C2C Acorn Washcloth – Free Crochet Pattern

This is a free crochet pattern for how-to crochet my C2C Acorn Washcloth.

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Find the free crochet pattern instructions below, or purchase a printer-friendly, ad-free PDF on Ravelry by clicking here.

I have been wanting to work up this washcloth ever since I finished my C2C Apple Washcloths last year. I got the push I needed this year when I signed up for the Fall Favorites Blog Hop.

Acorns are perfect for Fall decorating, or for a Rustic/Woodland themed home. These washcloths don’t use much yarn, so it would be great for stashbusting, or holiday prepping. Alternatively, you can use it as an afghan block!

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Materials:

• 80 Yards of Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn – I used Lily Sugar n Cream in the Ecru [Cream], and Warm Brown colorways, and Crafters Secret in Taupe
• H8/5mm Crochet Hook for Lily Sugar n Cream
• I9/5.5mm Crochet Hook for Crafters Secret
• Tapestry Needle for Weaving in Ends
• Optional, Jewelry Pliers

Material Notes:

Yarn Alternatives: WeCrochet Dishie, Bernat Handicrafter, Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran, Rico Creative Cotton Aran.

Jewelry pliers are an excellent tool to use to help weave in ends, as cotton yarn can be quite tough on the fingers when weaving in with just fingers and a tapestry needle.

Note that two crochet hooks are mentioned with the respective yarn. If you combine the two like I did, they do require slightly different hook sizes to keep the same size.

Time Spent:

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

Measurements:

8.5″ Square

Gauge:

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

Abbreviations:

• SC – Single Crochet (Photo Tutorial)

Pattern Notes:

A box is comprised of four double crochets.

This washcloth grows from the bottom right corner to the top left corner. Graph has the even rows marked.

In Border, chain 1 does not count as a stitch, and join to the first single crochet.

This pattern is written with colors and boxes only. 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.

Regarding Bobbins… I did not create a bobbin for this washcloth, but I had two skeins on hand of my base color (cream), so I just worked with two of those skeins at once. If you don’t have two of your base color, you can either work from both sides of your skein, or you can create a second ball to use. I do have a photo tutorial showing How to Hand Wind Scrap Yarn Into a Center Pull Ball.

Work color changes in the final yarn over of the last stitch. For help, see my How to Change Yarn Colors in Crochet the EyeLoveKnots Way. Drop old color to the back for now.

Acorn Graph:

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Pattern with Box Colors Only:

R1: 1 Cream. (1 Box)

R2 – 5: Increase Up to 5 Boxes.

R6: 3 Cream, 2 Taupe, 1 Cream. (6 Boxes)

R7: 1 Cream, 3 Taupe, 3 Cream. (7 Boxes)

R8: 3 Cream, 4 Taupe, 1 Cream. (8 Boxes)

R9: 2 Cream 4 Taupe, 3 Cream. (9 Boxes)

R10: 2 Cream, 1 Brown, 5 Taupe, 2 Cream. (10 Boxes)

R11 – Last Increase Row: 3 Cream, 4 Taupe, 1 Brown, 3 Cream. (11 Boxes)

R12 – Begin Decreasing: 2 Cream, 2 Brown, 3 Taupe, 3 Cream. (10 Boxes)

R13: 3 Cream, 2 Taupe, 2 Brown, 2 Cream. (9 Boxes)

R14: 2 Cream, 2 Brown, 1 Taupe, 3 Cream. (8 Boxes)

R15: 3 Cream, 3 Brown, 1 Cream. (7 Boxes)

R16: 2 Cream, 2 Brown, 2 Cream. (6 Boxes)

R17: 5 Cream. (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 Acorn Washcloth 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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