Lemon Peel Stitch = The Lime Dishcloth

I love to craft and found a new crochet stitch I wanted to play with recently that is all about texture – the lemon peel stitch. I grabbed a ball of Sugar and Cream cotton yarn in bright lime green and got started. The Lime Dishcloth pattern is below – it is a simple cloth with a leaf loop on one corner. The pictures are kind of all over the place because I took them in several different lighting scenarios. It is really lime green!

Lemon peel stitch wash cloth

If you are not familiar with the lemon peel stitch, Heart Hook Home has a lovely step by step photo walk through for the visuals. I only use US crochet terms so here goes….

  1. Chain an odd number of single crochets (sc) – I used 33 for my cloth
  2. In the second chain from the hook, sc
  3. In the next chain, double crochet (dc)
  4. SC in next stitch
  5. DC in next stitch
  6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the end of the row
  7. You should end on a DC in every row and start the next with an SC
  8. Chain one and repeat steps 3 and 4 until end of row
  9. Keep working rows until the height of the cloth matches the width
  10. Do not fasten off when you get to the last stitch, chain 1 and turn and sc back across the last row.
  11. When you reach the end of the row, put 2 extra sc in the last stitch, this will be the first corner
  12. SC down the side of all the rows until you reach the corner again. 3 SC in the corner
  13. Repeat step 12 until you are back at the start of the SC row in step 10
  14. Fasten off
  15. Pick up yarn again and chain 33 – this will be your leaf loop
  16. Make a half leaf – sc, hdc, hdc, dc, dc, tc, dc, dc, hdc, sc
  17. Single crochet into the next 11 stitches
  18. Insert the 1st leaf half into one of the corners
  19. Repeat step 16
  20. Turn and make another half leaf on the back side of the half leaf you just made
  21. This is the tricky part, you are going to finish the other half leaf by skipping the single crochets inserted into the corner. This will result in a loop around the corner.
  22. Finish the other half of your 1st half leaf
  23. Fasten off
  24. Weave in all the ends!

Enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.

lemon peel stitch close up