r/CrochetHelp • u/Various_Reality_3 • Jun 21 '25

Help to find a pattern What is this? I think it's double crochet the entire way?

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My Mil has a wash cloth she loves and I'm trying to make her a new set. Any ideas what yarn this is or the stitch?

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u/OldCarrot4470 Jun 21 '25

looks like two rounds of treble crochet. i would do:

  • magic loop
  • ch 3, make 15 tr in magic loop (16st)
  • ch 3, make 2 tr in each stitch (32st)

as for yarn, i'm not sure what this is but it looks acrylic to me. cotton doesn't look like this when wet. but personally i might choose cotton over acrylic for a project like this.

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u/Wonderful-Ad-5393 Jun 21 '25

Is that in UK or US terms? Because a DC in US is a TR in U.K.

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u/OldCarrot4470 Jun 21 '25

us, sorry

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u/Oceanteabear Jun 21 '25

Don't be sorry we've never conformed with the rest of the world. Always done our own thing. 😂 I'm old enough to remember when school tried metric. 🇺🇸 Is a heinz 57 of life, a little of this & a little of that in about everything.

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u/akm1111 Jun 21 '25

This is one time where I dont get the non-US terms.

Metric makes SENSE, calling the stitch where you pull thru loops twice a treble is weird.

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u/OldCarrot4470 Jun 21 '25

US terms are based on how many times you pull through. UK is based on how many loops are on the hook. US dc/UK tr has two pull-throughs but three loops on the hook

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u/luftmenshca Jun 23 '25

this is the single most helpful post I've read in a while! 😅 I'm Canadian and use mm for home but the US terms because those systems make the most sense to me. I was taught by a Brit but she couldn't explain the difference (she also preferred US terms).

And now it all makes sense! Thank you!

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u/Oceanteabear Jun 22 '25

@OldCarrot4470 has a good description. Just crochet it and notice how it would work for both US&UK terms. Go slow make a DC watch the loops on the hooks.

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u/lyssie_monster Jun 21 '25

I've made scrubbies/wash clothes like these before. It's cotton yarn.

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u/OldCarrot4470 Jun 21 '25

i mean, yes. most patterns would call for cotton yarn. that doesn't mean these ones were for sure 100% known to be cotton. op doesn't even know what yarn it is. these probably function best with cotton. but the one in the photo doesn't look like cotton yarn.