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Learn how to do front post half double crochet stitches and get straight edges with this dishcloth pattern!

I became enamored by this stitch when I saw the bold, chunky ridges in Mama In a Stitch’s Done in a Day blanket pattern. I’d attempted to do an entire blanket in this stitch, but as I worked my project began to turn into a rhombus!

When I’d researched why this was happening, most of the forum posts suggested a tension problem. Not so! This stitch simply slants as you work it, so you need to combat the slanting by increasing on one side and decreasing on the other.

If you’d like to learn how to get this great texture and want to practice this stitch, a dishcloth is a great way to do so! I hope you enjoy this fun, quickie pattern.

Abbreviations
ch(s): chain(s)
fphdc(s): front post half double crochet(s)
hdc(s): half double crochet(s)
hdc2tog: half double crochet two together
rep: repeat
rnd(s): round(s)
rs: right side
sc(s): single crochet(s)
st(s): stitch(es)
ws: wrong side
yo: yarn over

Special Stitch
Hdc2tog: Yo, insert your hook in a st, pull up a loop. You should have 3 loops on your hook. Yo, insert your hook in the next st, pull up a loop. You should have 5 loops on your hook. Yo and pull through all 5 loops.

Materials
Lily Sugar’n Cream Weight 4 Medium (100% Cotton, 120yd/109m, 2.5oz/71g) Red 1 skein
Size H/8 5mm crochet hook
Scissors
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Finished Size
Before border: 5″ x 5″ | With border: 5.5″ x 5.5″

Gauge
16 sts x 15 rows = 4″ x 4″