Simple Crochet Spa Cloth

Simply Crochet Spa Cloth made with off-white yarn on a brown wooden background with a small green plant nearby and a blue bar of soap on top

This Simple Crochet Spa Cloth is truly simple to make! Spa cloths make great gifts and get softer and softer the more you use them and wash them! They are basically the same thing as dishcloths but are used for your face or body instead of dirty dishes. Crochet Spa Cloths make great gifts – just pair one with a nice bar of soap and a bottle of lotion in a cute little basket – and you have the perfect gift to give a co-worker, friend, neighbor or family member!

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Stitches Used in the Simple Crochet Spa Cloth

This spa cloth is crocheted using the half double crochet stitch. By working in a certain loop of each stitch you can also create some great texture. To make this cloth you will also need to know how to chain and slip stitch. All of these stitches are explained below to help you be successful! 🙂

Skill Level: Confident Beginner

Measurements:

7″ wide x 8 1/2″ long

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Yarn – 1 skein of any dishcloth cotton

(I used Premier Yarn Premier Home Cotton yarn (2.65 oz/131 yds/75g per skein) in #38-02 Cream)

I/5.5mm crochet hook

Jumbo Tapestry Needle

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The Simple Crochet Spa Cloth laying flat on a brown wooden background made in off-white yarn with very textured stitches

Special Stitches and Abbreviations:

Shell = 3 hdc

Hdc (half double crochet) = YO, insert hook into stitch, draw up a loop; YO, pull through all 3 loops on hook

Sl st (slip stitch) = Insert hook into stitch, YO, pull through stitch and through loop on hook

Back Loop Only = At the top of every crochet stitch there are 2 loops; Normally you insert your oohk under BOTH loops but for this technique you insert your hook under the back loop only (the loop farthest from you) – This technique helps add texture to your stitches and rows

Click here to watch a short video tutorial of this technique

Ch = chain

Sp = space

Hk = hook

Lp = loop

Sk = skip

YO = yarn over

The crochet spa cloth made in off-white yarn folded twice with a blue bar of soap on top on a brown wooden background

Instructions:

All special stitches are written in bold and italicized text and defined above

Ch 27

Row 1:

3 hdc in 3^rd ch from hk; (sk next ch, sl st in next ch, sk next ch, 3 hdc in next ch) across. Turn. (7 shells)

Row 2:

Ch 2, working in the back loop only here and throughout, hdc in 1^st hdc, sl st in next st; (3 hdc in next sl st; sl st in center hdc of next shell) across; hdc in last st. Turn.

Row 3:

Ch 2, (3 hdc in next sl st, sl st in center hdc of next shell) across to last sl st; 3 hdc in last sl st; sl st in last st. Turn.

Repeat Rows 2 & 3 eight times – do not fasten off.

Edging:

*(Sl st in end of next row, 3 hdc in end of next row) along side of mug rug to next corner;* Now working along bottom edge of Row 1 and in back loop only, (sl st in bottom of next shell, 3 hdc in bottom of next sl st) across to next corner; Repeat * to * to next corner; sl st in 1^st sl st of edging. Fasten off.

Weave in ends.

The Simple Crochet Spa Cloth laying flat on a brown wooden background with a ball of off-white yarn, pink measuring tape, green crochet hook and small green plant nearby

Your Simple Crochet Spa Cloth is Complete!

Tada! Your Simple Crochet Spa Cloth is complete! 🙂 I hope you enjoyed making this project. I love crocheted scallops and think they make such a pretty edging on many projects. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!

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Thank you for stopping by – Happy crocheting!

Jennifer

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