PATTERNS: SOLID DISHCLOTH Cotton yarn is a good choice to use for a dishcloth. It is absorbent, stronger  wet than dry, machine washable and can be bleached if needed. This  pattern uses a cluster stitch that creates a texture in the cloth for scrubbing. MATERIALS MEASUREMENTS SPECIAL STITCH INSTRUCTIONS Border: 24 •  Size 3 crochet thread: 1 ball desired color for solid  dishcloth or 1 ball each of two colored  for striped dishcloth.  •  Crochet Hook:  3.5mm (US E-4)  • Dishcloths measure 9 ½” x 9”. •  Gauge: 21 dc = 4 inches •  CHECK YOUR GAUGE.  Use any size hook to obtain the specified gauge. •  Cluster (CL):  keeping last loop of each dc on hook, dc in next 3 sts; YO and draw  through all 4 loops on hook. •  Ch 48 •  Row 1 (WS):  Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each rem ch (47 sc). Ch 2 (counts as first dc  on following rows), turn. •  Row 2 (RS):  DC in each sc. Ch 4, turn. •  Row 3:  Ch over next 3 dc, ch 2; * CL over next 3 dc, ch 2; rep from * to turning ch, dc in  2nd ch of turning ch. Ch 2, turn. •  Row 4:  •  Row 5:  Sc in each dc to turning ch-2, sc in 2nd ch of turning ch. Ch 2, turn. •  Row 6:  Dc in each sc. Ch 1, turn. •  Row 7:  Rep Row 5 •  Row 8:  Dc in each sc. Ch 4, turn. • Rep Rows 3-8 three times more. • Rep Rows 3-6. At end of Row 6, Ch 1, turn. 3 sc first sc for corner, sc in each sc to last sc, 3 sc in last sc for corner, sc along next edge in  ends of rows to beg ch, working in unused loops of beg ch, 3 sc in first loop for corner, sc  in each loop to last loop, 3 sc in loop for corner, sc along next edge in ends of rows to first  sc. Join with slip st in first sc. Fasten off.