Lemon peel stitch dishcloth crochet pattern
8 × 8 in · Beginner · 1 color
Size: Standard Change size
PDF · US Letter · 2 pages · Change paper
- Size
- About 8 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm)
- Skill
- BeginnerBasic stitches worked into stitches, with a turning chain
Size 3 choices
Paper for the PDF
Single and double crochets alternate, each worked into the other kind, which makes a dense, bumpy surface the same on both sides.
Gauge
13 stitches and 11 rows to 4 in (10 cm) in lemon peel stitch.
How to measure it
To count your gauge in the middle of the test piece: 7 repeats of the bracketed group side by side (14 foundation chains' worth) are about 4.3 in (10.9 cm) wide, and 11 rows are about 4 in (10 cm) tall.
The pattern also stops you to measure after row 9.
Work a test square first (17 rows)
This piece is small enough to be its own test piece: you may skip the test piece, begin, and measure the width at the first place to stop.
If you do make a swatch, it is a test piece to measure and pull out, not the start of the pattern.
Gauge is counted over 4 in (10 cm), so make the swatch bigger than that: about 6 in (15 cm) each way, and count in the middle of it.
- Swatch foundationCh 21.
- Swatch row 1 (RS)Sc in 2nd ch from hook, dc in next ch, repeat: sc in next ch, dc in next ch 9 times(10 sc, 10 dc)
- Swatch rows 2 to 17Ch 1, turn; repeat: sc in next st, dc in next st 10 times(10 sc, 10 dc)
For another width: how many chains to add
For another width, add or take away 2 chains at a time: each 2 chains adds one more repeat of each bracketed group. Measure your own gauge first.
The starting chain calculator opens on this pattern's multiple and gauge: type the width you want.
Before you start
- The ch 1 at the start of a row does not count as a stitch.
- Row 1 is the right side.
- The number of rows is our estimate: yours may differ, and the length does not change the stitch count.
- Leave a tail of about 6 in (15 cm) when you begin, and weave it in at the end with the others.
Instructions
Size: Standard Change sizeUS termsUK terms
- “[ ]” is a repeat.
- The count at the end is what the row leaves.
- Tick a row when it is done. Your place is kept in this browser.
How to read these rows
Square brackets “[ ]” hold a repeat: work what is inside as many times as it says. In UK terms sc is double crochet and dc is treble.
- FoundationCh 27.
- Row 1RSSc in 2nd ch from hook, dc in next ch, repeat: sc in next ch, dc in next ch 12 timesleaves (13 sc, 13 dc)
- Stop and measure when you have worked row 9.Width, across the middle of the rows and not along the chain edge: about 8 in (20 cm). If it is wider, start again with a smaller hook; if it is narrower, with a larger one. If only the chain edge is tight, make the chain with a larger hook.
- Rows 2 to 22Ch 1, turn; repeat: sc in next st, dc in next st 13 timesleaves (13 sc, 13 dc)Repeat until the piece measures about 8 in (20 cm): at our gauge that is row 22. Go by the tape measure, not the count.Next: row 2 of 22
- EndFasten off, leaving a 6 in (15 cm) tail.
Finishing
- Weave in the ends.
- This pattern has no border, and every size given here is without one.
In all: 22 rows; 572 stitches; 2 ends to weave in.
The same stitch as other things
Each is worked in the same stitch pattern, lemon peel stitch, with its own counts and yarn amount.
