The Mitered Dishcloth/Potholder Mania Continues!

And this time there is evidence that I have been joined by friends:

 My friend, Sandra, is the best hot pad dishcloth buddy. :-)

Not only does she crochet beautifully, but she has the most

beautiful blog, as well.
 Visit her here.

Her photos are out of this world!

These are so fun and addictive!!!

Perfect to make while TV watching or even out and about
 as the pack easily into a handbag.
Once you have made a few it's
likely that you no longer need to count.
I make these for gifts and have a bit of a stockpile right now.
They fit so many occasions.
It's always nice to try and coordinate with one's kitchen.
I recently gifted a cherry dishcloth with a bowl of fresh cherries.
(The bowl was part of the gift - Red and white polka dots!)

Join the fun:

The mitered dishcloth pattern can be purchased here.

A free shell edge tutorial can be found here.

A free cherries pattern can be found here.
A really cool rose done in the round pattern can be purchased here. 

And if you think that's the end of these for now...
well think again! ;-)
There are more to come.

I'm going to try to make an effort to only post about crochet every other post.
Trying to moderate my obsessive ways....
We'll see how that goes!

Mitered Dishcloth Shell Edge

Due to popular demand...haha...

(actually no one asked, but I think someone may have wanted to ask ???),

I've created a free photo tutorial for the shell edge on the mitered dishcloth pattern.

It looks like this:

 And this is how it's done:

First you will need to start off with a mitered dishcloth made from the
instant downloadable and chock full of photos pattern found here.

These differ a bit from the pattern as the ones pictured are worked in both loops of the sc,
just like a regular sc, for a flatter surface for the cherries to rest upon.

If you use this yarn it makes a pretty thick dishcloth.

I actualy prefer a lighter yarn (dk-sport) for a dishcloth and then

I double up two dishcloths with a sc join together if I want to use as a hot pad.

This yarn makes them almost thick enough for a potholder...

but be careful not to get burned unless it's super thick.

Here's an option for a bi-color dishcloth:

If you would like to change color midstream then do this:

  Pull the new color through the last sc of your row:

 Then continue as usual:

Until you get the desired number of rows:

  Then weave in all your ends.

 You could stop here, and you would still have a
mighty fine dishcloth, but that is not what this post is about! :-)

  So, here it goes with the shell edge:

Join the yarn at the base of the "loop":

ch 1

jump over to the area as indicated in the below photos and sc:

ch one:

  sc here:

  keep doing this all the way around,
to the base of the other side of the loop.

Do you see where I went in for each sc?

If not, does this help?:

When you come to the two bottom sides, just skip a st in between each sc 

(don't forget to ch in between the sc's.)

It's easier on these two sides. :-)

It's kind of difficult to see this in the following photo,
 but in the corners, don't skip stitches:

When you get to the loop,

sc all the way around.

then join with a sl st to the beginning ch.

Now, sc in the next st

Then place 4 dc in the ch space from the previous row:

sc in  the next ch space:

Keep doing this alternating 4 dc and 1 sc in each ch space from the previous row.
(This is fun, huh?)

The corner will need to be played with a bit,
try not to skip any spaces so that your corner will be flat.

Here are a few more corner shots:

(They are all slightly different,

and I like that!)

Keep going until you get to the base of the right hand side of the loop,
sl st to join.

And that's it!
Oh, you may want to weave in the ends.
Weaving is fun because you can correct and tighten the beginnings and ends a bit,
with some clever weaving. ;-)

You could stop here if you like....

but...

Do you want to make that cute cherry embellishment?

Then go to the lovely Next to Nicx blog 

and the free pattern can be found by clicking here.

You might want to stay there a bit.

It's a wonderful place!

I used Knitpicks Comfy Fingering in Holly Berry and Peapod.

Found here.

I imagine a sport or dk weight would work too.

Warning:

These are addictive little buggers!

In my out-of-control state,

I made the following:

This could happen to you!

You've been warned!!! :-)