Is there anything better than the happy colors of spring after a long dreary winter? I'm not usually all about pastels, but the bright and cheery colors in Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie were begging to be turned into something Easter-ready - introducing the Easter Egg Granny Washcloth!
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Spring Cleaning Cloth - For Everything!
The Easter Egg Granny Washcloths can be dishcloths or washcloths - whichever you like. They are a fun way to perk up the kitchen this holiday, or great paired with a handmade bath fizzy in a special child's Easter basket.
The stitch in the Easter Egg Granny Washcloth is pretty much like the Granny Stitch (hence the name) - the only difference is that there's no chain one space to work into, you just work right between the posts of the stitches, as if there were indeed a chain space there. This makes for a slightly tighter weave, that still has enough air space to dry quickly!
This was my first time using Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie, and oh. mah. gosh. This is some gorgeous "kitchen" cotton - I can't wait to use it in some non-kitchen projects, it's just so smooth and soft! (And I'm a sucker for a great cotton, it's true!) But first, let's make some pretty spring free crochet dishcloths and washcloths!
Easter Egg Granny Washcloth
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US - I, 5.5mm hook - Brittany Needles
40 yds (each) Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie (100% Cotton; 4 - Medium/UK: 10-12 ply; 153 yd/140 m; 3.5 oz/100 g)
A: Brite Pink
B: Lemony
C: Lime
D: Caribbean
E: Lavender
This yarn has been discontinued. Suggested substitutes: Lily Sugar'n Cream, Bernat Handicrafter, Schackenmayr Catania Grande, Premier Yarns Cotton Sprout Worsted
Gauge: 12 sts x 8 rows = 4"/10cm in pattern
Size: 8.5" tall x 7.5" wide
Helpful Links & Tutorials:
Easter Egg Granny Washcloth Tutorial
NOTE: If desired, substitute a Chainless Starting Double Crochet for the ch 3 at the start of Rows 2 - 15.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Row 1 (RS): Ch 13, skip the ch closest to the hook, sc in next ch, hdc in next ch, dc until 2 chs rem, hdc in next ch, sc in last ch; turn. (12 sts)
Row 2 (WS): Ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), 2 dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st; rep from * until 3 sts rem, skip 2 sts, 3 dc in the last st, turn. (15 sts)
Row 3 and 4: Repeat Row 2. (21 sts in Row 4)
Row 5: Ch 3, dc in first st, skip 2 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st; rep from * until 3 sts rem, skip 2 sts, 2 dc in the last st, turn. (22 sts)
Row 6: Ch 3, skip the next st, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st; rep from * until 2 sts rem, skip the next st, dc in the last st, turn. (23 sts)
Row 7: Ch 3, dc in first st, skip 3 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st; rep from * until 4 sts rem, skip 3 sts, 2 dc in the last st, turn. (22 sts)
Row 8 and 9: Repeat Rows 6 and 7.
Row 10: Ch 3, skip the next st, 2 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st; rep from * until 5 sts rem, skip 3 sts, 2 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, skip the next st, dc in the last st, turn. (21 sts)
Row 11: Ch 3, skip the next 2 sts, 2 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, *skip 3 sts, 3 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st; rep from * until 6 sts rem, skip 3 sts, 2 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, skip 2 sts, dc in the last st, turn. (18 sts)
Row 12 - 14: Repeat Row 11. (9 sts in Row 14)
Row 15: Ch 3, skip the next 2 sts, 2 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, skip 3 sts, 2 dc between the posts of the previous st and the next st, skip 2 sts, dc in the last st; turn. (6 sts)
Edging: Ch 1, sc in the first st, hdc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next st, sc in last st, sc evenly around remainder of cloth; join and break yarn.
These cloths are just so... well, happy! I hope you enjoy making them as much as I did - I ended up binging this pattern right along with my Netflix one Saturday afternoon!
I hope you have a wonderful Spring ahead - and keep crocheting right on through the year! If you make the Easter Egg Granny Washcloths I’d love to see a photo. So if you share it on social media, be sure to tag me @mooglyblog or #mooglyblog – and happy crocheting!
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Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2018, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others. If you wish to make items for sale from this pattern or translate it to another language, please visit the About page for details. Thank you to Red Heart Yarns and Brittany Needles for providing the materials for this pattern.
Kristy says
Just made one of these for my daughter's Easter basket in gold yarn (Golden Egg). She'll use it as a snack mat. I may make another and make it bigger. Thanks for sharing!
Tamara Kelly says
Oh yay! 😀 Happy Easter!
Cherie Smith says
Can you please explain directions for row 2? Not sure how to complete. Is there a video tutorial? Thank you!
Tamara Kelly says
Hi Cherie! This pattern uses the granny stitch, so you're working in between the posts of the stitches. I don't have a video tutorial for this one at this time, though I do hope to get one made this spring. 🙂 What part is tripping you up?
Cherie Smuth says
I am confused with the skip two then three dc between posts of previous stitch and next stitch. Sorry, I am a more visual learner.
Thanks for your quick response and I hope to figure this out!😊
Tamara Kelly says
Hi Cherie! Have you made a granny square before? If so, you know how you work "between" the groups of 3 sts? That's the same sort of thing here - we're working between the sets of sts. But on the ends of the rows, we have to work into the first and last stitch so we can increase. Does that make sense?
Cherie Smith says
I have done very little with granny square style. Perhaps I will find a tutorial on that and it will be helpful. I will keep trying. Thank you.
Cherie says
Hi Tamara,
After watching a tutorial on granny square, I think I got it!! Just one clarification, when you get to last stitch in Row 2 that would be 3 dc in top of chain 3 correct?
Tamara Kelly says
Hi Cherie! I'm so glad that helped! And yes, when the ch 3 counts as a stitch, as it does in this pattern, then you'd work into it for the last stitch(es) of the current row. 🙂
Cherie says
Hi Tamara,
I completed one of the washcloths finally! While I got the correct stitch count on each row it doesn't appear as tapered at the top to make it more egg shaped as your pictures show. Perhaps I am being too critical of my work. It was fun to do and I hope you are able to provide a video in the near future so I can follow along.
Tamara Kelly says
Thank you! I hope to be able to do a live tutorial tomorrow on YouTube! It will be linked here as well. 🙂
Cherie says
Awesome!!! Looking forward to that😉
Natasha Fort says
Hey Tamera,
I'm a beginner. Only about 8 months under my finger tips but I'm lost on Row 7. There's only 1DC at wash end of Row 6, so how do I sk 2?
Tamara Kelly says
Hi Natasha! There was indeed an error there, thank you for letting me know! I've updated the pattern. 🙂
Natasha Fort says
Hey Tamera,
I figured out exactly what I was doing wrong on the row7. Thank goodness for your video tutorial. I had skipped row4 by accident and you had actually skipped 4 on purpose. So that was a big help thank you so much for all you video and your time you take to make them
Tamara Kelly says
I'm so glad - I hope you enjoy the pattern! 🙂
Cathy Staniek says
Love this pattern as well as the Heart pattern. My son is a football fan, Ive made him little coasters, thinking of combining the heart and egg pattern to make a football cloth/hot pad. Good idea?
Tamara Kelly says
Ooh, I think that sounds super fun!