My daughter Kaitlyn has a website for her crochet and knitting projects.  It’s www.thecraftattic.com.  On there she blogs about projects she is working on or testing for others.  Today she created a dishcloth that looks like a flag in honor of Independence Day coming up this week.  Enjoy making this for your kitchen sink too!

USA Flag Dishcloth

Jul 2, 2013 by Kaitlyn

Pattern by: Kaitlyn

To celebrate July 4th, I’ve written up this dishcloth pattern! Enjoy!

Materials:

• US H/8 or 5mm crochet hook
• Red, white, and blue cotton yarn
• scissors
• yarn needle

Let’s get started…

1. with red,  ch 30
2. hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each st across, ch 2, turn
3. hdc across the row, switch to white, ch 2, turn
4. hdc across the row, ch 2, turn
5. hdc across the row, switch to red, ch 2, turn
6. hdc across the row, ch 2, turn
7. hdc across the row, switch to white, ch 2, turn
8. hdc across the row, ch 2, turn
9. hdc across the row, switch to blue, ch 2, turn
10. hdc 13, switch to red, hdc 14, ch 2, turn
11. hdc 13, switch to blue, hdc 14, ch2, turn
12. hdc 13, switch to white, hdc 14, ch 2, turn
13. hdc 13, switch to blue, hdc 14, ch 2, turn
14. hdc 13, switch to red, hdc 14, ch 2, turn
15. hdc 13, switch to blue, hdc 14
16. fasten off and weave in all ends
17. using white yarn and yarn needle, sew x’s  onto the blue portion of the dishcloth to represent stars
18. Optional: Join white yarn to the edge of the flag, ch 1, sc evenly around the flag (with 4 sc in the corners), sl st to first sc, fasten off, weave in ends

If you have any questions or comments concerning this pattern, or if you need any assistance, please leave a comment below! Have fun crocheting! Here are a few pictures of my dishcloth, with and without the border: