Alwine's Dishcloth

This pattern is named after my maternal grandmother Alwine Nauert Goerdel (pronounced Alween). She just recently passed away. I have so many fond memories of her. She taught me how to sew and cook. She sewed lots of clothes for my sisters and I. My favorite dress was a bright multi-colored polka-dot fabric that I chose myself. I had my third grade school picture made in it. I loved that dress. Granny worked as a seamstress for many years until she retired. She was also a farmer's wife. She was such a good cook. She was famous for her homemade pies. No one could reproduce her pie crust. To this day no one can. I miss her terribly. Guess I'll just get out my crock pot and make a batch of her sauerkraut soup - her own original recipe of course.

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SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate Beginner

MATERIALS: 1 oz. Worsted weight cotton

Crochet hook size H/5.0mm

SIZE: 7” square after blocking

STITCHES: Sc = single crochet

Dc = double crochet

Ch 31.

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Turn. (30 sc)

Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc) , *skip next sc, 1 dc in next 3 sc, yo, with hook in front of work, go back and insert hook from front to back into skipped st before the 3-dc group; loosely draw through a loop and bring it up to the height of the 3-dc group; yo and complete dc; rep from * across, end dc in last st. Turn.

Row 3: Ch 1, 1 sc in each dc across. Turn.

Rows 4 - 17: Repeat Rows 2 and 3, ending with Row 3. Fasten off, weave in ends, block.

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