Volume One Hand Towel – Free Crochet Pattern

Free crochet pattern how to crochet a textured hand towel that combines 6 stitch patterns.

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For a few months now, I’ve wanted to make a sampler project. Last week, I finally grabbed some Lily Sugar n Cream Yarn out of my stash in my favorite Ecru colorway, and started on this Volume One Hand Towel.

What is Volume One? Well, I’ve published these three eBooks: Soap Cozy or Small Gift Bag Volume 1, Let’s Crochet Some Washcloths Volume 1 and Let’s Crochet Some Scarves Volume 1. Each of them feature the same 6 stitch patterns, and I thought it would be fun to combine all 6 of those in one design. This hand towel was the test run, and I have several other designs on my mind!

Typically, I design my hand towels to be around 15″ wide (the standard), but I wanted to work my design as close to the original stitch pattern that I’ve worked in my Octavia Scarf, Octavia Soap Cozy and Octavia Washcloth so this one measures 17″ wide. I’ll explain in the Pattern Notes section if you’d like one closer to the standard.

This delicious waffle is my Strawberry Honey Waffle.

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Materials:

• 453 Yards of Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn – I used Lily Sugar n Cream in Ecru
• H8/5mm Crochet Hook
• Tapestry Needle
• Optional, Jewelry Pliers

Material Notes:

Yarn Alternatives: WeCrochet Dishie, 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.

Time Spent:

This hand towel took me 5 hours.

Measurements:

17″ Wide by 26.5″ Tall

Gauge:

16 HDC by 11 Rows = 4.5″ Wide by 4 9/16″

Abbreviations – US Terms:

• HDC – Half Double Crochet (Photo Tutorial)
• SC – Single Crochet (Photo Tutorial)
• TR – Treble/Triple Crochet (one extra initial yarn over, and one extra yarn over and pull through at the end)
• DC – Double Crochet (Photo Tutorial)
• BPDC – Back Post Double Crochet
• FPDC – Front Post Double Crochet

Pattern Notes:

There are several stitch multiples to make this design happen. You can adjust the width by adding or subtracting 6 stitches from the foundation, but the granny stitch/grace tinley pattern will be worked similarly to that below to work evenly, and the octavia stitch pattern will most likely also need to be adjusted – the formula will be (total stitches minus A stitches divided by 1 + A stitches, where A is the same number in this formula; also looks like this: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st A stitches, (BPDC around the next stitch, HDC into the next A stitches).

As I mentioned before, this hand towel is 17″ wide, which is 2″ larger than my other hand towels. If you prefer something closer to 15″, you can begin with a chain 54, which equals 53 half double crochets, work the Grace Tinley stitch pattern similarly to below, and change the Octavia stitch pattern to “HDC into the 1st 2 stitches, (BPDC around the next post, HDC into the next 2 stitches)…”

None of the names given to the stitch patterns are official, except for Suzette – they are the names I’ve given my designs.

Beginning chain 1 does not count as a stitch, but beginning chain 2 does.

Regarding Post Stitches: the black lines indicate where the stitch loops are, and the white lines indicate where the posts are. In this pattern, we are working front post (and back post) double crochets. In this case, you will yarn over, insert your hook underneath the post, and complete the double crochet stitch as you normally would.

Haylee Stitch Pattern:

Chain 60, HDC into the 3rd chain, and each chain across. (59 HDC)

R2 – 11: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each HDC across. (59 HDC)

Little Pebbles Stitch Pattern:

R12: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st stitch, (TR into the next stitch, SC into the next stitch) 29x. (59 stitches)

R13: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st stitch, and into each stitch across. (59 SC)

R14 – 25: Repeat Row 12 + 13.

Grace Tinley Stitch Pattern:

R26: Chain 2, turn. 2 DC into the next stitch, skip the next 2 stitches, (3 DC into the next stitch, skip the next 2 stitches) 18x, DC into the last stitch.

R27 – 34: Chain 2, turn. 2 DC into the 1st space, (3 DC into the next space) 18x, DC into the last stitch.

Octavia Stitch Pattern:

R35: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st stitch, and each stitch across. (59 HDC)

R36: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st 3 stitches, (BPDC around the next post, HDC into the next 3 stitches) 14x. (59 stitches)

R37: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st 3 stitches, (FPDC around the next post, HDC into the next 3 stitches) 14x. (59 stitches)

R38 – 45: Repeat Row 36 + 37.

Bobblish Stitch Pattern:

How to Crochet a Bobble: All in the same stitch (Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through 2 loops) 4x, yarn over, pull through all 5 loops

R46: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st 2 stitches, bobble into the next stitch, (SC into the next 5 stitches, bobble into the next stitch) 9x, SC into the last 2 stitches. (59 stitches)

R47: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st stitch, and into each stitch across. (59 SC)

R48: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st 5 stitches, bobble into the next stitch, (SC into the next 5 stitches, bobble into the next stitch) 8x, SC into the last 5 stitches. (59 stitches)

R49: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st stitch, and into each stitch across. (59 SC)

R50 – 61: Repeat Rows 46 – 49.

Suzette Stitch Pattern:

R62: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st stitch, DC into the 2nd stitch, [skip the next stitch, (SC, DC) into the next stitch] 27x, skip the next stitch, SC into the next stitch, DC into the last stitch. (29 clusters)

R63 – 74: Chain 1, turn. (SC, DC) into the 2nd stitch, [skip the next stitch, (SC, DC) into the next stitch] 28x. (29 clusters)

Border:

Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st 57 stitches, (SC, chain 2, SC) into the next stitch, evenly SC down the side (I did 97), (SC, chain 2, SC) into the next stitch, SC 56 across the opposite side of the foundation chain, (SC, chain 2, SC) into the next stitch, evenly SC up the side (I did 97), SC into the same stitch as the 1st, chain 1. Join to the 1st SC. (314 SC, 4 chain spaces)

Fasten off, and weave in ends.

Please feel free to make and sell your own Volume One Hand Towel 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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