With this pattern, I created a functional towel with treble crochet bands at either side and along the middle to be used as loops for easier storage. I tend to store my dish cloths on magnetic hooks on my fridge between uses, so I took that into account while making the towel.
For a project like this, yarn content is particularly important. Most synthetic fibers don’t retain water particularly well. Cotton, however works really well for this purpose. I used Lily Sugar n’ Cream yarn, a 100% cotton worsted weight yarn for this project. I have found that this yarn isn’t a flexible as other worsted weight yarns I’ve worked with and since it isn’t a mercerized cotton yarn, it does have some tendency to split on the hook.
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Materials
Yarn: Worsted weight (Lily Sugar n’ Cream) – approx. 150 yards
Hook: I (US 9, 5.5 mm, UK 5)
Yarn needle
Gauge
4″ x 4″ square = 13 stitches x 11 rows
Abbreviations
Sc – single crochet
Tr – treble crochet
Pattern
Chain 41
Row 1: Sc in second chain from hook. Sc to the end of the row, chain 1, turn <40>
Row 2: Sc 40, chain 3, turn. <40>
Row 3: Tc 40, chain 1, turn <40>
Rows 4 – 26: Sc 40, chain 1, turn. <40>
Row 27: Sc 40, chain 3, turn <40>
Row 28: Tr 40, chain 1, turn <40>
Rows 29 – 52: Sc 40, chain 1, turn. <40>
Row 53: Sc 40, chain 3, turn <40>
Row 54: Tr 40, chain 1, turn. <40>
Row 55: Sc 40, chain 1, turn. <40>
Row 56: Sc 40, bind off and weave in ends. <40>
Patchworked Crochet 