Sunny Daffodils Dish Cloth

Crochet a dish cloth with popping daffodils and fancy edging to match a plain dishcloth with blocks of cheerful colors. This daffodils dish cloth set crochet pattern from Lily Sugar n' Cream brings the sun into your kitchen. This dish cloth set matches the Daffodils Crochet Bouquet.

Materials:

• Yarn: Lily® Sugar’n Cream (Solids: 2.5 oz/70.9 g/109 m/120 yds), (Ombres: 2 oz/56.7 g/86 m/95 yds) Amounts given are for Dishcloths A and B

Main Color (MC) (01712 Hot Green) 2 balls
Contrast A (00073 Sunshine) 1 ball
Contrast B (00001 White) 1 ball

• Crochet Hook: Size 4 mm (U.S. G or 6) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.
• Green pipe cleaners.
• Hot glue gun

Size: Approx 9½ ins [24 cm] square.

Gauge: 15 sc and 16 rows = 4 ins [10 cm].

Instructions:

DISHCLOTH A
Motif (make 4).
With A, ch 3.
1st rnd: (RS). 6 hdc in 3rd ch from hook. Join with sl st in back loop of first hdc.
2nd rnd: Ch 4. [(Yoh) twice. Draw up a loop. (Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice] twice in same sp as last sl st. Yoh and draw through all 3 loops on hook – Beg Tr Cluster made. *Ch 5. [(Yoh) twice. Draw up a loop. (Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice] 3 times in back loop of next hdc. Yoh and draw through all 3 loops on hook – Tr Cluster made. Rep from * 4 times more. Ch 5. Join with sl st to top of Beg Cluster. Break A.
3rd rnd: Join MC with sl st to any ch-5 sp. Ch 2 (does not count as st). 6 hdc in same sp as sl st. *(3 hdc. Ch 2. 3 hdc) in next ch-5 sp. 6 hdc in next ch-5 sp. Ch 2.* 6 hdc in next ch-5 sp. Rep from * to * once more. Join with sl st in first hdc.
4th rnd: Ch 2 (does not count as st). *1 hdc in each of next 9 hdc. (1 hdc. Ch 2. 1 hdc) in next ch-2 sp. Rep from * 3 times more. Join with sl st to first hdc. Fasten off.
Sew 4 Motifs tog into a dishcloth.

Edging: 1st rnd: Join A with sl st to any corner. Ch 1. 5 sc in same sp as sl st. *1 sc in each of next 11 hdc. 1 sc in next ch-2 sp. Draw up a loop in same ch-2 sp. Draw up a loop in next ch-2 sp. Yoh and draw through all loops on hook – sc2tog made. 1 sc in each of next 11 hdc.** 5 sc in corner. Rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once. Join with sl st in first sc. Break A.
2nd rnd: Join B with sl st to any corner sc. Ch 1. (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in same sp as sl st. *(Ch 1. Miss next sc. 1 sc in next sc) 14 times. Ch 1. Miss next sc.** (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in corner sc. Rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once. Join with sl st to first sc. Break B.
3rd rnd: Join A with sl st to any corner ch-1 sp. Ch 1. (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in same sp as sl st. *(Ch 1. Miss next sc. 1 sc in missed sc 1 row below) 15 times. Ch 1. Miss next sc.** (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in corner ch-1 sp. Rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once. Join with sl st to first sc.
4th rnd: Sl st in corner ch-1 sp. Ch 4. Beg Tr Cluster in same sp as last sl st. Ch 4. Sl st in same sp as Cluster. *(1 sc next ch-1 sp. 1 sc in next sc) twice. Cluster in next ch-1 sp. Ch 4. Sl st in same sp as Cluster. Rep from * around, working 3 Clusters in corner ch-1 sps and ending with: (1 sc in next ch-1 sp. 1 sc in next sc) twice. Join with sl st to first ch of ch-4. Fasten off.

DISHCLOTH B
With MC, ch 58.
1st row: (RS). 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each ch across. Turn. 57 sc.
2nd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 27 sc. Draw up a loop in each of next 3 sc. Yoh and draw through all loops on hook – sc3tog made. 1 sc in each of last 27 sc. Turn. 55 sc.
3rd row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 26 sc. Sc3tog over next 3 sts. 1 sc in each of last 26 sc. Turn. 53 sc.
4th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 25 sc. Sc3tog over next 3 sts. 1 sc in each of last 25 sc. Turn. 51 sc.
5th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 24 sc. Sc3tog over next 3 sts. 1 sc in each of last 24 sc. Join A. Turn. 49 sc.
6th row: With A, ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 23 sc. Sc3tog over next 3 sts. 1 sc in each of last 23 sc. Turn. 47 sc.
7th row: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 22 sc.
Sc3tog over next 3 sts. 1 sc in each of last 22 sc. Join MC. Turn. 45 sc.
Cont in this manner, working sc3tog at center of each row, working in stripes as follows:
8th to 11th rows: With MC.
12th and 13th rows: With A.
14th to 28th rows: With MC. 3 sc rem.
Last row: Sc3tog over 3 sc. Fasten off.

Edging: 1st rnd: Join A with sl st to any corner. Ch 1. 5 sc in same sp as sl st. (Work 27 sc evenly across to next corner. 5 sc in next corner) 3 times. Work 27 sc evenly across last side. Join with sl st to first sc. Break A.
2nd rnd: Join B with sl st to any corner sc. Ch 1. (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in same sp as sl st. *(Ch 1. Miss next sc. 1 sc in next sc) 14 times. Ch 1. Miss next sc.** (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in corner sc. Rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once. Join with sl st to first sc. Break B.
3rd rnd: Join A with sl st to any corner ch-1 sp. Ch 1. (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in same sp as sl st. *(Ch 1. Miss next sc. 1 sc in missed sc 1 row below) 15 times. Ch 1. Miss next sc.** (1 sc. Ch 1. 1 sc) in corner ch-1 sp. Rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once. Join with sl st to first sc.
Fasten off.