Free Pattern of the Week!

This weeks free pattern is the Jazz Age Washcloth from KnitPicks.com.

Finished Measurements - 10” long x 10” height, unblocked
Needles  - US Size G crochet hook (4.00 mm)
Notions - Yarn Needle, Blocking mat(s), Blocking pins
Gauge - 2 shells = 4 inches in pattern stitch  (gauge is approximate)


Jazz Age Washcloth
Notes
Even flappers and philosophers have to do the wash, right? With a 4-row repeat of alternating fan and v-stitches, this little washcloth is complicated-looking but surprisingly easy to memorize. And it’s not just for dishes; crocheted in spa-quality cotton-linen blend, it’s also lovely as a facecloth (and all that
jazz).

Special Stitches
V-st: Fan and V Sitch - [1 dc, chain 1, 1 dc] in one stitch

Directions

Body - Chain 42

Row 1: 1 sc in 2nd chain from hook, *skip 3 chain, 9dc into next chain, skip 3 chain, 1 sc into next chain; rep from * until end, turn.

Row 2: Chain 3, 1 dc into first st, *chain 5, skip 9 dc group, work v-stitch [1 dc, chain 1, 1 dc] into next sc; rep from *, ending with chain 5, skip last 9 dc group, 2 dc into last sc, turn.

Row 3: Chain 3, 4 dc into first st, *(working over next chain 5 space so as to enclose it) 1 sc into 5th dc of 9 dc group in row below, 9 dc into center space of v-stitch; rep from *, ending with 1 sc into 5th dc from 9 dc group in row below, 5 dc into top of turning chain, turn.

Row 4: Chain 3, skip 5 dc group, v-stitch into next sc, *chain 5, skip 9 dc group, v-stich into next sc; rep from *, ending with v-stitch into last sc, chain 2, Sl st into top of turning chain, turn.

Row 5: Chain 1, 1 sc over Sl st into 1st stitch of row below, *9 dc into center space of next v-stitch, (working over next chain 5 so as to enclose it) 1 sc into 5th dc from 9 dc group in row below; rep from *, ending with 1 sc into 5th dc from 9 dc group, 1 sc into first chain of turning chain, turn.

Row 6 – 25: Repeat Rows 2-5 five times.

Row 26: Chain 3, 1 dc into first st, *chain 3, 1 sc into 5th dc of 9 dc group, chain 3, v-stitch into next sc; rep from * until end.


Border

Row 1: Chain 1, turn to work 1 sc in each space along the outer
perimeter of the dishcloth, with 2 sc in each corner space;
complete round with Sl st into starting sc.

Row 2: Chain 1, work 1 sc into each stitch; complete round with Sl
st into starting sc, cut yarn and fasten off.

Finishing

Weave in ends. If giving as a gift, this stitch pattern looks extralovely
when blocked.


The origional pattern can be found at http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/Jazz_Age_Crochet_Washcloth__D55547220.html