Since I am on the kick of kitchen and cleaning products to knit and crochet to save money I thought I would share some free dish cloth patterns with you. I have a ton of these on hand for all kinds of different uses. I stopped buying paper towels as a way to reduce my carbon footprint and these cloths are super absorbent and can handle any mess better than any paper towel. I usually crochet a little loop on one corner and hang them inside my cupboard so I always have them on hand.

Alex's Cloth

This is a nice cloth with a lovely checker pattern. Just the right size for doing dishes and kitchen cleanups.

Materials: 1 ball Cotton yarn, Size 4mm or 4.5mm needles, (US 6 or 7).

Click here for free pattern.

Cupcake Dish Cloth

I love this cloth. So cute and interesting to knit. Add a sweet touch to your kitchen with this dish cloth pattern.

Size: approximately 8 ¾” X 7 ¾”.

Materials: One skein of worsted weight cotton. The cloth pictured was done in Peaches & Crème in Baby Pink.

Needles: Size 6
Gauge: 4.5 sts. per inch, not critical

Click here for the free pattern.

Nubby Crochet Dish Cloth

This is a super thick and absorbent dish cloth pattern. This one is crochet for all of you crocheters out there.

Click here to download the pdf pattern.

Christmas Wreath Dishcloth

Since the holidays will be here before long, here is a cute crochet Christmas wreath cloth pattern.

Materials:  100% cotton Sugar & Cream yarn in the colors of red, white and green

Crochet Hook size H

Large Tapestry Needle for making french knots & weaving in the ends

Click here for the free pattern.

If you like these knit and crochet dish cloth patterns please leave me a comment. I am doing a contest. I will draw one name from the people who leave comments each month and will send you a free dishcloth that I will knit up for you. So the more comments you leave on my blog posts the greater your chance of winning!

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