Crocheted Dishcloths

Ive been on a crochet kick lately and found these crocheted dishcloths in cotton yarn. I thought Id make a few and see how I like them. With everyone going greener I thought this would be a good idea. I use sponges now but why buy sponges that need to be replaced often and are not natural anyway? Or paper towels, how much of that do we use?

I saw on another woman's page that she made colorful ones to use in her kitchen and plain white ones for cleaning. The white ones could be bleached if needed. The colorful ones you can make to match your kitchen.

So what you see up there are the ones Ive made and the one I'm working on.

V-Stitch Granny (Dishcloth)

For the dishcloth I used 3 oz. Sugar & Cream variegated worsted weight cotton and 1 oz solid. I used a J hook and finished size is about 12" square.
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Starting V-stitch: Ch 4, dc in same stitch
V-stitch: dc,ch1,dc in same stitch
Corner: in corner space 2dc, ch2, 2dc
Start Dishcloth
Ch 4 and join.
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Rd 1: ch3 (counts as dc) 2 dc, *ch 2, 3 dc* 3 times ch 2 and join
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Rd 2: ch 3, dc in each dc work corner into each ch 2 space and join
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Rd 3: Make sure you are in the center dc of the side make a starting V-stitch, sk next dc, 2dc, work corner, 2 dc, skip next st, V-stitch, sk st, 2 dc, work corner, continue around join to 3rd chain of first V- stitch and sl st into V-stitch
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Rd 4: Starting V-stitch, skip next st, dc in next 4 dc, work corner, dc in next 4 dc, V-stitch, work all the way around in this pattern, join in same manner as above, sl st into V-stitch
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Rd 5: Starting V-stitch*sk next st, dc, sk next st, V-stitch, sk next st, dc in next 2 stitches, work corner, dc in next 2 st, sk st, V-Stitch, sk st, dc, sk, st, V- stitch around and join
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Rd 6: Starting V-stitch, dc in every dc V-stitch in every V stitch and work corners around
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Rd 7: Starting V-stitch, *dc in every dc, V-stitch in every V-stitch to the last V- stitch of that side, sk1 of the side, dc in next st, sk 1, V-stitch, dc in next 2, corner, dc in next two stitches, sk 1, V-stitch, sk, continue around from * Join
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Repeat rds 6 and 7 and end
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Solid Border (optional)
Rd 10: Join solid color to any corner, ch3, 4 dc in corner, dc in every dc and in ch 1 space of V- stitches to corner, 5 dc in corner and continue around

Round Dishcloth/Washcloth
G hook, Scrap 4 ply cotton yarn like Sugar n' Cream

Round 1: Chain 4, slip st tog,

Round 2: Ch 3 and 11 dc in ring. Slip st tog. (Count the first ch as 1 dc, now and throughout)

Round 3: Ch 3. Dc in same stitch as ch 3, then 2 dc in each st around. *Dc in next st, 2 dc in next st. Repeat from * around, slip st tog .

Round 4: Back Loops Only from now on: Ch 3. *Dc in next 1 st, then 2 dc in next st. Repeat from * around, slip st tog.

Round 5: Ch 3. *Dc in next 2 stitches, then 2 dc in next st. Repeat from * around, slip st tog.

Round 6: Ch 3. *Dc in next 3 stitches, then 2 dc in next st. Repeat from * around, slip st tog.

Round 7: Ch 3. *Dc in next 3 stitches, then 2 dc in next st. Repeat from * around, slip st tog.

Round 8: Ch 3, sc in next st. Repeat around to make edging. Fasten off and weave in ends. (I changed this and added a couple more rounds of just double crochet and didn't stitch in the back stitches to make that ridge you see for these. Then I added a shell stitch in a contrasting color to the edge. The shells are 1sc, 5dc, 1sc to the end, then slip stitch in first sc and tie off.)

Solid Shell Dishcloth

Materials :
Worsted weight cotton yarn Peaches & Creme brand 4 ply cotton
US size I hook

Starting chain: Chain 26.
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in ea ch across. (25 sc)
Row 2: ch 1 to turn, sc in first sc, *skip next 2 sc, 5 dc in next sc (shell made), skip next 2 sc, sc in next sc **, repeat the directions between * and ** 3 more times.

Establishing The Pattern Design:
Row 3: ch 3 (counts as first dc), make 2 dc in the first sc (which is at the base of the ch-3 just made), * skip next 2 dc, sc in next dc (which is the dc in the center of the shell), skip next 2 dc, 5 dc in next sc **, repeat the directions between * and ** 2 more times, then skip next 2 dc, sc in next dc (which is the dc in the center of the shell), skip next 2 dc, 3 dc in last sc.

More Shell Rows:
Row 4: ch 1 to turn, sc in first sc, skip next 2 dc, 5 dc in next sc (shell made), * skip next 2 dc, sc in next dc (which is the dc in the center of the shell), skip next 2 dc, 5 dc in next sc **, repeat the directions between * and ** 2 more times, then skip next 2 dc, sc in the last dc (which is the ch-3 turning chain that started the previous row, which counted as a dc).
Row 5: Repeat row 3.

This Row Is Designed To Bring The Wavy Shell Edge Back To A Straight Edge:
Row 6: ch 1, sc in first dc, * hdc in next dc, dc in ea of next 3 stitches, hdc in next dc, sc in next dc **, repeat the directions between * and ** 3 more times.
Row 7: ch 1 to turn, sc in ea stitch across. (25 sc)

The Repeat Rows:
Row 8: Repeat row 4.
Row 9: Repeat row 3.
Row 10: Repeat row 6.
Row 11: Repeat row 7.
Row 12: Repeat row 4.
Row 13: Repeat row 3.
Row 14: Repeat row 4.
Row 15: Repeat row 3.
Row 16: Repeat row 6.
Row 17: Repeat row 7.
End off. Weave in ends.
(I changed this pattern too and just did the shell stitch rows until the very end. Then I used row 6 to give me a straight edge. Now I'm doing single crochet around the edges, 24 sc with 3 sc in each corner. I haven't decided what else Ill do to it yet)