36 Crochet World CROCHET-WORLD.COM AUGUST 2018FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
131/2 inches wide x 18 inches long
MATERIALS- Premier Home Cotton
medium (worsted)
weight cotton/polyester
yarn (23/4 oz/140 yds/80g
per ball):
6 balls #38-13 pastel blue
1 ball each #38-01 white,
#38-06 orange, #38-07
cranberry, #38-15 sage and
#38-14 Christmas green - Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge - Tapestry needle
GAUGE
13 dc = 4 inches; 8 rows = 4 inches
Eat Your Veggies Towels
Designs by Gwen Buttke McGannonHAPPY DAYS KITCHEN
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work
progresses.
Chain-3 at beginning of row
counts as first double crochet
unless otherwise stated.
Join with slip stitch as indicated
unless otherwise stated.SPECIAL STITCHES
First foundation double cro-
chet (first foundation dc):
Ch 2, yo, insert hook into 2nd ch
from hook (see illustration A), yo,
pull up lp, yo, draw through 1 lp
on hook (see illustration B—ch-1
completed), [yo, draw through
2 lps on hook] twice (see illustra-
tions C–E—dc completed).
Next foundation double
crochet (next foundation
dc): *Yo, insert hook in last ch-1
made (see illustration A), yo, pull
up lp, yo, draw through 1 lp onNext Foundation
Double CrochetABCEDFirst Foundation
Double CrochetABECDEASY hook (see illustration B—ch-1
completed), [yo, draw through
2 lps on hook] twice (see illustra-
tions C–E—dc completed), rep
from * as indicated.
Single crochet decrease join
(sc dec join): Place a slip knot
on hook, [insert hook in indi-
cated st, yo and draw up a lp]
twice, yo and pull through all
3 lps on hook.
Single crochet join (sc join):
Place a slip knot on hook,
insert hook in indicated st, yo
and draw up a lp, yo and pull
through both lps on hook.TOWEL
Make 3.
Row 1: With blue, work first
foundation dc (see Special
Stitches), work 47 next foun-
dation sc (see Special
Stitches), turn. (48 dc)
Row 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern
Notes), *fpdc (see Stitch
Guide) around next st,
bpdc (see Stitch Guide)
around next st, rep from *
across, dc in last st, turn.
(2 dc, 23 fpdc, 23 bpdc)
Row 3–39: Rep row 2.
Fasten off.CARROT APPLIQUÉ
Row 1: With orange,
ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from
hook, turn. (1 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in sc,
turn. (2 sc)
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first
st, sc in next st, turn. (3 sc)
Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in first
st, sc in each st across,
turn. (4 sc)Row 5: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st,
sc in back lps (see Stitch Guide)
of next 2 sts, sc in last st, turn.
(5 sc)
Row 6: Rep row 4. (6 sc)
Row 7: Rep row 5. (7 sc)
Row 8: Rep row 4. (8 sc)
Row 9: Ch 1, sc in first st, sc in
back lps of next 6 sts, sc in last
st, turn.
Row 10: Ch 1, sc in each st
across, turn.
Row 11: Rep row 9.
Row 12: Ch 1, sc dec (see Stitch
Guide) in first 2 sts, sc in next 4 sc,
sc dec in last 2 sts, turn. (6 sc)
Row 13: Ch 1, sc dec in first
2 sts, sc in back lps of next
2 sts, sc dec in last 2 sts.
Fasten off. (4 sc)
Row 14: With RS facing, join
(see Pattern Notes) green in 2nd
st, ch 10, sc in 2nd ch from hook
and in next 3 chs, sl st in next