Washcloths Patterns

There are a million and one necessities that people may need when in shelters, and one of the biggest would be washcloths to me. To clean, to wash, just there is no end to the use and need of ways to clean.

You can make pretty much any kind of wash cloth or way to clean but I have a few kind that I make my own kinds. Standard washcloths that are three different sizes I make, then a scrubby corner one, then I also make two soap sacks as well. So technically that is six patterns.

Small Washcloth

Size 4 cotton yarn
4.25 mm crochet hook

Chain 21

Single crochet 20 rows

Single crochet all around the end

Chain 15 stitches and slip stitch to make a loop. Knot off and weave in your tails.

Medium Washcloth

Size 4 cotton yarn
4.25 mm crochet hook

Chain 26

Single crochet 25 rows

Single crochet all around the end

Chain 15 stitches and slip stitch to make a loop. Knot off and weave in your tails.

Large Washcloth

Size 4 cotton yarn
4.25 mm crochet hook

Chain 31

Single crochet 30 rows

Single crochet all around the end

Chain 15 stitches and slip stitch to make a loop. Knot off and weave in your tails.

If you notice, yes all these are basically the same pattern but add five stitches to the base chaining and five rows as you go from small to medium and then again when you go medium to large. I don't mind when I am making these making a 'frankencloth' which is a Frankenstein Washcloth where when I run out of one colorway of cotton yarn I just tie in a new one. I love making utilitarian things like this because it doesn't matter what it looks like as much as it matters how it works. I love making wearables and things that do matter how it looks to but sometimes it's nice to be purely practical.

Soap Saver Scrubbie

This is not my own pattern, this is from the youtuber JaydaInStitches. I highly recommend her, she has many crochet tutorials and I don't have anyone I know personally who crochets so it was her who taught me through her videos.

A lot of her videos also come with a free or paid for written pattern. This in particular is free so this is the written pattern; https://jaydainstitches.com/resources/Soap_Saver_Scrubbie.pdf and this is the video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1idUePBlju0&t=7s

I do very much recommend her so this is the youtube channel; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW3J4eHwnrgutZKNKGqj0Q and for her own website; https://jaydainstitches.com/ Please go give her some love, she does amazing with all of this and is a great teacher for anyone who wants to learn to crochet.

Soap Sack Crochet

Size 4 Eyelash Yarn
4.25 mm crochet hook

Chain 25

Single crochet until it is big enough that when folding it up 2/3 of the way up it makes a big enough sack to hold a bar of soap. knot off.

Folding it once again use the yarn to whip stitch up the two sides. Then you can, if you want, add a button on the lip of the sack. It isn't needed but I like it.

Soap Sack Knit

Size 4 Eyelash Yarn
5mm knitting needles

Cast on 25

Knit until it is big enough that when folding it up 2/3 of the way up it makes a big enough sack to hold a bar of soap. With eyelash yarn you will not be able to see your stitches so knit, pearl, whatever you want it won't matter. Bind off.

Folding it once again use the yarn to whip stitch up the two sides. Then you can, if you want, add a button on the lip of the sack. It isn't needed but I like it.

So there we go, I give you the same thing in both crochet and knit for whichever you want to do, I think these and the soap saver scrubbies would be lovely to donate with a bar of soap which is very important and in almost constant need. Just don't take the soap out of the packaging, just give them separately so it will be fresh whenever whoever gets it has it.

The last pattern is the only knit one (not counting the soap sack which is one knit and one crochet version). I pretty much have taken it from the pattern Grandma's favorite dishcloth https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/grandmothers-favorite but I changed it up a little bit. Mostly just a version of this pattern.

Scrubbie Corner Dishcloth

Size 4 Cotton Yarn
Size 4 Eyelash Yarn
4.5 mm knitting needles

Using the cotton yarn cast on 4 stitches

Knit 2, yarn over, and knit the rest of the row. Continue on till you have 44 stitches on your needles.

Knit 1, knit 2 together, yarn over, and knit 2 together. Knit the rest of the row, continue on till you have 16 stitches remaining on your needles and tie in the eyelash yarn.

Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit the rest of the row. Continue until only 4 stitches remain on your needles. Bind off.

Some quick notes, the Scrubbie Corner Dishcloth I don't think is transformative enough to call it my own pattern, but it is changed up enough to call it my own modified pattern. I would use these with the leftover yarn, especially the eyelash yarn. That yarn in particular I bought when they first started coming out, in particular all of my eyelash yarn is Red Heart Scrubby Cotton but there are some that are made of polyester, I think they will be fine to be a washcloth one.

These patterns can be donated to any local homeless shelter or anything meant to help people. Heck even your favorite animal shelter might need them, animals are messy after all.