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Super Speedy Crochet Dishcloth
Crochet Hook H/8 or 5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Crochet Gauge: 13 sts and 12 rows = 4" [10 cm] in pat.
Finished Size: Approx 13" [33 cm] square.
Materials List
Lily® Sugar’n Cream® (Solids: 2.5 oz/70.9 g; 120 yds/109 m; Ombres: 2 oz/56.7 g; 95 yds/86 m), 2 balls per dishcloth
Black Currant (01318)
Natural Ombre (00228)
Warm Brown (01130)
Size U.S. H/8 (5 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.
1st row: (RS). 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each ch to end of chain. Turn. 43 sts.
2nd row: Ch 1. *1 sc in next sc. 1 tr in next sc. Rep from * across to last sc, pushing tr to RS of work. 1 sc in last sc. Turn
3rd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each st to end of row. Turn
4th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of first 2 sc. *1 tr in next sc. 1 sc in next sc. Rep from * across to last sc, pushing tr to RS of work. 1 sc in last sc. Turn.
5th row: As 3rd row. Rep 2nd to 5th rows for pat until work from beg measures 13" [33 cm], ending on a RS row.
Hanging Loop: Ch 10. Join with sl st in last sc worked.
Fasten off.
Abbreviations
Beg Beginning
Ch Chain(s)
Pat Pattern
Rep Repeat
RS Right side
Sc Single crochet
Sl st Slip stitch
St(s) Stitch(es)
Tr Treble crochet
I feel as if I'm missing something. How many chains for the very beginning? I read over and over and never saw it in the instructions.