Washables and Wearables

Practice the crochet stitches you learn as you go through each lesson and turn those swatches into something practical while learning basic whipstitch seaming in the Sampler Dishcloth, which is perfect for daily use in either the kitchen or the bathroom. Once you’re comfortable with the stitches, pick out a fun new yarn in your favorite color to make a scarf perfectly sized to fit YOU!

PART 1: Sampler Dishcloth

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ASSIGNMENT

Learn and practice the first two basic stitches of crochet in bite sized pieces and then seam them together to make a simple dish or washcloth using durable but absorbent cotton yarn.

DELIVERABLES

Feel free to share pictures of your progress at any point along the way, especially if you have questions, but here are some milestones!

Single Crochet Square(s)
Double Crochet Square(s)
Finished Dishcloth

PART 2: Simple Textures Scarf

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ASSIGNMENT

Bring everything you’ve learned together to crochet your first wearable!

DELIVERABLES

Share a photo of your yarn and hook and briefly explain why you selected that particular yarn (fiber, color, softness, etc) and hook as well as a WIP (work in progress) shot - make it fun! - and, of course, your finished scarf.

Yarn and Hook
WIP
Finished Scarf

RESOURCES

Crochet Abbreviations Master List courtesy of the Craft Yarn Council: http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/?q=node/31

How to Read a Crochet Pattern by Jean Leinhauser, courtesy of the Craft Yarn Council: http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/?q=tip_crochet.html

Top 10 Yarn Questions & Answers courtesy of the Craft Yarn Council: http://www.craftyarncouncil.com/top10qa.html

Crochet Basics For Left-Handers courtesy of the Crochet Guild of America: http://www.crochet.org/?page=LeftHandBasics

BONUS!

Check out my tutorial on how to tie a scarf the way I wear it in the video: https://www.skillshare.com/tutorials/My-Favorite-Way-to-Wear-a-Scarf/471

Manu Castrillon

Software Engineer at Skillshare, dog mom

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