Hello there! I’m so thrilled to be letting you know about a new cotton yarn from Yarnspirations called Caron All Day Cotton. And if you have been following me along, you know I love a yarn that offers shades of one color so I can create a gingham look! It’s my absolute favorite blanket, hot pad, and now washcloth design to make. 

I was lucky to be asked to teach the gingham technique at the Jimmy Beans Wool/The Crochet Crowd annual retreat in Reno, Nevada the first week of October. I taught over 100 crocheters how to create this beautiful pattern and today I am sharing this pattern with all of you. 

This is a great project to make when learning how to carry yarn. It is small and offers lots of color changes so you really get a lot of practice in before you jump to making a full-size blanket. 

Or, you can expand this pattern and make it into a placemat or a table runner. It is such a versatile and classic look that it really will never go out of style. 

Caron All Day Cotton has 5 shades of yarn that you can use to make a gingham look. You can choose these golden or grey shades as I have in the photo above, or you can choose shades of blue, green and possibly the reds.

I haven’t experimented with all the shades just yet, but I do have all the shades and by looking I think they would go well together. They don’t have very many color choices, but the ones that are available are just stunning. 

Caron All-Day Cotton is 100% mercenized cotton, with a chainette construction. It is slightly stretchy and has a matte finish. I loved working with it and cannot wait to make more items using the yarn. 

Materials

Caron All Day Cotton (100% mercerized cotton, ball size: 100 g/3.5 oz, 158 meters/173 yards)

1 each, Golden, Jute, Cream

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Size G/4.00m hook, tapestry needle, scissors 

Size

12 x 12 inches

Gauge: 4 inches = 13 sts and 12 rows of griddle stitch

Stitches

Single Crochet (SC): Insert your hook, yarn over (YO) and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops on hook.

Double Crochet (DC): YO, insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops, YO and pull through remaining two loops.

Griddle Stitch: The alternating pattern of SC, DC is called Griddle Stitch. The beginning of each row always begins with a SC worked into the DC of the previous row. DC is worked into the SC of the previous row. Every row always ends with DC.

Front and Back Post Double Crochet (FPDC, BPDC): YO, insert your hook from front to back (FPDC) or back to front (BPDC), YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through 2 loops, YO and pull through remaining 2 loops.

Pattern

Chain 43 with golden. (Pattern repeat is any odd number x 6 plus 1.)

ROW 1: In the second CH from the hook, work one SC. In the next stitch, work DC. Repeat alternating SC and DC across the next 4 chains. Before finishing the sixth stitch, (which will be a DC) pull through with jute. Do not cut golden, crochet over it as you work the next 6 sts of alternating SC and DC.  Before you pull through on the sixth DC, drop jute and pull golden through.

Work the next 6 sts with golden and crocheting over jute. Continue the alternating SC, DC (going forward referred as griddle stitch) pattern and change colors every 6 chains. Keep in mind that you will always be changing colors on a DC. CH 1 and turn. Bring the jute around the end of the row to bring it along for the next row.  (42 sts of griddle stitch)

Tip: Always keep one color to the front of the work and one color to the back. This will help to prevent the yarn from twisting. 

ROW 2-4: SC in first DC of previous row, DC in next SC with golden. Continue Griddle Stitch in next 4 sts. Change color every 6 sts as explained in row 1 across the row. On last DC of row 4, change color to jute. CH 1 and turn. Drop golden, do not cut. 

ROW 5-8: Griddle Stitch first 6 sts with jute, griddle stitch next 6 sts with cream. Continue griddle stitch across the row changing every 6 sts with jute and cream. On last DC of row 8, change color to golden. CH 1 and turn. (Carry the yarn up the side of the work, drop cream, do not cut.)

(Tip: jute is used in every row.)

For the rest of the washcloth, continue the griddle stitch gingham pattern until you have 7 blocks of color in height or 28 rows. 

Tie off and weave in the ends. 

Border

With golden

Round 1: Pull up a loop in any corner, chain 1 and SC in same space. Work SC evenly around, SC, CH 2, SC in each corner. Join with SL ST to first SC of the round, CH 2, do not turn. 

Round 2: DC into each st, [DC, CH 2, DC] around each corner ch 2 space. Join with a SL ST to the chain 2. CH 2 do not turn. 

Round 3: *FPDC around next DC, BPDC around next DC. Repeat from * around, work [DC, CH 2, DC] around each corner ch 2 space. Join with a SL ST to the chain 2. CH 2, do not turn. 

Round 4: as round 3, at the end of the round CH 1, do not turn.  

Round 5: SC into each DC around, [SC, CH 2, SC] around each corner ch 2 space. SL ST to starting SC, tie off, weave in all ends. 

If you need a video tutorial, watch below: 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you fall in love with gingham as much as I have! 

XO, Tiffany 

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