Last Updated on July 4, 2024

The C2C Braided Beans Dishcloth is an Easy Crochet Dishcloth pattern.

If you are looking for a dishcloth crochet pattern, you’re in the right place! This beautifully textured crochet texture is fun and easy to make. The dishcloth is made using the C2C Wattle stitch combined with the Bean stitch to create the braided effect.

It works up fairly quickly and will be a beautiful addition to your kitchen.

The dishcloth written instruction includes both a photo tutorial and a video tutorial

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What You Will Learn When Making This Crochet Dishcloth

The Braided Beans is an easy crochet dishcloth pattern, it’s a great pattern if you want to learn some new stitches and methods. While crocheting this dishcloth, you will learn:

Working corner to corner with different stitches
How to crochet the Wattle Stitch
How to crochet the Bean stitch
How to keep increasing the pattern to make the square as big as you’d like (you can use this pattern to make a blanket!)

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Best Yarn to Use When Making a Dishcloth / Washcloth

When making home decor items, and especially an item that is being used a lot, it’s recommended to use 100% cotton yarn, or a blend of cotton with a natural fiber. Cotton is a durable fiber, and can be easily thrown into the washing machine.

For my dishcloth, I used Lion Brand – Coboo yarn, which is 51% cotton and 49% bamboo.

Here you can find all my favorite cotton yarns.

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Braided Beans Crochet Dishcloth Video Tutorial

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Easy Crochet Dishcloth Pattern

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Skill level – Easy

Materials I used in this tutorial
– Crochet hook 4.5, or a suitable hook to obtain gauge (I love the Tulip Etimo crochet hooks).
– DK (#3) weight yarn – I used Lion Brand – Coboo yarn.
Amount of yarn needed (for the finished size as mentioned below): 25gr/53m/58yds.
– 2 Stitch markers (optional)

Finished Size – 6.5×6.5” (16.5×16.5 cm)
You can make this pattern as big as you’d like (even a blanket!), just keep increasing.

Gauge (in pattern):

Working Rows 1-11 will result in a triangle with 4’’ (10 cm) sides.

** Gauge is not crucial for this pattern.

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Abbreviations (US)

ch – chain
PM – place marker
LB – Large Bean: Insert your hook into indicated st, yo and pull up a loop. (Yo and insert hook into same st, yo and pull up a loop) x 3 times. Yo and pull yarn through all 8 loops on hook.
mb – Mini Bean: Insert hook into indicated st, yo and pull up a loop. Yo and insert hook into same st, yo and pull up a loop. yo and pull through all 4 loops on hook.
st – stitch
sc – single crochet
sc2tog – single crochet 2 together
sk – skip
sp – space
yo – yarn over
Wattle – [1 sc, ch 1, 1 dc] in same space
[…] – crochet the instructions within brackets into the same indicated st.
(…) – crochet the instructions within brackets as many times as directed.

How to Crochet the Large Bean Stitch (LB):

Insert your hook into the indicated st, yo and pull up a loop. (Yo and insert hook into same st, yo and pull up a loop) x 3 times. Yo and pull yarn through all 8 loops on hook.

How to Crochet the Mini Bean Stitch (mb):

Insert hook into indicated st, yo and pull up a loop. Yo and insert hook into same st, yo and pull up a loop. yo and pull through all 4 loops on hook.

Notes

To make it easier to find the ch3 / ch2 spaces at the end of the row, place a stitch marker when you ch3/ch2 at the beginning of each row.
The pattern can be made both as a square and as a rectangle.
The Wattle stitches are worked into the ch-1 sp.
The [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] are worked into the top of the LB/mb stitches (except of in row 2).
Ch-1 sp counts as a stitch, when instructed to skip sts.
The pattern is reversible. You can find the video tutorial for this pattern HERE.

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Braided Beans C2C Dishcloth Crochet Pattern

C2C Increase

Ch4

Row 1: Wattle in 4^th ch from hook (PM around ch-3 sp), turn.

Row 2: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

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Row 3: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next ch-1 sp & sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

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Row 4: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts (ch-1 sp, sc & dc), Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 5: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc.
Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 6: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc.
Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 7: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 mb] in next ch-1 sp.
(Sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp) x 2 times, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st,
sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 8: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, [1 sc, ch 1, mb] in next ch-1 sp, (Sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp) x 2 times.
Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of mb st, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in
ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 9: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp.
* Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * until [1 sc, ch 1, 1 mb] sts left before ch-3 sp.
Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of mb st, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 10: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st.
* Sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc,
[1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st; Repeat from * until 1 Wattle left before ch-3 sp.
Sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 11: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st.
* Sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc,
[1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st; Repeat from * until 1 Wattle left before ch-3 sp.
Sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 12: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp.
* Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * until ch-3 sp. Sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 13: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, [1 sc, ch 1, mb] in next ch-1 sp, (Sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp) x 2 times.
* Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * until ch-3 sp. Sk next sc, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 14: Ch 3-PM, sk 1^st dc, [1 sc, ch 1, mb] in next ch-1 sp, (Sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp) x 2 times.
* Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * until [1 sc, ch 1, 1 mb] sts left before ch-3 sp.
Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of mb st, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in ch-3 sp, turn.

Repeat rows 9-14 until you reach your desired width, finishing with row 11. Then continue to row 15.

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C2C Decrease

Row 15: Ch 2-PM, sk 1^st dc.
* Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts; Repeat from * until 2 Wattle sts left before ch-3 sp.
Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-3 sp, turn.

Row 16: Ch 2-PM, sk next sc2tog & dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts.
* Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts; Repeat from * until 2 Wattle sts left before ch-2 sp.
Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 17: Ch 2-PM, sk next sc2tog & dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st.
* Sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc,
[1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st; Repeat from * until 1 Wattle st left before ch-2 sp.
Sk next 3 sts, Sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 18: Ch 2-PM, sk 1^st sc2tog, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 mb] in top of LB.
* Sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc,
[1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st; Repeat from * until 1 Wattle st left before ch-2 sp.
Sk next 2 sts, Sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 19: Ch 2-PM, sk 1^st sc2tog, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 mb] in top of LB, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp.
* Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * until [1 sc, ch 1, 1 mb] left before ch-2 sp.
Sk next 2 sts, sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 20: Ch 2-PM, sk next sc2tog & dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp.
* Sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp; Repeat from * until [1 sc, ch 1, 1 mb] left before ch-2 sp.
Sk next 2 sts, sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 21: Ch 2-PM, sk next sc2tog & dc.
* Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts; Repeat from * until 2 Wattle sts left before ch-2 sp.
Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Repeat rows 16-21 until you have only 3 Wattle sts & [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] are left in your row (finishing with row 21) and continue to row 22.

Row 22: Ch 2-PM, sk next sc2tog & dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, sk next 3 sts, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next 2 sts, Sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 23: Ch 2-PM, sk next sc2tog & dc, Wattle in next ch-1 sp, sk next sc, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 LB] in top of LB st, Sk next 3 sts, sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 24: Ch 2-PM, sk 1^st sc2tog, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 mb] in top of LB, sk next 3 sts, sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 25: Ch 2-PM, sk next sc2tog & mb, sc2tog in next ch-1 sp & ch-2 sp, turn.

Row 26: Ch 1, ss in ch-2 sp.

Fasten off, soak and block (I’m using these cute colorful sewing pins for blocking).

How To Use This Different C2C Stitch to Make a Blanket

You can use the Braided Beans crochet dishcloth pattern to make a lovely blanket!

Just keep increasing to create a big square by repeating rows 9-14, until you reach the desired width of your blanket. Then continue decreasing by continuing to row 15.

If you want to make your blanket as a rectangle, you can find the rectangle instructions in the PDF version on Ravelry and Etsy.

Looking for More Crochet C2C Stitch Variations? Check out the other free stitch tutorials on the blog:

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