DIY: Crochet Bobble Hand Towel

i absolutely love cotton yarn, and lily sugar’n’cream remains my undefeated favorite. it’s the perfect yarn for making home accessories: it comes in the best colors, washes and wears exceptionally well, is widely and easily available, and best of all, it’s like $3 a ball.

after designing the perfect potholder pattern, i realized how easy it is to transform this humble cotton yarn into luxurious and expensive-looking accessories. next came the perfect tea towel pattern, and then my favorite to-date, the crochet bobble bathmat and the embellished geometric version. i’m so obsessed with the bathmat i knew i had to make a matching hand towel.

whether you use it in the bathroom or the kitchen, this towel is the perfect mix of functional and stylish.

MATERIALS

YARDAGE/YARN: approx. 350 YARDS, 4-PLY WORSTED WEIGHT 100% COTTON
SUGGESTED: 2 supersize balls of LILY SUGAR’N CREAM (I USED COLOR ECRU)

HOOKS: MAIN HOOK/BOBBLE HOOK: H/8-5.00MM
TRIM HOOK: F/5-3.75MM

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: 24x16”

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the hand towel uses the same hook sizes and is worked in the same stitch pattern as the original bath mat.

you can reference the bath mat pattern instructions and tutorial photos in the original blog post here.

hand towel modifications:

WITH MAIN HOOK, FOUNDATION CHAIN 44 STS
WORK FLAT SINGLE CROCHET MOSS/LINEN/GRANITE STITCH UNTIL PIECE MEASURES approx. 16”.

USING THE TRIM HOOK, JOIN YARN TO THE SIDE EDGE AND WORK MOSS/LINEN/GRANITE STITCH FOR 4 ROWS.

SWITCH TO MAIN HOOK SIZE AND WORK 6 STITCH BOBBLES ACROSS THE ROW:

CHAIN 4, 6 ST BOBBLE INTO 3RD CHAIN, FINISH BOBBLE ON 4TH CHAIN. CHAIN 1 AND ATTACH 1 SPOT AWAY, THEN 1 MOSS ST BEFORE NEXT BOBBLE. 13 BOBBLES TOTAL.
REPEAT TRIM ROWS AND BOBBLES ON OTHER SIDE.