Grannies Dishcloth

This dishcloth is made like a granny square and it uses the same stitch as is used in another dishcloth which is in the JPF Crochet Club members area.

Materials Needed:
1-1½" oz Ball Bernat Cot'n Soft Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn
Size G or 4mm aluminum crochet hook
Yarn Needle

Yarn Thickness: 3mm
Gauge: 4fbb=1"
Finished Size: =8"x8"
Skill Level: Easy

This stitch is the featured stitch for February in the JPF Crochet Club site.

I am not sure if this stitch existed before. It seems to me I have seen it some place but I cannot recall where so I cannot claim it to be my own.

The abbreviation is (fbb) which stands for Front & Back Bobble because it is worked in the front lp then the back lp of each st.

Yo, insert hook in back lp of next st, draw up a lp, yo and draw through 2 lps on hook, yo, insert hook in front lp of same st from the inside to the front, not from the front of the stitch. Yo draw up a lp, yo draw through 2 lps on hook,* yo and draw through all 3 lps on hook. This completes the stitch.

When the instructions say to fbb, ch2, fbb in the same st, do exactly that. Repeat the above instructions twice in the same two lps of the same st.

Instructions
RND 1: Ch4, join w/slst to first ch to form ring. Ch1. Work 8 sc in ring. Join w/slst to first sc.

RND 2: Ch3. Fbb, ch2, fbb in same st as slst. Fbb in next sc. *Fbb, ch2, fbb in next sc. Fbb in next sc. Rep from * around. Join w/slst to first fbb. Not the top of ch3.

RND 3: Slst to the first ch2 sp. Ch3, dc, ch2, 2dc in same ch2 sp. Fbb in each of the next 3 fbb. *2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. Fbb in each of the next 3 fbb. Rep from * around. Join w/slst to top of ch3.

RND 4: Ch3. Fbb in same st as slst and in next fbb. Fbb in each of the next 2 dc. 2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. *Fbb in each of the next 2dc, 3fbb and 2dc. 2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. Rep from * 2 times more. Fbb in each of the next 2dc, and in the last 3 fbb. Join w/slst to first fbb. Not to the top of ch3.

RND 5: Ch3. Fbb in same st as slst and in next fbb. Fbb in each of the next 2 dc. 2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. *Fbb in each of the next 2dc, 7fbb and 2dc. 2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. Rep from * 2 times more. Fbb in each of the next 2dc, and in the last 5 fbb. Join w/slst to first fbb. Not to the top of ch3.

RND 6: Ch3. Fbb in same st as slst in each of the next 3 fbb and in each of the next 2 dc. 2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. *Fbb in each of the following stitches, 2dc, 11fbb, 2dc. 2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. Rep from * 2 times more. Fbb in each of the following sts, 2dc, 7fbb. Join w/slst to first fbb.

RND 7: Ch3. Fbb in same st as slst and in each of the next 6fbb and in the next 2 dc. 2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. *b in each of the following sts, 2dc, 15fbb, 2dc. 2dc, ch2, 2dc in next ch2 sp. Rep from * 2 times more. Fbb in each of the following sts, 2dc, 9fbb. Join w/slst to first fbb. Fasten off and weave ends into back of work.

Designed on Thursday, December 31, 1998. Copyright © 1998 By Julie A. Bolduc f112001

^*This ball of Bernat Cot'n Soft was given to me as part of a very generous Christmas gift from one of my Cyber friends from Canada. Thank You Julie Morash!!! I love this yarn!!!