c2c Dish Cloth Pattern
This c2c dish cloth pattern is super easy and works up so quickly! The use of Lily Sugar ‘n Cream Scrub Off yarn means no changing yarns, but still getting the benefit of different colors and textures in one small project. A lot of pop and fun without much effort!
It’s also an awesome pattern if you’ve been wanting to learn the c2c crochet stitch for a while. There are detailed step by step photos and almost immediate gratification with it being such a small project! Ya gotta love some immediate gratification!
The Origin of This Pattern
Learning to c2c (corner to corner) stitch has been on my crochet bucket list for a while now. I finally tried it out recently and really liked it. Then, when I spotted this Scrub Off yarn in Joann’s I thought it was a match made in heaven for a simple pattern like is.
When I looked up most dish cloth patterns made with the Scrub Off yarn, I wasn’t a fan of the striped look created by traditional back and forth crochet method. I thought maybe by using c2c, the different sections of yarn would group together a bit more. This would be both more pleasing to the eye and also much more practical for “scrubbing” if you have larger areas of the scrubby fabric grouped together. This was one of those projects that turned out just as good as I’d hoped. I am very happy with the results! So nice when that happens!
The Yarn for This Pattern
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I first saw this Lily Sugar ‘n Cream Scrub Off yarn when I ran across it in a small display in Joann’s a few weeks ago. I had never seen it before and wasn’t sure if it was new, but I was immediately intrigued! It is one skein of yarn made up of 3 different colors of the traditional Lily Sugar ‘n Cream 100% Cotton yarn and 2 different colors of scouring (“scrubby”) yarn. At least one of the cotton sections is also a variegated color. They are all alternated, so you get a really great variety of color and texture in each piece that makes the finished product really interesting and fun. The color changes are close enough together that you get a few changes even in a small project like a dish cloth.
Each skein is 2.6 ounces and my favorite part was the excitement of each dish cloth coming out in a completely different design and color combination. This was because there were so many colors that alternated in each skein. I got 3 dish cloths from one skein. The way that each dish cloth comes out differently, but is still color coordinated makes this project perfect for making a matching set!
One of my testers also had a skein of Bernat Handicrafters Scrub Off yarn that I have not seen, but it seemed to work up very similarly. So, if you have that yarn, it would make a perfect substitute.
The Pattern
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Materials:
Lily Sugar ‘n Cream Scrub Off Yarn (I used Beach House)
US I/ 5.5 mm Crochet Hook
Yarn Needle
Scissors
Gauge:
Each c2c cluster is roughly 1” x 1”
Final measurement of dishcloth: 5.5” x 5.5”
Stitches Used:
(ch) chain
(sl st) slip stitch
(dc) double crochet
Pattern Notes:
If this is your first time trying c2c crochet and you are using the Scrub Off yarn suggested in this pattern, I would suggest you start the pattern with a section of the yarn that is cotton (not the scrubby portion). The scrubby part of the yarn can be harder to work with and more difficult to see your stitches.
Text on photos are just repeats of text in the pattern.
Pattern:
Row 1: Ch 6. Dc in 4th chain from the hook. Dc in each of the next two chains. This is one C2c Cluster.
Row 2: Ch 6. Turn. Dc in the 4th chain from the hook. Dc in each of the next two chains. Sl st into the beginning chain space of the first c2c Cluster. This is the first c2c cluster of the second row.
Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. This completes row 2. (2 c2c clusters)
Row 3: Ch 6. Turn. Dc in the 4th chain from the hook. Dc in each of the next two chains. Sl st into the ch 3 space from the previous c2c Cluster of the last row. This is the first c2c cluster of the third row.
Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. Sl st into the ch 3 space of the next c2c Cluster of the last row. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. This completes Row 3. (3 c2c clusters)
So far you can see that we are creating each c2c Cluster in two different ways. The first clusters of an increasing row are created by chaining 6, and then placing a dc in each of the 3 chains furthest from the hook. The inner c2c Clusters are created by slip stitching to the next c2c cluster chain space, chaining 3 and then placing 3 more double crochet into the same chain space. We continue with this repeat until we reach the width that we want for our square.
Rows 4-7: For this pattern, we will continue this repeat for 7 rows. At my gauge the width from corner to corner at the 7th row is 7.5”. If you would prefer your dish cloth be a little larger, you can continue to increase until you reach the size you want. If you would like your dish cloth smaller, you can take out the last row and then follow the directions to begin decreasing.
Beginning to Decrease:
Row 8: To begin decreasing your square, without chaining after your last row of increase, turn your work. Sl st once into each of the next two dc of the last c2c cluster, and then sl st into the ch 3 space.
(note: in my photos of this step you will see tails from changing yarn. I purposely changed my yarn section here so that I could use the cotton yarn to show more clearly what to do, rather than the scrubby. But you will not be changing colors or yarn here)
Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. *Sl st into the ch 3 space of the next c2c Cluster of the last row. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space.* Repeat from * to * 4 times. After the 4th repeat, sl st to the ch 3 space in the next c2c Cluster of the last row, but do not chain. This completes row 8. Turn your work. (6 c2c clusters)
Row 9: Sl st once into each of the next two dc of the last c2c cluster you made, then sl st into the ch 3 space. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. *Sl st into the ch 3 space of the next c2c Cluster of the last row. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space.* Repeat from * to * 3 times. After the 3rd repeat, sl st to the ch 3 space in the next c2c Cluster of the last row, but do not chain. Turn your work. You can see that you are well on your way to decreasing your square now. (5 c2c clusters)
Row 10: Sl st once into each of the next two dc of the last c2c cluster you made, then sl st into the ch 3 space. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. *Sl st into the ch 3 space of the next c2c Cluster of the last row. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space.* Repeat from * to * 2 times. After the 2nd repeat, sl st to the ch 3 space in the next c2c Cluster of the last row, but do not chain. Turn your work. (4 c2c clusters)
Row 11: Sl st once into each of the next two dc of the last c2c cluster you made, then sl st into the ch 3 space. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. Sl st into the ch 3 space of the next c2c Cluster of the last row. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. Sl st into the ch 3 space of the next c2c Cluster of the last row. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. Sl st to the ch 3 space in the next c2c Cluster of the last row, but do not chain. Turn your work. (3 c2c clusters)
Row 12: Sl st once into each of the next two dc of the last c2c cluster you made, then sl st into the ch 3 space. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. Sl st into the ch 3 space of the next c2c Cluster of the last row. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. Sl st to the ch 3 space in the next c2c Cluster of the last row, but do not chain. Turn your work. (2 c2c Clusters)
Row 13: Sl st once into each of the next two dc of the last c2c cluster you made, then sl st into the ch 3 space. Ch 3. Place 3 dc in the same chain space. Sl st to the ch 3 space in the next c2c Cluster of the last row. Finish off and weave in ends. (1 c2c Cluster)
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so pretty work
Thank you!!
Very good video for this pattern! I have been wanting to learn this pattern for a long time! Thank you sooo much!
So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Thanks for the pics of this pattern! Being able to read it is simply not enough for me! lol I will be making dishcloths for my family and charity donations for my friend’s church holiday bazaar, especially for my DIL:) thanks again.
Thank you Susie! So glad that helped!
Hi, My Name Is, Ms, Lynette A, Miller and I was wondering what color,s did you use I would like to use the same colors for my Friend she live,s at the beach and I know that she would like them ok thank you. at M,s A, Miller at [email protected]
Hi Lynette, I used the color Beach House.
My, my, my. I have tried to do this pattern so many times and just couldn’t get it. Don’t know what you did Esther, but you did what no other tutorial or video could do, and there have been a lot. Thank you so much, Colleen
Yay! That is so great!