PiCniC BasKet DishCloth

Picnic Basket
Dishcloth
by Kim Cameron
Finished Measurements
Notions
9” x 9”
Yarn Needle
Yarn
Knit Picks Dishie (70% Tanguis Cotton;
190 yards/100g):
Honeydew 25410; 1 ball.
Gauge
16 sts and 10 rows = 4” dc, blocked.
4 (sts) x 3 (rows) basket weave sets =
approx.. 4”
Needles
G/6 (4.0mm) crochet hook, or size to
obtain gauge
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Picnic Basket Dishcloth
Notes:
The Picnic Basket Dishcloth has great texture by using the raised
double crochet. Switching from front to back in sections and
then back to front gives the look of a woven basket. This is a fun
crochet that creates a great textured dishcloth and a chance
to practice a crochet stitch that isn’t as common as most. This
pattern, with a change in yarn, would be easily expanded to
create a blanket with a great drape.
FP - Raised Double Crochet stitch worked around the Front Post
of stitch below: YO, insert hook into gap between two stitches
from front to back, then around the post and out to the front
side of the work. Wrap yarn around hook and draw a loop onto
hook (pulling the hook back out the way you went in) 3 loops on
hook. Now make the dc in the normal manner (yo, draw through
2 loops, you draw through remaining 2 loops on hook).
BP - Raised Double Crochet stitch worked around the Back Post
of stitch below: YO, insert hook into gap between two stitches
from back to front, then around the post and out to the back
side of the work. Wrap yarn around hook and draw a loop onto
hook (pulling the hook back out the way you went in). 3 loops on
hook. Now make the dc in the normal manner (yo, draw through
2 loops, you draw through remaining 2 loops on hook).
DIRECTIONS
Chain 38
Row 1: 1 dc in 4th chain from hook, 1 dc in each chain to end. Turn.
Row 2: Ch2, 1 hdc in first 2 sts, *1 FP around each of the next 4
sts. 1 BP around the next 4 sts, repeat from * finishing with 1 hdc
in next st, 1 hdc into top of tch, turn.
Row 3-4: Repeat row 2.
Row 5: Ch2, 1 hdc in first 2 sts, *1BP around each of the next 4 sts.
1 FP around the next 4 sts, repeat from * finishing with 1 hdc, 1 hdc
in next st, into top of tch, turn.
Row 6-7: Repeat row 5.
Repeat Rows 2 – 7 three more times.
Repeat Rows 2 – 4 once.
Last Row: SC across all sts.
Finishing
Weave in ends
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Legend
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SC
Single Crochet
Ch
Chain
Hdc
Half Double Crochet
Dc
Double Crochet
Double Crochet in front
post-FP
Double Crochet in backpost-BP
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Picnic Basket Dishcloth