Use these washcloths to brighten your decor and inspire thoughts of a warm summer day on the beach. A few ridges of raised post stitches worked in super-soft cotton make the perfect combination of soft and scrubby. They're also durable enough to use for dishcloths, but may be too pretty to use in the kitchen! The large spaces at the top of the pattern make the perfect space to hang them by, or use a little extra yarn to attach a hanging chain. One 2 oz (56.7 g) ball will make two washcloths, with enough yarn leftover to make the matching Scallop Seashell Soap Saver.
You can use your own choice of color to match your decor. I used this color because it reminds me of the pastel yellow, pink, and aqua decor that is often seen around the coast in my home state. Since moving inland, these are a nice reminder of days picking up calico scallop shells with the sand between my toes.
Get ready for some post stitch practice with this pattern - Alternating front and back post double crochet stitches create texture on only one side of the project.
Skill level:
Materials:
Worsted weight (4) cotton yarn
-Peaches and Creme Pastel Delight used
Crochet hook size I/9 - 5.50MM or size needed to obtain gauge
Smaller hook or yarn needle to weave in ends
Gauge:
in 4" by 4" (10 cm by 10 cm) -
14 dc in 7 rows
Notes:
Chain at beginning of rows counts as stitch.
Each post stitch counts as a double crochet in the stitch count at the end of the row.
Tutorials are now available! Click here to start with Part One
Stitches and abbreviations:
Front post double crochet (fpdc)
Back post double crochet (bpdc)
Single crochet three together (sc3tog)
Begin/beginning (beg)
Skip (sk)
Space (sp)
Directions:
For main body, begin with a magic circle.
Row 1:
Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 5 dc in ring. (6 dc)
Row 2:
Chain 3, turn. (Fpdc, 1 dc in the same st) 3 times. Fpdc, 1 dc in last st. (9 dc)
Row 3:
Ch 3, turn, 1 dc in the same st. (Bpdc, 1 dc) 4 times. 1 dc in the same st. (11 dc)
Row 4:
Ch 3, turn. 1 dc in the next st. (Fpdc, 1 dc in the same st, 1 dc in the next st) 3 times. Fpdc, 2 dc in the last st. (14 dc)
Row 5:
Ch 3, turn, 1 dc in the same st. 1 dc in the next st. (Bpdc, 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc) 4 times. 1 dc in the same st. (16 dc)
Row 6:
Ch 3, turn, (1 dc in each of the next 2 dc. Fpdc, 1 dc in the same st) 3 times. 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc. Fpdc, 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc. (19 dc)
Row 7:
Ch 3, turn, 1 dc in the same st. 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc. (Bpdc, 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc) 4 times. 1 dc in the same st. (21 dc)
Row 8:
Ch 3, turn. 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc. (Fpdc, 1 dc in the same st, 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc) 3 times. Fpdc, 1 dc in each of the next 4 dc. (24 dc)
Row 9:
Ch 3, turn, 1 dc in the same st. 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc. (Bpdc, 1 dc in each of the next 4 dc) 4 times, 1 dc in the last st. (26 dc)
Row 10:
Ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), turn. Sc3tog. (Hdc, fpdc, hdc, 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc) 3 times. Hdc, fpdc, hdc, sc3tog, 1 sc in the last st.
Bind off, weave in the ends before working border.
For border:
With the right side facing, join with a sl st in the side post-space of Row 2.
(With the last row worked at the top, this space will be on the left if you're right-handed, and on the right for lefties.)
Round 1:
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Ch 5 (counts as 1 dc, ch-2), 1 dc in the same sp. 2 dc in the next sp. (Fpdc, 1 dc in the same st) 3 times. Fpdc. 2 dc in the next side post-sp, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in the next. Ch 2, sc3tog beg in the same sp, ch 1. 2 hdc in the same as last. (Ch 2, 2 dc in the next post-sp) 5 times. Ch 2, 2 dc in the next st. *Ch 2, fpdc in next fpdc, ch 2, sk 1, 2 dc. Ch 2, fpdc in the next available fpdc. Ch 2*, sk 1, (2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in the following dc. Repeat from * to *. Skip 2, 2 dc in the last sc. (Ch 2, 2 dc in the next post-sp) 5 times. Ch 2, 2 hdc in next, ch 1, sc3tog beg in same as last. Ch 2, join with a sl st to beg ch-3.
Round 2: Edit - There was a missing ( )! Sorry! It's now fixed.
Ch 1, sc in ch-2 corner sp. Ch 3, 2 sc in the same sp. 1 sc in each of the next 13 dc. (2 sc, ch 3, 2 sc) in ch-2 corner sp. Sc3tog beg in dc, ending in sc3tog of previous round. 1 sc in ch-1 sp. (2 sc in the next post-sp) 5 times. (2 sc, ch 1, 2 sc) in corner ch-2 sp. (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in each of the next 9 ch-2 sps, again in the corner ch-2 sp. (2 sc in the next post-sp) 5 times. 1 sc in ch-1 sp, sc3tog beg in the same, endng in the ch-2 sp. Join with a sl st to beg ch-1.
Bind off, weave in ends.
*Sorry to all of those who had trouble with those sc3tog stitches! Hopefully you can find the help you need in the new tutorials. Part one will walk you through beginning the body of the pattern, all the way through part six to finish it - Or find links in each tutorial to skip to the section you need.
Happy Crocheting!
Hi, I just tried to make the seashell washcloth, but it was to hard for me. :( I was wondering if you would ever consider making a tutorial on youtube, step by step. I've had more success this way. I looked on youtube and could not find a seashell tutorial. Thanks again. P.S. Your seashell washcloth is adorable.
ReplyDeleteThanks! This pattern is already on the list, but I have no idea when I'll be able to get back to making videos. Until then, you may find help with the multi-part picture tutorial instead.
DeleteYou can find part 1 here: https://crochetistheway.blogspot.com/2015/07/making-scallop-seashell-washcloth-part-1.html
You'll find the link for each following tutorial at the end of the post. Part 1 starts from the beginning of the pattern; part 2 skips to the end of the body; parts 3-6 cover the border. It's not as good as a video, but I tried to include as many steps as possible in pictures. I hope it helps for now!
I wish I had looked at the photo tutorials before I started. Every time I have done a pattern which said "magic circle", it was closed tight, so that is what I did. I am completely lost on Row 6. Following the directions, I come up with 13 stitches, not 19, and I do not use all the stitches of the previous row.
ReplyDeletePlease forgive me, for I think your tightening of the magic circle is far from the problem...
DeleteI've tried to work this out on paper to see what stitch combos could equal this number... and what I found was a mistake in the pattern at row 6! The pattern has been updated with a correction. (I missed the 2 dc before the last fpdc.) I'm really sorry about that.
If that was the only issue, then the correction should help, but that still doesn't work out on paper for me.
Even with the mistake in the pattern fixed, that only adds 2 stitches, which would mean you'd have 15 instead of 19. At first I was thinking you've missed stitches in a previous row, but that still doesn't explain why you'd end at 13 stitches if you're following directions for row 6 and completed the multiples correctly...
While drawing it out, row 6 messed with my brain a little. Because of the two dc made before each fpdc, autopilot wants to skip that extra dc that gets worked after the fpdc.
Each set of multiples in the previous rows are made of three stitches. The multiple for row 6 increases to four stitches.
If this does turn out to be the problem, then please note that the multiple increases again to five in row 8.
I hope this helps!