The Best Free Crochet Dish Towel Pattern
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You can make a crochet dish towel using any stitch you want but if you to make your crochet kitchen towel extra special then you will need to use an extra special stitch. How about one that makes your towel thick and squishy without any gaps?
People like to complain about crochet projects being “holey” but it really depends on the stitch that you use. Some projects you don’t mind if you can see through them, but a kitchen towel needs to be both pretty and practical.
Well, I guess, strictly speaking, a crochet dish towel doesn’t need to be pretty but it certainly doesn’t hurt. And if there is a free pattern for it, then that’s even better!
But there is no arguing that it really ought to be practical and that’s where this crochet dish towel pattern comes in. I really do think this is the absolute best farmhouse crochet hand towel pattern out there and you will soon see why!
The Thickest Crochet Stitch in the World
If you have seen my patterns before, then you might have an inkling about the crochet stitch I am talking about. It’s one of my favorite stitches and I have many other designs that use it like this drawstring backpack and this tri-fold pouch.
Single crochet is the go-to stitch for crochet projects with no holes, but we can do better than that! For the best crochet dish towel, we need a stitch that is luxuriously thick and squishy.
The technique that I am talking about is, of course, the thermal crochet stitch! Long since used pretty much only for pot holders, I saw the potential in this fantastic stitch for so many other exciting crochet projects.
In total, I have made 29 other thermal crochet patterns and 7 tutorials PLUS 13+ videos.
As a matter of fact, my new ebook includes all these thermal crochet patterns, stitches, and tips. Additionally, they organized per category and from beginner to more advanced patterns.
Never done thermal crochet before? Not to worry. Believe it or not, this is actually a beginner-friendly technique and not scary at all. I promise 🙂
I have a whole blog post about how to crochet the thermal stitch, and more specifically how to crochet the half double crochet thermal stitch (which is the stitch we’ll be using to make a cute crochet dish towel today!)
Or you can watch this quick video to learn how to crochet the pattern stitch before attempting the crochet kitchen towel pattern.
How to Crochet the Half Double Crochet Thermal Stitch
Get the PDF of the Thermal Crochet Dish Towel
This pattern is also available as an ad-free, printer-friendly pdf pattern that you can purchase on Ravelry or Etsy at the links below for only a small fee.
In “The Crochet Club” membership the pattern is interactive with check-off boxes so you can keep track of where you are in the pattern (and saved per user login) without any ads and is printer-friendly!
To start, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to crochet this beautiful pattern.
How to Crochet a Thermal Crochet Dish Towel
Materials you will need
- Lion Brand 24/7 Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn (186yds/100g):
- 4 Skeins white
- Tiny bit of denim
- 5.0mm hook – I used the WeCrochet Dots Crochet Hooks
- scissors
- tapestry needle
Stitches used in the pattern (US Abbreviations)
Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE
- st/sts = stitch/stitches
- ch = chain
- sk = skip
- sl st = slip stitch
- blo = in back loop only
- hdc = half double crochet
- thdc = thermal half double crochet
- flo = in front loop only
Gauge
4 thdc sts x 2 thdc rows = 1 square inch (measured on one side only)
Size
17 x 28 inches
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Free Written Instructions for the Thermal Crochet Dish Towel
Note: You can adjust your starting chain to change the width of your crochet towels. Watch the Thermal Half Double Crochet Video above if you need to know how to crochet this stitch.
Ch 74, start from the 2nd ch from the hook.
R1: 1 hdc (into back bump) in each ch until the end, turn
R2: ch 1, 1 thdc (made through blo and parallel loop from below chain) in each st, turn
R3: ch 1, 1 thdc (made through blo and parallel loop – leftover flo – from the previous row) in each st, turn
Repeat R3 for the entire project.
Follow these color-changing directions:
Rows are the sum of front and back
7 rows of white
(1 row of denim, 3 rows of white) 2 times
1 row of denim
22 inches of white
(1 row of denim, 3 rows of white) 2 times
1 row of denim
7 rows of white
Weave in your ends.
That’s it! Your thermal crochet dish towel is now finished and ready to use! Will you be keeping this one for yourself or giving it away as a gift?
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