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With spring here and summer months coming ahead, cotton yarns are my go to for crocheting! I wanted to try out the Dishie Yarn from Knit Picks and WeCrochet and to sum it up – it’s great! Read ahead for the review as well as a free PDF pattern for a crochet dog mat that I made for our new puppy.
When I decided to try the Dishie cotton yarn, I wanted to make something that most people will use this yarn for – dish cloths.
I whipped up a super simple dish cloth that I could use for a few weeks and throw in the washer/dryer to get a good feel for how this yarn would hold up. I must say – it’s fabulous!
Dishie Cotton Yarn Review
Yarn Details
- 100% cotton
- Worsted weight
- 190 yards/100 grams per skin
- 29+ colors to choose from
- Machine washable
- $3.49 per skein on KnitPicks.com or WeCrochet.com (you can often find sales on the site)
I can’t say I’ve worked with too many cotton yarns in my day, but the two other cotton yarns I have worked with quite often are Lily’s Sugar n’ Cream and Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Cotton!
I would say Dishie cotton yarn is somewhere in the middle. It’s not quite as thick as the Sugar n’ Cream and it is a bit softer and more pleasing to work with.
Compared to Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Cotton!, it’s not as soft and doesn’t have that finished shine to it. It definitely has more of a ‘raw cotton’ feel to it. I would definitely choose I Love This Cotton! for a garment versus the Dishie yarn, but I think the dishie yarn is suppose to be more practical for dish cloths anyway – hence the name “dishie”!
Colorful Options
One of my favorite things about this yarn is that it comes in vibrant colors (29 beautiful colors, to be exact!) and they don’t bleed! I remember using a very vibrant, variegated Lily Sugar n’ Cream and it stained my hands while working with it. It wasn’t very nice to work with.
As you can see, I chose a vibrant teal color to try out and it did not bleed and held up well through the washer and dryer!
Durability
I used this wash cloth for 3 weeks in my kitchen. Personally, I don’t use it to wash my dishes. I use dish cloths to clean my counter tops and stove when I’m cleaning up in the kitchen every evening. I then wash it out in the sink and throw it in the laundry every time I am doing laundry (which is about every 3 days or so).
I have to say, through all the washing and cleaning, it’s held up great! No fuzzing or pilling. Even the color has held up! A lot of my dish cloths I have made from other cotton yarns have faded in color after the first or second wash but the color on the Dishie yarn is really stickin’ it out!
I give this yarn two thumbs up, especially for wash cloths. I definitely recommend trying out the Dishie Cotton yarn! You can buy some here.
Free Dog Bowl Mat Crochet Pattern
If you haven’t heard, we recently got a new puppy! I knew I wanted to make him something, so I made a cute little dog mat for his food and water bowls! (I also made a basket for his toys – you can find that free pattern here.)
This is a really easy pattern and you can easily adjust it to the size you need, if you need a larger mat! You could also make it larger and use it as a rug/door mat if you’d like!
Materials:
Dishie Cotton Yarn in Kenai, Jalapeno, and Silver
H/5.00mm hook
J/6.00mm hook
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Notes:
Color A = Kenai (teal), Color B = Jalapeno (green), Color C = Silver
Abbreviations (US terms)
Ch = chain, sc = single crochet, hdc = half double crochet, dc = double crochet
Start with Color A and H/5.00mm hook
Row 1: Ch 44, hdc in 3rd chain from hook and across, turn
Row 2: Ch 1, hdc across, turn
Repeat Row 2, changing between Color A & B every 6 rows
Attach Color C and single crochet evenly around the edge, making 3 single crochet in each corner.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Paw Applique
Using Color C and J/6.00mm hook
Magic ring, 10hdc in ring, join to first hdc
Ch 2, *dc, 2dc, repeat 3 more times
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing
That completes the main portion of the paw.
For the 4 little circles work the following with Color C and H/5.00mm hook:
Magic ring, 6sc, join to first sc
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing
Make 4 little circles.
Sew paw print onto mat in bottom right corner.
I appreciate the review on the yarn and love the doggie mat pattern, and if I had a dog I would def use this pattern! It is beatuful!
Wonderful! I have a question. My dog has five toes on her paws. Do I make all five toes the same size?