This easy crochet washcloth uses the popular lemon peel stitch (also known as the pebble stitch) and starts with a mitered square. The border rounds include corner spaces for hanging the washcloth on a shower organizer. This pattern is part of the Dishcloth of the Month Crochet Along with Oombawka Design Crochet and The Stitchin’ Mommy.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, single crochet, double crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting flat in rows, increasing, crocheting in the round (for edging and border border)
Crocheting around the side of your project (includes video tutorial)
Includes video tutorial for lemon peel stitch pattern

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Washcloth: 10.5” (26.5 cm) square.

Materials
Circulo InLove Slim yarn (100% cotton, 3.5 oz/100 g, 182 yd/167 m) – 1 skein in 5556 Tiffany, or approximately 130 yd (119 m) in any 100% cotton light weight yarn.

US Size H-8/5 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

Stitch markers - 4.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Through Row 28 = 8.5” (21.5 cm) square in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.