Welcome to Week 4 of the 2022 Fall Gift Giving Crochet Along!!! 12 Weeks and 12 Dishcloths, all free crochet patterns! This week we are working on another really fun, Textured Dishcloth! The Alpine Stitch Dishcloth Free Pattern is so much fun! If you haven’t used the Alpine Stitch, you are in for a fun new stitch pattern and a great gift idea or keeper for yourself.
This week you will be using Double Crochet, Single Crochet and Front Post Double Crochet with a 4 row repeat!
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Below are the first 3 weeks, they where so much fun!
Waffle Stitch Textured Dishcloth – Week 1
Summer Squiggles Dishcloth – Week 2
Bavarian Stitch Dishcloth – Week 3
Now on to Week 4….
Tips:
- If you have tight tension, you can use a Front Post Treble Stitch instead of the Front Post Double Crochet
- When are doing the Post Stitches 2 rows below, make sure not to do a stitch in the Single Crochet of the row below of the same stitch or you will add to your stitch count. See pic tutorial
- You will do a Dc/Fpdc row, then a sc row, then the next Dc/Fpdc row, The alternating rows with Fpdc, Dc… Make sure fpdc’s and dc’s will alternate so they don’t line up on each other. See pic
- When making Chain 2 at the beginning of the DC row Does NOT count as a stitch. Make sure you start your first DC in that same st.
Materials:
You will use 150 Yards of Cotton Yarn, I used Lily Cream & Sugar in Wine
Hook H
Stitches:
- Ch – Chain
- St – Stitch
- Sk – Skip
- Sl St – Slip Stitch
- Sc – Single Crochet
- Dc – Double Crochet
- Fpdc – Front Post Double Crochet
Instructions:
Make sure to read the tips above, they are important
Ch 30
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each across. = 29 sc
Row 2: Ch 2(does not count as a st), turn, dc in each st across. = 29 dc
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. = 29 sc
Row 4: Ch 2, turn, *dc in st, Fpdc around next dc 2 rows below*, repeat across, dc in last st. = 14 fpdc & 15 dc
Row 5: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. = 29 sc
Row 6: Ch 2, turn, dc in 1st 2 sts, *fpdc in next dc 2 rows below, dc in next st*, repeat *to* across, dc in last st. 16 dc & 13 fpdc
Rows 7-32: Repeat rows 3-6 ending with a row 4.
Edging
Row 33: Ch 1, turn, sc across to the end, 3 sc in last st, evenly sc 27 sts down row edges, 3 sc in 1st st of row 1, finish off. Join yarn in the last st of row 1, 3 sc in that st, evenly sc 27 sts up the row edges, 2 sc in 1st st of row 32, sl st to join. = 120 sc
Row 34: Ch 1, turn, sc in st, * 3 sc in next st, sc in next 29 sts*, repeat *to* 2 more times, 3 sc in next st, sc in next 28 sts, join to beginning sc. = 128 sc (You will have worked across the sc’s where you finished off in the previous row like they were all a continuous row)
Row 35: Ch 1, NO turn, loosely sl st in each st around. = 128 sl st
Finish off and weave your ends in.
That’s it… You now have an Alpine Stitch Dishcloth Free Pattern… I hope you love this one! See you next week with Week 5’s dishlcoth!!!
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Elena
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