Hello there! I shared this little golf towel project I’ve been working on in my Instagram Stories, asking if anyone would like the graph I made, and there were so many of you! I’m thrilled to hear that you enjoy playing golf and love to crochet just like me!  

My youngest daughter, Annie, is a PGA Associate Golf Instructor and has taught me and my husband how to play over the past several years, and we have fallen in love with the sport.

I’m going to be playing in a tournament with a partner, and I wanted to have a towel attached to our golf bags that matched, so I made this little graph and crocheted a golf towel for us both. 

Click here or image below to download chart.

Here are a few details about how to read the graph and work the towel. 

First, I used all single crochet stitches (SC). Each box on the graph represents 1 SC. You will make a chain of 61 stitches and begin in the first chain from the hook for a total of 60 SC across. Always ch 1 and turn. 

Read the graph starting in the bottom right hand corner. You will see a number 1. That represents the first row. When you ch and turn, read the graph from left to right. The odd number rows are right to left, the even number rows are left to right. 

On the towel where the green is the background and the letters are white, I carried the white and green yarn through the rows, switching colors according to the graph in a similar manner as the gingham blankets that I make. I will link you to a quick video that shows you how to carry yarn through the rows and keep the yarn from twisting: 

For the towel that has a white background and green letters, I made individual balls of yarn, about baseball size, of the green color. Instead of carrying the green yarn through the rows, I would only carry the white color through the green letter, then drop the green and pick up the next ball of green for the following letter. This is called using bobbins (the little balls of yarn). 

This project is easy, but probably not for an absolute beginner who hasn’t learned how to switch colors mid-row. I would suggest practicing on a gingham swatch to fully understand how to change colors before attempting to follow a graph. 

This pink gingham baby blanket can help you learn how to change colors with the single crochet stitch. The video tutorial enables you to make a swatch. 

Tap here for the Pink Gingham Baby Blanket pattern.

For the border, after I wove in all the ends, I made three rounds of single crochet with a hook that was one size smaller. I worked 1 SC into each SC and 1 SC into the end of each row and 3 SC into each corner. I joined with a SL ST to the first st of the round then CH 1 and continued on in the same direction. 

After the final round, I chained 10, for a loop, then SL ST to the starting ch, and then worked 11 or 12 SC around the loop. SL ST again to the base of the loop and then tie off. 

I used one skein each of Caron All Day Cotton in White Shirt and Grass Green. I used an H hook for the towel and changed to a G for the border. If you have different tension than me, you might not need to change hook sizes. I just find that using the smaller hook, especially on the ends of the rows, helps maintain a more even edge. 

The finished size of the towel is approximately 16 inches x 8.5 inches.

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Caron All Day Cotton is a great yarn to use for this project as it is 100% cotton that is easy to work with. It doesn’t bleed and washes well. 

I also ordered *carabiner hooks to attach to the loop, allowing us to secure the towel to the golf bag. 

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I hope you have fun making this little project for your favorite golfer! I heard back from so many of you that you are going to make them in school colors, or multicolors and that sounds so cute! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

XO, Tiffany 

POST UPDATE: 

After writing this post I started working on a more colorful version that I’d like to show you: 

I’m using Cherry, Eyes Blue, Golden and Grass Green in the Caron All Day Cotton