Farmhouse Dish Towel Free Crochet Pattern -

I am all about practical crochet patterns and putting our crochet work to good use in our homes. So today I have a fun free pattern I’m excited to share: the Farmhouse Crochet Kitchen Towel!

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The Farmhouse dish towel is made with 100% cotton yarn, which makes it super absorbent – perfect for drying dishes and counters. And what I love about this is that it doesn’t have to get all dirty like crochet dishcloths do!

Package Your Dish Towels with Munbyn Labels

As you will see below, I’ve packaged this crochet towel up with some plastic packaging along with a Munbyn label. I recently tried out the Munbyn airprint label maker and it was AMAZING!

It is a no-ink, wireless label printer that is perfect for packaging up your crochet projects as gifts or to sell.

I was blown away when I tried it! It was so easy to set up because it connects to WiFi (or USB if you don’t have access to WiFi). Plus, it prints incredibly fast (1 label per second) and can make labels of many different sizes.

The specific label maker I got is called the Munbyn RealWriter 401 AirPrint. It’s going to be sitting on my desk all ready for whenever I need to package up a project as a gift or for a sale!

(Can you IMAGINE how easy a craft fair would be with this? I did a craft fair once and it took me hours to cut out all my labels. I wish I had this then).

For the Farmhouse Dish Towel I used their white thermal labels in connection with the wireless label printer. It was perfect for writing the name of the project along with the care instructions! (To see a tutorial for how to make these yourself, scroll down past the pattern).

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farmhouse crochet dishtowel packaged with white label

Crochet Kitchen Dish Towel Pattern

I’m sure you’re ready to learn how to make this crochet dish towel for yourself. So without further ado, let’s get right into the pattern! The free version is below, or you can purchase an inexpensive print copy right here.

Video Tutorial:

Explanation: The Farmhouse Dish Towel is the perfect practical crochet pattern for your home! Using 100% cotton yarn, it is very absorbent – so great for drying dishes, counters, etc. This dish towel features some fun lacy sections, but overall it is made from a closed stitch pattern to keep functionality as the highest priority.

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Materials:

Big Twist Worsted Cotton Blend (85% Cotton, 15% Polyester, 96 yds / 88 m, 1.94 oz / 55 g) 2 skeins Pewter Stipple (color A), 1 skein each Onyx Stipple (color B), and Navy Stipple (color C). Feel free to substitute other cotton dishcloth yarns.
G/4mm crochet hook (or adjust based on your tension)
Yarn needle

Gauge and Tension:

Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern. Keep tension normal—do not work with a loose tension. You can always adjust your hook size if need be. For example, if you crochet loosely and you find the towel is looking holey, go down a hook size.

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Notes:

Dish towel is worked in turned rows.
Ch 3 at beginning of rows counts as a dc.
Ch 1 at beginning of rows does NOT count as a sc.

Measurements/Sizing:

12” wide by 18” long

Abbreviations/Stitches Used (U.S.)

Chain – ch

Slip stitch – sl st

Skip – sk

Single crochet – sc

Double crochet – dc

Stitch(es) – st(s)

Round – rnd

RS – right side

Crochet Dish Towel Instructions:

With color A, Ch 57.

Row 1 (RS): Sc in second ch from hook. Sk 1 ch, 3 sc in next ch. *Sk 2 chs, 3 sc in next ch. Rep from * until 2 chs are left. Sk next ch, sc in last ch, turn. (56 sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in first sc. Sk 1 sc, *3 sc in next st, sk 2 sc. Rep from * until 2 sts left. Sk 1 st, sc in last st, turn. (56 sc)

Rows 3-8: Repeat row 2. On the last sc of row 8, complete the sc by doing a YO with color B. Do not fasten off color A. Turn.

crochet dish towel tutorial — *Yarning over with new color*

changing colors in a crochet dish towel — *Color change completed*

Row 9: Repeat row 2, using color B. Carry color A along the back of the work. On the last sc of the row, YO with color A to switch back to it. Fasten off color B. Turn.

color change completed — *Carrying color A along the back of the work*

Rows 10-11: With color A, repeat row 2. Fasten off and turn work.

two rows of color changes — *What it looks like after switching BACK to color A*

Row 12: With color C, join with a sc in the first st. Ch 1, sk 1 st, sc in next st. *Ch 3, sk 2 sts, sc in next st. Rep from * until 2 sts left. Ch 1, sk next st, sc in last st. Turn. (17 ch-3 sps)

Row 13: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first ch-3 sp. *(Dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-3 sp. 2 dc in next ch-3 sp. Rep from * across all ch-3 sps. Sk next sc and ch-1, dc in last sc. Turn. (9 2-dc clusters, 8 v-sts).

Row 14: Ch 1, sc in first dc. Ch 1, sc in between sts of first 2-dc cluster. *Ch 3, sc in next ch-2 sp (center of v-st). Ch 3, sc in between sts of next 2-dc cluster. Rep from * across all clusters/v-sts. Ch 1, sc in starting ch-3. Fasten off color C.

Row 15: Join color A with a sc in first st. Sk ch-1 sp, sc in next sc, *3 sc in each of next 3 ch-3 sps, 4 sc in next ch-3 sp; rep from * 3 more times. Sc in next sc, sk ch-1 sp, sc in last sc. (56 sc)

Rows 16-57: With color A, repeat row 2.

Rows 58-61: Repeat rows 12-15.

Row 62: With color A, repeat row 2. On the last sc of row 8, complete the sc by doing a YO with color B. Do not fasten off color A. Turn.

Row 63: Repeat row 9.

Row 64-70: With color A, repeat row 2. Fasten off.

BORDER:

Work all the way around the towel in even single crochet stitches. In the corners, work a (sc, ch 2, sc) to give it more of a point. Note: on the finishing side of the towel (Row 70) I found it helped to work (2 sc, skip a stitch) and repeat this across. When working in every stitch, mine bowed outward a bit and wasn’t completely flat.

How to Make Your Own Labels

Once your dish towel is done, its time to make some labels! I wanted to give you a quick tutorial on how to make these using the Munbyn Print App. (It’s so simple!)

What you’ll need:

Follow the directions on the photos below and you’ll be off to a great start!

As you can see, you can create some beautiful homemade with love stickers using this printer! These labels in particular make them so pretty with the scalloped edge.

Of course I’ve also done the care instructions labels, and another idea is to try labels with your business name or logo on them.

Conclusion

Dish towels are an amazing practical crochet project. You can use them just like you would a regular towel! This makes them great to sell or give as gifts. If you make one of these, don’t forget to create a label to go along with it. It will add the perfect touch!