The Beginners Festive Dishcloth was crocheted with Sugar ‘n Cream cotton yarn in the Holiday Stripes color – a variegated white, red and green yarn. This yarn is great for creating the stripes in this dishcloth. Of course, you can make the dishcloth in any solid or other variegated yarn.

The stitch for the Beginners Festive Dishcloth is the Even Moss Stitch. This is an easy stitch to crochet and is great for beginners to learn a new crochet stitch.

Materials:
1 skein (2 oz) Sugar ’n Cream cotton yarn (Holiday Stripes)
I–9 (5.5mm) hook

Size: approximately 7 ½” square

Stitches used: (US terms)
chain
single crochet
half double crochet
slip stitch

Gauge: 2 hdc, sl st per inch

Notes:

1. Stitch pattern is the Even Moss Stitch
2. Each row will begin with a single crochet and end with a half double crochet
3. Each row will begin with a single crochet in the 1st stitch = the same stitch as the ch 1
4. If you would like a larger dishcloth, increase chain by 4 stitches for each inch
5. Be sure to count your stitches at the end of each row

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