarn over and pull through all loops on hook. There is a photo tutorial available following the pattern.
- End Bead Stitch: {this version of the bead stitch gives additional stability when it is the last stitch in the row} insert hook into front loop of designated stitch, yarn over and draw up a loop, (yarn over and pull through first loop on hook) twice, insert hook into back loop of same stitch, yarn over and pull through all loops on hook. There is a photo tutorial available following the pattern.
Gauge
Gauge is not important for this project. You can change hook size if you’d like to alter the fabric density.
Pattern
- ch 26
- sc into second chain from hook, and in each st across. 25 sts. ch 1, turn.
- sc in first st, *(bead st into next st, sc in next st) repeat from * to the end of row. 25 st. ch 1, turn.
- sc in first st, and in each across. 25 sts. ch 1, turn.
- *(Bead st into first st, sc in next st) repeat from * until one st remains, end bead st in last st. 25 sts. ch 1, turn.
- repeat row 4.
Repeat rows 3-6 until piece reaches desired length, ending with a sc row. You can end it here and weave in ends or you can add a sc border. I like to add a border to give the edges a cleaner look. To add a border, ch 1, turn, work 3 sc in first st, sc across until one st remains, work 3 sc in last st, work sc sts down the side until you reach the foundation ch, work 3 sc into first st, sc across the bottom until one st remains, work 3 sc in last st, work sc sts up the side and join first sc with a sl st. Finish off and weave in ends.
1. So, here we have the photo tutorial for the bead stitch. You’ll begin by inserting your hook into the designated stitch as you would for a regular single crochet.
2. Much like a single crochet you’ll draw up a loop. It’s after this that things change.
3. Yarn over and pull through the first stitch on the hook. You’ll now have what looks like a chain coming up from the stitch and you’ll have two loops on the hook. With me so far?
4. Now you’re going to yarn over and draw through the first loop once more. See how it looks like a chain of two coming out of that stitch? You’re on the right track. You should still have two loops on the hook.
5. Yarn over and draw through both loops. It doesn’t look quite like a nubby little bead just yet.
6. To finish off the bead stitch, you’ll complete the next stitch in the pattern. In the above washcloth pattern it would be a single crochet. Completing the next stitch in the pattern will anchor the bead stitch down.
Now we have the End Bead Stitch. This is slightly different than the Bead Stitch, but it looks the same and it gives the stitch some additional stability. In the above washcloth pattern it’s used when the bead stitch is last stitch in the row.
1. In the End Bead Stitch, you’ll begin by inserting the hook through the front loop of the designated stitch.
Repeat steps 2-4 in the regular bead stitch tutorial.
5. Now you will insert your hook into the back loop of the same stitch, yarn over, and draw the yarn through all the loops on the hook.
6. And now you’ve completed the End Bead Stitch. This version of the bead stitch is ideal for projects where the next stitch after your bead stitch won’t be a single crochet, i.e. half double crochets, double crochets, chains, etc. It’s also great when the bead stitch will be the last stitch of the row.
Thank you for sharing, I’ll give the washcloth a try.