How To Add A Hanging Loop To Your Crochet Dishcloth
Learn how to easily add a loop to your crochet dishcloth. These loops are a great way to hang your crochet washcloths to dry.
Crochet dishcloths are a great project for beginner crocheters. A simple square dishcloth or easy washcloth pattern is hard to beat.
They’re the perfect gift in summer too. We have plenty of birthdays in the summer and dishcloths are so fun to make.
Materials
- Your finished (or almost complete) washcloth or dishcloth.
- Yarn of the same weight and color.
Tools
- Crochet hook to match your yarn.
- Yarn needle
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
Stitches/Abbreviations
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
Instructions
If your dishcloth is still on your hook:
1. To add a loop for hanging, continue from the last corner.
2. Ch 15.
This gave me about an 1.5”/3.8cm loop for hanging, you can additional chains to suit your needs. Remember it should be about twice as long as you want your finished loop.
3. Fold the length of chain down back to corner st and sl st to join.
If you have already finished your dishcloth completely:
1. Insert hook into any corner stitch.
2. Join yarn with a sl st to attach it.
3. Then follow the same instructions as above.
For a thicker hanging loop:
1. If you are familiar with foundation stitches then I recommend using a foundation sc here.
2. Otherwise you can start with the above instructions, then add one more chain for a turning chain.
3. Skip the first chain and insert hook in the 2nd ch from your hook and work a sc.
4. Sc in the next chain.
5. Continue working sc into each chain.
6. Now bring the end where you made the first stitch down to the corner stitch, creating the loop.
7. Sl st to join it.
Finishing
1. Pull up a long loop.
2. Cut yarn.
3. And weave in ends using the yarn needle.
