Crochet edge kitchen towel

Hello, and welcome. Today I'm showing off a kitchen towel I made from scratch and to which I added a pretty crochet edge. 

I didn't exactly planned this as a tutorial, but I'll try to describe the process below in case you want to replicate it yourself. 

I started with a rectangle of this cotton waffle fabric. I actually bought two of these, the pink and the light blue, a while ago. They were being sold as scraps in one of the fabric shops I usually go to in Lisbon, and I immediately knew they would be perfect as kitchen towels. 

It took me a while, but I finally hemmed the pink fabric and then created the crochet border. 

The border was very easy to make. I used the yarn below (there are lots of colors available, this color in particular is called antique pink), and a 2.5 mm hook:

   

After adding the first row (single crochets over the hem, with two chains in between), I added a row of single crochets all around.  

Row 3 consisted again of the same single crochet/2 chains combo, and then for the final row I alternated 6 double crochets with a slip stitch over the chains from the previous row (6 double crochets on one chain space, one slip stitch in the next chain space, and so on). 

For the corners, I just doubled the number of stitches: 4 chains in the first row, 4 single crochets in the second, four chains in the third row and twelve double crochets in the last row. 

 

After that I just needed to weave in ends and my new kitchen towel was ready to be used. 

In case you are trying to create a similar edging and have any questions or the explanation above isn't clear enough, feel free to leave a comment and I'll try to help you the best way I can. 

I still have the blue fabric untouched. I'm planning to repeat the process, although I expect I will change the border a bit next time. I'll share it here too as soon as I finish it (hopefully soon). 

 

Have fun, and happy Tuesday!

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