Horizontal Puffs Crochet Dishcloth Pattern

Crochet a dishcloth or a hotpad with this horizontal puff stitch pattern. The puff stitch offers a beautiful texture, perfect for scrubbing and protecting your tables. It also makes this crochet dishcloth and hotpad durable, making it a great gift idea. For more dishcloth patterns, check out my collection on Etsy with 25+ Crochet Dishcloth patterns.

The dishcloth pattern is crocheted with Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton, and the Hotpad with Bernat Handicrafter Cotton. You can choose your favorite cotton yarn to make them. Just remember to go up a hook size to keep the stitches loose, especially for the dishcloth.

For the crochet hotpad, you can use the hook size recommended by the yarn manufacturer to create a denser fabric that helps protect your table. I only went up half a hook size from the recommended size, and it has enough drape to be used as a dishcloth as well. 

It’s a new stitch pattern that I have not seen before, and came as a result of playing around with the puff stitch and slanted cluster. Did I invent a new stitch, or have you seen this before? Let me know in the comments below. A photo and a video tutorial can be found here: Horizontal Puff Stitch in ESC.

Crochet Dishcloth or Hotpad Pattern Information

Skill Level: Intermediate

Materials (Dishcloth)

• Yarn: Lion Brand Yarns – 24/7 Cotton (Medium, #4; 100% Mercerized Cotton; 3.5oz/100g; 186yds/170m) 1 ball.
• Crochet Hook: H/8-5.00mm
• Tools: Measuring Tape, Scissors, Yarn Needle.

Materials (Hotpad)

• Yarn: Bernat Handicrafter Cotton (Worsted Weight, #4; 100% Cotton; 1.75 oz/50g; 80yds/73m) 2 balls (I used one ball with only a short end left.)
• Crochet Hook: I/9-5.50mm (for a denser fabric, use an H/8-5.00mm.
• Tools: Measuring Tape, Scissors, Yarn Needle.

Measurements

• Dishcloth: 8″ by 8″. 
• Hotpad: 9″ by 9″. 

Crochet Abbreviations

• Ch/Chs = Chain/Chains
• ESC = Extended Single Crochet
• Hk = Hook
• Lp/Lps = Loop/Loops
• Puff St = Puff Stitch
• RS = Right Side
• Sc = Single Crochet
• Sk = Skip
• St/Sts = Stitch/Stitches
• WS = Wrong Side
• YO = Yarn Over

Special Stitch Instructions – Video Tutorial

Esc: Insert hk in st indicated, yo and pull up a lp, yo and pull through 1 lp (ch-1 made where the puff stitch is worked into). Yo and pull through both lps on hk.

Puff St: [Yo, insert hk through the ch made in the esc, yo and pull through] 3 times. (7 lps on hk), yo and pull through all 7 lps.

See the Photo Tutorial Here.

Video Tutorial

Note

Aside from the yarn and hook size, the dishcloth and hotpad are worked the same. 

Crochet Dishcloth and Hotpad Pattern Instructions

Ch 30, or any multiple of 2, to get the width you want.

Row 1 (WS): Sc in 2nd ch from hk and into each ch across. Turn. [29 sts]

Row 2 (RS): Ch 1, esc in first st, esc in next st, puff st in ch of last esc made, *sk next st, esc in next st, puff st in ch of last esc made; repeat from * across to last 3 sts, sk next st, esc in last 2 sts. Turn. [13 puff sts]

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in first st and into each st across. Turn. [29 sts]

Rows 4-21: Repeat Rows 2 and 3 until you reach the desired length.

Edging

Rnd 1: With RS facing, ch 1, sc evenly around working 3 sc into each corner; join with a slip stitch in first sc. Fasten Off.

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