Dish Drying Mat

Welcome!

This will be my first attempt at writing and publishing a crochet pattern.  I have been crocheting for more than 40 years and have been creating patterns of my own for almost that long, but I have never actually wrote one down and then tried to publish it.

This first attempt is a very simple dish drying mat.  It is thicker than a towel and made out of cotton, so it is super absorbent.  If you find any errors in the pattern, please let me know.

This pattern is very simple and easy.  The great thing about it is that you can easily change the size of the mat by adding or subtracting rows. 

Gauge is not important for this item.

The Ch 2 does not count as a stitch throughout the pattern.

The entire project is worked holding 2 strands of yarn.

Stitches used:

     CH   =  chain

     HDC = Half Double Crochet.  Yo, go into stitch indicated, yo pull

                 up a loop, yo and pull though all 3 loops on hook.

Materials needed:

     2 balls of Peaches & Cream cotton, any color.  I used Floral Fantasy.

     6.00 (J/10) hook

Let’s begin!

Ch 38

Row 1  HDC  in 3^rd ch from hook.  HDC in each stitch across.  Ch 2, turn. (36 HDC)

Row 2  HDC in each stitch across.  Ch 2, turn.  (36 HDC)

Row 3  Repeat Row 2 until mat is desired length.

Finish off.