C2C Apple Washcloths – Free Crochet Pattern

Learn how to crochet a c2c washcloth, or corner to corner washcloth, of an apple that is the perfect touch of cozy Fall to add to your home, especially if your home decor style is country Farmhouse, or to gift at a farm themed baby shower or to your favorite teacher.

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A crocheted C2C washcloth, or corner to corner washcloth, with an apple on it is such a fun way to add a touch of cozy Fall to your home, especially if your home decor style is country Farmhouse, or gift it at a farm themed baby shower or to your favorite teacher. You can easily make a set of matching apples, ie a red delicious, yellow delicious and granny smith, or make one apple washcloth and then a couple of solid colored washcloths in coordinating colors.

This washcloth was originally inspired by my Cross Stitched Apple Earrings. I wanted to take the basic design, and create a corner to corner, or C2C, project. With a little tweaking of the cross stitch pattern, I was able to turn it into a corner to corner graph for these Apple Washcloths.

I did the red apple one first, then thought of a fun green apple. I even thought of doing a yellow apple, but after finishing the green one, I wasn’t up for another. You could even get a little more creative, and mix some yellow and red patches together.

Free Apple Crochet Patterns:

An apple mini bag makes a great soap cozy to pair with some C2C Apple Washcloths in the bathroom. You could even work it in some scrubby yarn and turn it into a dish scrubber if you plan on using your washcloths in the kitchen.

If you’ll be gifting your apple washcloths to a teacher, some Cross Stitched Apple Earrings also make a lovely teacher gift.

To continue the apple theme for your home decor, consider making an Apple Wreath to hang above the entryway table or on your front door.

You’ll find so many other great apple crochet projects that would pair well with these Apple Washcloths in this collection of 20 Free Apple Crochet Patterns.

Explore other Apple themed projects here on EyeLoveKnots or on my sister blog, On Rockwood Lane.

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Materials:

• 95 Yards or 41 grams of Worsted Weight #4 Cotton Yarn in Total — that’s about 50 yards (22 grams) of the Background color, 21 yards (9 grams) of the color for the Apple, and less than 12 yards (5 grams) each of the Brown and Green colors for the leaves and stem.
• H8/5mm Crochet Hook
• Tapestry Needle
• Scissors
• Optional, Jewelry Pliers

Yarn Talk:

I used Lily Sugar n Cream, and Crafter’s Secret Cotton when I designed and published this design in 2018. For the Red Apple: Lily Sugar for All in Yellow, Red, Mod Green and Warm Brown. For the Green Apple: Lily Sugar in Hot Green, Mod Green and Warm Brown, and Crafter’s Secret in Taupe.

With this August 2026 update, I stopped using both Lily Sugar n Cream Yarn and Crafter’s Secret Cotton several years ago because they are not colorfast, which means the colors fade and bleed when using or after washing in the project. Now, for a 100% cotton yarn, I love using WeCrochet Dishie, Cascade Nifty Cotton, Circulo Natural Cotton Maxcolor 4/6 and Queensland Coastal Cotton as they’re all colorfast, and an added bonus is that they’re also softer on the hands.

WeCrochet Dishie (aka Knit Picks Dishie) is a versatile, soft worsted weight #4 yarn made of 100% cotton. It’s on the lighter side for worsted weight working up similarly to Cascade Nifty Cotton, Queensland Coastal Cotton and I Love This Cotton from Hobby Lobby. It’s machine washable and dryable making projects easy to care for. As of June 1st, it is available in an amazing number of colors – 83 colors.

Cascade Nifty Cotton Yarn is a versatile, soft worsted weight #4 yarn made of 100% cotton. It’s on the lighter side for worsted weight working up similarly to WeCrochet Dishie, Queensland Coastal Cotton and and I Love This Cotton from Hobby Lobby. It’s machine washable and dryable making projects easy to care for. As of June 1st, it is available in an amazing number of colors – 66 colors.

Circulo Natural Cotton Maxcolor 4/6 Yarn is a versatile cotton yarn made of 100% cotton, that is also colorfast. It’s softer than the tough cotton yarns you may imagine for projects like washcloths and bags, but not as soft as pima cotton. The 4/6 size is a heavy worsted weight #4 yarn a teeny bit thicker than Lily Sugar n Cream if you’re familiar. It’s machine washable and dryable making projects easy to care for. As of June 1st, 2026, it is available in an amazing number of colors – 58 colors – as well as in Lightweight #3.

Queensland Coastal Cotton is a versatile, soft worsted weight #4 yarn made of 100% cotton. It’s on the lighter side for worsted weight working up similarly to Cascade Nifty Cotton, WeCrochet / Knit Picks Dishie and I Love This Cotton from Hobby Lobby. It’s machine washable and dryable making projects easy to care for and it’s colorfast. As of June 1st, it is available in an amazing number of colors – 64 solid colors and 39 variegated colors – as well as in Sport Weight #2.

You could also use a plant based blend like cotton with linen, cotton with bamboo or linen with bamboo. Linen gets strong when wet, and gets softer and nicer with each wash. On it’s own, it’s on the rougher side for feel, but linen blends often combine with cotton or bamboo to add softness. Bamboo yarns have a high absorbency – even more than cotton – however, bamboo is weaker when wet, and more prone to developing mold so if bamboo is a fiber you want to use, I definitely recommend going with a blend of linen and/or cotton. Stay away from synthetic fibers, like acrylic, as they lack the absorbency needed.

Tools & Notions:

When I worked my original washcloths up, the Crafter’s Secret Cotton was a touch thinner than the Lily Sugar n Cream so when I worked with it, I would go up to an I9/5.5mm crochet hook to equal the same thickness throughout.

We have lots of great crochet hooks in our Yarn Crafts and Coffee Yarn Shop. The most popular, and preferred by Candace and Emily, are the Clover Amour Crochet Hooks with the soft handles and smooth metal hook. Alexandra prefers metal crochet hooks with large, ergonomic clay handles and just loves the fun designs from SiennasBowtique and BronzeShepherdStudio! If your preference is wood, the LYKKE brand are lovely, smooth and sturdy.

Tapestry Needles with the blunt, round end are essential for sewing and finishing on a number of yarn crafts, including crocheting, knitting as well as needlepointing on fabric and plastic canvas. The blunt, rounded end allows the needle to pass easily through the fabric created by yarn and holes on canvas without snagging (or getting your fingers) in the process. More specifically for crocheting and knitting, a Bent Tip Tapestry Needle makes weaving, grafting and sewing so much easier on the hands. The long oval eye makes threading strands of yarn easier, though you may still want to use a needle threader.

Scissors are an essential tool. When I’m working on the go, I like to carry a pair of folding scissors as they fit perfectly in even the tiniest of bags. When I am working at home or have more space in my bag for a larger notions pouch, I like to use a pair of lightweight, all-purpose scissors as they are so versatile and great for a variety of things from cutting plastic canvas mesh to trimming yarn ends after weaving in to cutting out a care card to include with a handmade gift.

Jewelry Pliers are an excellent tool to use to help weave in the ends of tough yarns, such as cotton yarns and chunkier yarns, that can be quite tough on the fingers when weaving in with just fingers and a tapestry needle. Sore thumbs and frustration can be a thing of the past by simply using jewelry pliers to help pull the tapestry needle through the work. Make sure the eye of the needle is facing up so you can see directly down it and carefully pull, wiggling as needed. If it gets caught and you tug too hard, it will break the eye of your needle.

Time Spent:

I finished each washcloth in about an hour and a half.

Measurements:

8 1/2″ Square

Gauge (Not Essential):

With Lily Sugar n Cream and H8/5mm Hook: 16 Half Double Crochets by 10 Rows = 4″

Abbreviations (US Terms):

• SC – Single Crochet (Photo Tutorial)

• DC – Double Crochet (Photo Tutorial)

Pattern Notes:

This square grows from the bottom right corner to the top left corner.

A box is comprised of four double crochets. The beginning chain 2 counts as one of those double crochets as does the skipped chains when beginning with a chain 6.

This washcloth grows from the bottom right corner to the top left corner. Graph has the even rows marked. It is also backwards in comparison to how your finished washcloth will look – the leaves will be on the left side. Not sure how I did that.

This pattern is written with colors and boxes only, following the first washcloth I made, which was the red apple one. If you would like more details on how to work the corner to corner technique, and the basic shape of this washcloth – visit my Basic C2C Washcloth pattern, and follow the instructions for the small size.

For the background color, I worked from the two ends of my yarn ball. To help manage your strands easier or if you prefer working from the same direction of the yarn ball (like from the center), you can use two different balls of the same color. This doesn’t mean you need to purchase two balls of the color, you can separate one ball into two and either hand wind it into a ball or use a winder. You may also opt for bobbins instead, especially when it comes to the green and brown.

When it comes to bobbins, I pull a really long tail from one end of my yarn, fasten off and use it until I ran out, then add a new strand when needed following the same manner. Working this way will produce more ends to weave in in the end, but it’s a bit easier to manage. I am a rebel and I let the strands hang loose, which do tangle, so to avoid tangling while you work, create butterfly bobbins with your yarn strands, and take time to untangle the yarn as you turn with each row.

Work all of the color changes in the final yarn over of the previous stitch, I have a photo tutorial showing How to Change Yarn Colors in Crochet if you would like a refresher. Drop the old color to the back for now.

Apple Graph:

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Pattern with Box Colors Only:

R1: 1 Yellow. (1 Box)

R2 – 5: Increase Up to 5 Boxes.

R6: 2 Yellow, 3 Red, 1 Yellow. (6 Boxes)

R7: 2 Yellow, 3 Red, 2 Yellow. (7 Boxes)

R8: 2 Yellow, 5 Red, 1 Yellow. (8 Boxes)

R9: 2 Yellow, 5 Red, 2 Yellow. (9 Boxes)

R10: 2 Yellow, 6 Red, 2 Yellow. (10 Boxes)

R11: 3 Yellow, 5 Red, 3 Yellow. (11 Boxes)

No More Increases. Begin Decreasing.

R12: 1 Yellow, 1 Green, 6 Red, 2 Yellow (10 Boxes)

R13: 2 Yellow, 5 Red, 1 Green, 1 Yellow (9 Boxes)

R14: 1 Yellow, 1 Green, 1 Brown, 3 Red, 2 Yellow (8 Boxes)

R15: 2 Yellow, 3 Red, 1 Brown, 1 Yellow. (7 Boxes)

R16: 2 Yellow, 2 Red, 2 Yellow. (6 Boxes)

R17: 5 Yellow. (5 Boxes)

R18 – 21: Continue Decreasing Down to 1 Box.

 

Border:

Chain 1. SC into the space between the boxes just under your current place, chain 2, (SC into the space in between the next 2 boxes, chain 2) 8x, SC into the corner stitch, chain 2, [(SC into the space in between the next 2 boxes, chain 2) 10x, SC into the corner stitch, chain 2] 3x. Join.

Fasten Off.

Ends:

Use your crochet hook to pull all of your ends to the wrong side of the washcloth – technically, any side can be the right or wrong side because turning is done at the end of each row, I look to the first boxed worked to determine my right side. Weave in ends.

Please feel free to make and sell your own C2C AppleWashcloths using this pattern, but please DO NOT claim this pattern as your own nor should you sell my pattern, and DO NOT re-publish my photos as your own. DO NOT copy and paste my pattern anywhere, link to it instead.

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