Add an extra touch of spookiness to your Halloween party with this free crochet Halloween Eyeball Dishcloth pattern!
Cleaning the dishes after a Halloween party is never the most fun part of the evening…
So, how about making it a little more fun with this spooktacular eyeball dishcloth and the other dishcloths of the Halloween collection?!
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Halloween Dishcloth Collection
The pattern of the Halloween Eyeball Dishcloth is part of the Halloween Dishcloth Collection with four fun patterns to make your kitchen extra scary for Halloween!
The collection includes the following patterns:
- Eyeball Dishcloth
- Spiderweb Dishcloth
- Candy Corn Dishcloth
- Ghost Dishcloth
And all these patterns can be yours for just a few dollars! Check it out on Ravelry HERE, LoveCrafts HERE, or Etsy HERE.
Find more crochet patterns for Halloween here on the blog…
Add this pattern to your Ravelry queue HERE and favorite it (– thank you!). Or save it for later by pinning it to your best Halloween board on Pinterest using this pin.
Printable PDF Pattern
The individual PDF pattern of the Eyeball Dishcloth is available in all my online shops. Get your copy on Ravelry HERE, LoveCrafts HERE, or Etsy HERE.
Materials
- 3.5-mm (E/4 USA, 9 UK) Crochet Hook
- 4.5-mm (G/7 USA, 7 UK) Crochet Hook
- DK (3, Light) Cotton Yarn
- Tapestry Needle
Yarn & Yardage
I used Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK (137 yds / 125 m per 50 g) in the following colors and amounts:
- A – Pure Black (402) – 7.5 yds / 6.9 m
- B – Grass Green (430) – 27.6 yds / 25.1 m
- C – Champagne White (403) – 96.5 yds / 88 m
- D – Pillar Red (415) – 5.5 yds / 5 m
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- BLO – Back Loop Only
- Ch – Chain
- Dc – Double Crochet
- RS – Right Side
- Sl St – Slip Stitch
- Sp – Space
- St – Stitch
- Yo – Yarn Over
Special Stitch
Back Loop Only (BLO)
Learn how to crochet in the BLO HERE.
Surface Crochet Slip Stitch Embroidery
Learn how to surface crochet sl st HERE.
Size
12.5″ (32 cm) along the longest diagonal.
11.5″ (29 cm) from side to side.
Gauge
4 rounds of the hexagon base pattern in 4″ (10 cm) measuring along the longest diagonal of the hexagon.
Pattern Notes
- If the pattern says “dc 2”, it means that you have to make 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts.
- (…) – Repeat the instruction within brackets for the indicated number of times.
- *… – Repeat the instructions from * for the indicated number of times.
- […] – Crochet the instruction within brackets all in the same indicated st.
Halloween Eyeball Dishcloth – Free Crochet Pattern
Eyeball
With your 3.5-mm hook and A, make a MC.
Round 1. Ch 2 (does not count as a st here and throughout), dc 12 in MC, sl st 1 in first st to join the round. (12 sts)
Round 2. Ch 2, dc inc 12, sl st 1 in first st. (24 sts)
Round 3. Ch 2, (dc inc 1, dc 1) 12 times, sl st 1 in first st. (36 sts)
Fasten off A.
Join B in the first st of round 3.
Round 4. Ch 2, dc 1, (dc inc 1, dc 2) 11 times, dc inc 1, dc 1, sl st 1 in first st. (48 sts)
Round 5. Ch 2, (dc inc 1, dc 3) 12 times, sl st 1 in first st. (60 sts)
Round 6. Ch 2, dc 2, (dc inc 1, dc 4) 11 times, dc inc 1, dc 2, sl st 1 in first st. (72 sts)
Round 7. Ch 2, (dc inc 1, dc 5) 12 times, sl st 1 in first st. (84 sts)
Fasten off B.
Join C in the first st of round 7.
Round 8. Ch 2, dc 3, (dc inc 1, dc 6) 11 times, dc inc 1, dc 3, sl st 1 in first st. (96 sts)
Round 9. Ch 2, (dc inc 1, dc 7) 12 times, sl st 1 in first st. (108 sts)
Round 10. Ch 2, dc 4, (dc inc 1, dc 8) 11 times, dc inc 1, dc 4, sl st 1 in first st. (120 sts)
Round 11. Ch 2, (dc inc 1, dc 9) 12 times, sl st 1 in first st. (132 sts)
Round 12. Ch 2, dc 5, (dc inc 1, dc 10) 11 times, dc inc 1, dc 5, sl st 1 in first st. (144 sts)
Round 13. Ch 2, (dc inc 1, dc 11) 12 times, sl st 1 in first st. (156 sts)
Round 14. Ch 2, dc 6, (dc inc 1, dc 12) 11 times, dc inc 1, dc 6, sl st 1 in first st. (168 sts)
Fasten off.
Border
With your 3.5-mm hook, join D in the first st of round 14.
Round 1. Ch 15 (hanging loop), sl st in same st as joining.
Switch to your 4.5-mm hook.
Sl st 20, sc inc 1, sl st 11, [sc 1, hdc 1] in next st, [dc 1, hdc 1] in next st, sc 1, sl st 16, [sc 1, hdc 1] in next st, [hdc 1, sc 1] in next st, sc 1, sl st 12, sc inc 1, sl st 7, [sc 1, hdc 1] in next st, dc inc 1, [hdc 1, sc 1] in next st, sc 1, sl st 10, sc inc 1, sl st 3, sc inc 1, sl st 10, [sc 1, hdc 1] in next st, [hdc 1, sc 1] in next st, sl st 15, sc 1, [sc 1, hdc 1] in next st, dc inc 1, [hdc 1, sc 1] in next st, sl st 10, sc inc 1, sl st 8, sc 1, hdc inc 1, sc 1, sl st 10, sc inc 1, sl st 10, join with a sl st 1 in initial st. (186 sts)
Fasten off and weave in all your ends.
Eye Shadow
With your 4.5-mm hook and C, make a MC.
Round 1. Sc 6 in MC, sl st 1 in first sc to join. (6 sts)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
Finishing
Sew the eye shadow in the top, left corner of the pupil (rounds 1-3 of the eye).
Use the long tail of yarn of the shadow to embroider a few short lines below the shadow.
With a length of D of about 121″ (3 m), embroider short lines from the edge of round 14 toward the center of the eye. Keep the embroidered lines between rounds 12 and 14 of the eye.
Weave in all your ends.
Your CROCHET Halloween Eyeball Dishcloth is Ready!
I hope you enjoyed this free crochet pattern and I’d love to see your Halloween washcloths! Please, share a pic of your work on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #raffamusadesigns!
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