Pattern Description:
The Christmas Trees Washcloth is a simple, beginner-friendly crochet project featuring a clean fir-tree motif created with strategic skipped stitches and chain spaces.
Worked entirely in basic double crochet with light detailing, it creates a charming, seasonal washcloth that’s quick to make and ideal for gifting.
Its soft cotton texture and subtle winter design make it a practical piece you can enjoy throughout the colder months.
Materials Needed & Measurements:
- Materials List:
- 1 Size 4 100% cotton yarn (I Love This Cotton used in pattern)
- Crochet hook in size H / 5 mm
- Tapestry needle
- Scissors
The finished product measurements and gauge are:
- Finished Measurements: 9.5″ square, approximately.
- Gauge: 4″ square = 8 rows x 16 dc sts.
Stitches & Abbreviations (US Terms)
- Ch: Chain
- Sp: Space
- Sk: Skip
- Sc: Single crochet
- Dc: Double crochet
Special Stitches
The two main stitches used are the Single Crochet (sc) and Double Crochet (dc).
Single Crochet (Sc):
- Insert your hook into the indicated stitch (st).
- Yarn over, pull the yarn through the st (pulling up a loop). You should have two loops on your hook.
- Yarn over again, then pull through both loops on your hook.
Double Crochet (Dc):
- Wrap the yarn over your hook, then insert your hook into the indicated st.
- Yarn over, pull up a loop, resulting in three loops on your hook.
- Yarn over, pull through two loops (two loops remain).
- Yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.
Instructions for Making the Christmas Trees Washcloth Pattern:
Fir Tree Washcloth Pattern
Foundation: Ch 37.
- R1: Dc into 3rd ch from hook, dc into next st, and each st across. (35 dc).
- R2: Ch 2, turn, dc into each st across. (35 dc).
- R3: Ch 2, turn, dc into each st across. (35 dc).
- R4: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 16 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next st, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 16 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R5: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 9 sts, ch 1, sk 1, (dc into next st, ch 1, sk 1) 3 times, (dc into ch sp, ch 1, sk 1) two times, (dc into next st, ch 1, sk 1) 3 times, dc into next 9 sts. (26 dc, 9 ch sp).
- R6: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 9 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 13 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 9 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R7: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 10 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 11 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 10 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R8: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 11 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 9 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 11 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R9: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 12 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 7 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 12 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R10: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 12 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 5 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 12 sts. (31 dc, 4 ch sp).
- R11: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 12 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 5 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 12 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R12: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 13 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 5 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 13 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R13: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 14 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next 3 sts, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 14 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R14: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 15 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into next, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 15 sts. (33 dc, 2 ch sp).
- R15: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 16 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, ch 1, sk 1, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 16 sts. (34 dc, 1 ch sp).
- R16: Ch 2, turn, dc into next 17 sts, dc into ch sp from previous row, dc into next 17 sts. (35 dc).
- R17: Ch 2, turn, dc into each st across. (35 dc).
- R18: Ch 2, turn, dc into each st across. DO NOT tie off. (35 dc).
Border
After completing R18, Ch 1.
- Beginning down the left side of your work, sc into the side of your rows, working 2 sc per row.
- When reaching a corner, the sequence should be: 1 sc to finish the current side, ch 1 to turn the corner, and 1 sc to start the next side.
- The tops and bottoms of your work will require a sc into each dc across.
- Tie off and weave in ends.
