“MAISON VERTE” CROCHET DISH TOWEL – Free Pattern

Maison Verte Crochet Dish Towel

I’m so excited to share the first in a series of patterns I will make as the Maison Verte Series. This series will include this modern crochet dish towel, dish cloth and hot pads for the kitchen as well as a hand towel, a wash cloth and a bath mat for the bathroom. As you can see from the picture, the first pattern in my series is the crochet kitchen towel with subtle texture, crisp stripes and neutral colors.

The inspiration for this series comes from my interest in, and desire to live, a more green lifestyle. I live in Canada and have french heritage, so the name of my series means Green Home (but sounds fancier haha!). I have read a great deal about the zero waste movement and try to use natural materials as much as I’m able, especially for my homeware projects. All of the items in my Maison Verte Series will be made of cotton.

This functional and beautiful crochet dish towel just happens to satisfy my love of simple and minimalist designs. The neutral colors and the crisp stripes make me happy in a way I’m not sure I can describe. That’s just my taste, but if you like bright and bold, then this pattern would lend itself well to those choices as well!

This is a very simple kitchen towel to make. It uses a half double crochet alternating between the back loop and front loop, and it’s worked in rows with one border round of single crochet. Truly, it’s so simple that the color change is the hardest part of the project.

I hope you enjoy the first piece in the Maison Verte Series and I can’t wait to show you the remaining pieces!

To see more of my projects that use this same textured stitch, take a look at the Collina Throw Blanket and the Fairfield Cross-Over Poncho.

LET’S GET MAKING! Scroll down for the FREE pattern for this crochet dish towel below OR you can PUIRCHASE the Ad-Free, printable version from my Etsy store HERE

SUPPLY LIST

5 mm hook (towel), 4 mm hook (border) Any Category 4 cotton yarn in 2 colors (Yarn Used: Bernat Handicrafter in White and in Overcast – skein is 80 yards/73 meters) Approx yardage: Main Color: 3 skeins or 240 yards / 219 meters // Stripe Color: ½ skein or 40 yards / 37 meters Scissors Tapestry needle

STITCHES / ABBREVIATIONS

YO – yarn over CH – chain ST – stitch SL ST – slip stitch HDCBL – half double crochet in the back loop HDCFL – half double crochet in the front loop

SIZES

One Size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

14” width x 20” length

GAUGE

14 Stitches x 10 rows = 4” x 4”

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

Beginner

PATTERN AND SIZING NOTES

– The CH at the beginning of every row does NOT count as a stitch – The stitch count is given in parentheses ( ) at the end of each row – This towel can easily be made larger by adding more chains in the foundation and doing more rows to your desired size – Legend: COLOR A = Main Color, COLOR B = Strip Color

KITCHEN DISH TOWEL:

USING COLOR A, CH 50 + 1 to turn

Row 1: Starting in the 2^nd CH from the hook, SC in each ST across (50)

Row 2: CH 2 & turn, HDCBL in first ST, HDCFL in the next ST and alternate between HDCBL and HDCFL all the way across, ending on a FL (50)

Row 3 to 6: repeat row 2 (50)

USING COLOR B, at the end of Row 6, drop COLOR A and CH 1 with COLOR B & turn

Row 7: SC in each ST across (50)

Row 8: CH 1 & turn, SC in each ST across (50)

USING COLOR A, at the end of row 8, drop COLOR B and CH 2 with COLOR A & turn

Row 9: HDCBL in first ST, HDCFL in the enxt ST and alternate between HDCBL and HDCFL all the way across, ending on a FL (50)

Row 10 to 12: repeat row 9 (50)

USING COLOR B, at the end of Row 12, drop COLOR A and CH 1 with COLOR B & turn

Row 13: SC in each ST across (50)

Row 14: CH 1 & turn, SC in each ST across (50)

USING COLOR A, at the end of row 15, drop COLOR B and CH 2 with COLOR A & turn

Row 15: HDCBL in first ST, HDCFL in the enxt ST and alternate between HDCBL and HDCFL all the way across, ending on a FL (50)

Row 16 to 150: repeat row 15 (50)

BORDER:

– Switch to your 4mm hook

– At the end of Row 50, CH 1 and turn

– SC across each ST

– At the end of the row/corner, CH 1 and place another SC in the same ST to turn the corner

– SC down the side of the towel, remembering that for every 2 rows of HDC you will have 3 SC’s and the SC rows will have 1 stitch in each row.

– Remember that, at each corner you will place a SC/CH 1/SC in each corner stitch until you come to back around to the top of the towel which is also the beginning of your row.

– In that last ST, SC x 1, CH 1 and then SL ST in to the first ST in the round, YO and pull through to tie off.

– Weave in your ends and voila, a stylish and modern crochet dish towel that makes you feel good about being green!