I am feeling impatient to start the amigurumis….. however, I pressed on with the second dishcloth and I am very glad I did. Through this exercise I gained more skills and became more confident with counting and recognizing the stitches.
The first dishcloth was done with a single crochet (sc) stitch, and I decided to learn a different stitch for the second one. The idea for the second stitch came from TikTok and it is called a crunch stitch. Although there are 2 varieties, the most common one being a combination of a half double crochet stitch (hdc) and a slip stitch (sl st). Contrary to logical thinking a half double crochet stitch is not a single crochet stitch. I ended up using is a combination of single crochet stitch followed by a slip stitch.
At first I was having the same issues that I had the first time with inconsistent stitch counts which resulted in the skinny part. However, about halfway up, it finally came to me how to begin and end each row properly. Using the crunch stitch really helped as I could see the difference between the single crochet stitch and the slip stitch which allowed me to see if I was landing on an odd or even stitch without counting.
You can see in the picture I’ve highlighted how straight the last half ended up! I think the final row is wobbly due to tension issues, which I continue to work on.
To finish off the dishcloths I wanted to put a different coloured edge around them. I was also determined to learn something from the short-video format of TikTok and Instagram, so I learned to change colour and to edge with these platforms. The first edge technique is a just simple single stitch. The second one, I don’t think has a name, I learned from this video.
@crochet2crochet easy new crochet edge pattern #crochet #crochetersoftiktok #crochettiktok #foryou #fyp #crochetboottutorial #crochetshawl
Final results of my new dishcloths!
(they actually make me laugh, but in a good way!)
