Primrose Flower Cotton Crochet Dishcloth Pattern Free: 7-Round Petal Washcloth

Want a quick, smile-inducing kitchen project that finishes in under 30 minutes and uses up partial balls of worsted cotton yarn? The Primrose Flower Cotton Crochet Dishcloth blossoms from the center out in just 7 joined rounds using Bernat® Handicrafter® Cotton and a 5.0 mm (US H/8) hook. Starting with a sunny 2-round center circle in Hot Orange, you switch to Hot Blue for Rounds 3–6 to shape six scalloped flower petals—using simple double crochet increases at the crest of each petal and a single crochet valley stitch between petals—before framing the bloom with a final Hot Orange border and a built-in ch-8 hanging loop.

How the 6-Petal Scallop Math Works

Many flower dishcloths require picots or complicated chain loops that snag on forks and pan handles. The Primrose Dishcloth shapes its six rounded petals entirely through stitch height and symmetrical increases: Round 3 establishes 30 double crochets (6 groups of 5 stitches). On Round 4, each 5-stitch group becomes 1 dc, (2 dc in next dc) twice, 1 dc, 1 sc—growing each petal by 2 stitches per round (from 7 sts on Rnd 4, to 9 sts on Rnd 5, to 11 sts on Rnd 6, and finally 15 sts on Rnd 7) while the stacked 1 sc in next sc dips pull the six valleys inward!

Materials & Round-by-Round Stitch Count Table

Each 9-inch flower dishcloth uses roughly 45 yards total (about 20 yards of Contrast A and 25 yards of Contrast B), meaning 3 balls of each shade will make an entire 6-piece gift set! Check your stitch count at the end of every round:

Abbreviations (US Crochet Terms)

• Approx = Approximately
• Beg = Beginning
• Ch = Chain
• Dc = Double crochet
• Rep = Repeat
• Rnd(s) = Round(s)
• Sc = Single crochet
• Sl st = Slip stitch
• Sp = Space
• St(s) = Stitch(es)

Step-by-Step Crochet Instructions

Note: Ch 2 at the beginning of each round does not count as a double crochet. Join every round with a sl st to the first dc.

Crocheting the 7-Round Primrose Dishcloth

1. Foundation & Round 1 (Center Ring): With Contrast A (Hot Orange), ch 2. Work 10 dc into the 2nd ch from hook. Join with a sl st to the first dc. (10 dc)
2. Round 2: Ch 2. Work 2 dc in each of the next 10 dc around. Join Contrast B (Hot Blue) with a sl st to the first dc. (20 dc)
3. Round 3: With Contrast B, ch 2. *Work 1 dc in next dc. Work 2 dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to the first dc. (30 dc)
4. Round 4 (Begin 6 Petals): Ch 2. *Work 1 dc in next dc. Work 2 dc in each of next 2 dc. Work 1 dc in next dc. Work 1 sc in next dc. Repeat from * 5 times more around. Join with a sl st to the first dc. (42 sts — 6 petals)
5. Round 5: Ch 2. *Work 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. Work 2 dc in each of next 2 dc. Work 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. Work 1 sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to the first dc. (54 sts)
6. Round 6: Ch 2. *Work 1 dc in each of next 3 dc. Work 2 dc in each of next 2 dc. Work 1 dc in each of next 3 dc. Work 1 sc in next sc. Repeat from * around, joining Contrast A (Hot Orange) with a sl st to the first dc. (66 sts)
7. Round 7 (Outer Contrast Rim): With Contrast A, ch 2. *Work 1 dc in each of next 3 dc. Work 2 dc in each of next 4 dc. Work 1 dc in each of next 3 dc. Work 1 sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to the first dc. (90 sts)
8. Make Hanging Loop: Slip stitch (sl st) in each of the next 6 dc (bringing your yarn to the top center crest of the first petal). Ch 8 for the hanging loop, join with a sl st in the same stitch as the last sl st, fasten off, and weave in all cotton ends securely.