Merry-Go-Round Dishcloth

Merry-Go-Round Dishcloth

Designed by Melinda Miller

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SKILL LEVEL:                       Beginner

FINISHED SIZE:                     9” Diameter

MATERIALS:                          Worsted weight cotton

                                                Crochet hook size H / 5.0 mm

                                                Tapestry needle

STITCH GUIDE:                     Dc= double crochet

                                                               

SPECIAL STITCHES:            V-st: In sp or st indicated work (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc).

 COMMENCE PATTERN:

Ch 5, join with sl st to form a ring.

Rnd. 1: Ch 3 (count as dc now and throughout), work 11 dc in ring, join with sl st to beg ch 3, (12 dc)

Rnd. 2: Ch 4 (count as dc, ch 1, now and throughout), [dc in next dc, ch 1] rep around, join with sl st to 3^rd ch of beg ch-4. (12 ch-1 sps)

Rnd. 3: Sl st into next ch-1 sp, ch 3, dc in same sp, [ch 1, 2 dc in next ch-1 sp] rep around ending with ch-1, join with sl st to beg ch-3.

Rnd. 4: Sl st to next ch-1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, [ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp] rep around ending with ch-1, join with sl st to beg ch-3.

Rnd. 5: Sl st to next ch-1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, [ch 2, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp] rep around ending with ch-2, join with sl st to beg ch-3.

Note: To change colors here, finish off color A, attach color B to middle dc, begin at #.

Rnd. 6: Sl st to middle dc, # ch 4, dc in same st, *V-st in next ch-2 sp**, skip next dc, V-st in next dc, skip next dc, rep from * around ending last rep at **, join with sl st to 3^rd ch of beg ch-4.

Rnd. 7: Sl st to next ch-1 sp, ch 4, dc in same sp, [ch 1, V-st in next V-st], rep around ending with ch-1, sl st to 3^rd ch of beg ch-4.

Rnd. 8: Sl st to next ch 1 sp, ch 1, sc in same sp, ch 2, dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 2, sc in middle of next V-st, [ch 2, dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 2, sc in next V-st] around, ch 2, join to beg sc. Finish off.

Copyright - This Merry-Go-Round Dishcloth Pattern and the pattern photos are copyright 2011 by Melinda Miller. Free for your own personal use only. Per copyright law, do not redistribute (with or without charge) in any form. (Redistributing to others includes by photocopies, scanning, emailing, putting on a CD, posting in Internet forum messages, putting on another web site and any other manner of distribution.)