Even such a simple, but so necessary thing in everyday life, such as a washcloth, can change the design of the home. Especially if this item is made with your own hands and the craftsman applied creative imagination and skill to her making, made it with warmth and love. This article will tell you how to crochet a washcloth .
Washcloths flat
There are a lot of options for how to crochet a washcloth. The simplest are flat figures with ropes or hand loops. They are easy to make, having the simplest knitting crochet skill. The material can be ordinary knitting yarn, propylene or polyethylene thread. But you can use the usual old tights. They need to be cut in a spiral with a continuous strip 1 cm wide and slightly stretched out to get a twisted thick thread. How to crochet a washcloth from a thread made from old tights? Just like from ordinary yarn, only the hook should be taken larger. You can make a washcloth in the form of a lion's head using circular knitting. First you get a muzzle, which is tied with a regular viscous (eyes and nose made of another soft material are sewn after), and then everything is tied with an “elongated loop” pattern in five or six rows - this imitates a mane. And you can knit an openwork viscous rectangle, which should be pulled from one end, letting the string pass through the holes - you get a kind of luxurious bow.
Washcloth toy
If there is a baby in the house, then it will be interesting to learn how to crochet a washcloth in the form of a cute soft toy. As an image, you can take any option. After manufacturing, the toy should be stuffed with pieces of foam rubber or synthetic winterizer, and then sew the hole. If we crochet a washcloth (for beginners, we’ll clarify that it’s easier to make a flat washcloth, and then decorate it with applique), you can also make a bath mat to match the mat using the previously chosen plot.
Elongated washcloth
But the most common pattern for making this attribute of the bathroom is crocheting called “elongated loop”. It is this option that creates the bulkiness and softness of the washcloth. But before you start knitting a washcloth, you should practice knitting out the elongated loops. This is done quite simply. The first row will be the usual chain of air loops. Then, the first row is knitted on it with an ordinary single crochet. But when knitting the second row you need (before you enter the hook) to bend with a working thread either a pencil, or a case from a medical thermometer, or your own finger of your left hand (provided that the master is right-handed). Then a regular column is executed. And again we wrap the pencil or finger with a thread - we make a loop, fix it with a column. When five or six loops accumulate on a pencil or case, it is removed, freeing them. After the row is tied, you need to fix the pattern by knitting one or two rows without loops. If the master uses several colors of yarn during the manufacturing process, he can get a striped washcloth - it will look fun and cute!