How to Add a Crochet Topper to Kitchen Towel

Adding a crochet topper is a cute way to stop your kitchen towel from ending up on the floor while also keeping it hanging neatly, instead of flopped back in a disheveled way. So here is how to add a crochet topper to a kitchen towel!

Materials:

Kitchen towel (mine pictured is a 14 in. x 24 in.)

Ruler

Pins and tapestry needle

A pen for marking

6 mm crochet hook

Yarn of your choice color (I used regular worsted weighted yarn)

Button (1 in.)

Iron and ironing board

Abbreviations

CH – chain

SC – single crochet

ST – stitch

DEC – descend (single crochet 2 stitches together)

Prep the Towel

First, iron all the wrinkles out of the towel. This will ensure when you do the next step, you’re able to fold the towel how you want, without it moving because of previous folds.

Take note if your towel is patterned. Sometimes the design might be crooked from the factory. Pick the side you like the best for the front of your towel.

Next lay your towel flat, (pic 1) and fold it it in thirds centering the pattern how you want it to be. (pic 2 and 3)

Put a few pins through the towel to keep it in place, and iron the folds to help keep them stay better. Then fold your towel in half and iron there too.

Marking

The top of your towel should be around 6 to 6.5 inches long. (can be longer depending on your design.

If your towel measures around the 6 inch area, you will have 12 foundation stitches. Every half inch longer than 6, you will add 1 stitch. (Example: 6.5 inches will be 13 foundation stitches.)

Open your towel and lay your ruler across where the fold is. (pic 4) Make a mark every half inch across the width of the towel. (pic 5)

Fold your towel in half again, and put the back facing towards you. (If your towel is doubles sided, chose the side you like best to be the front.)

Cut a long piece of yarn (about 30-35 inches long) leave enough tails for weaving in later. Make a know about 5 or so inches from one end and thread onto your tapestry needle onto the other end.

Now working from right to left, insert your needle under the towel, between the folds, (pic 6) through the first marking. You will work an embroidery stitch, called the chain stitch across the towel, using your marking as your guide. (You can open your towel back up to make it easier to work across with less bunching)

There should be 12 or 13 embroidery chain stitches. (pic 7)

To finish off the yarn, work around the edge and through the last chain stitch. You can now remove the pins from your towel.

Crochet the Towel Topper

Now your ready to start crocheting the towel topper. Grab your yarn and join it to the end that you just finished working with (I join yarn using the magic knot). Grab your hook and turn your work.

Insert your hook into the first embroidery chain stitch, and CH 1.

If you have 12 stitches, 2 SC in that same ST. (If you have 13, 1 SC in the first ST and last ST)

Pattern

Row 1: 2 SC in each stitch across (you should end with 24 ST(s).) CH 1 and turn (pic 8)

Row 2: (2 SC, DEC) x3 (DEC, 2 SC) x3 (18) CH 1 and turn

Row 3: (1 SC, DEC) x3 (DEC, 1 SC) x3 (12) CH 1 and turn

Row 4-8: 12 SC (12) CH 1 and turn (5 rounds) (pic 9)

Row 9: (1 SC, DEC) x2, (DEC, 1 SC) x2 (8) CH 1 and turn

Row 10: 2 SC, (DEC) x2, 2 SC (6) CH 1 and turn

Row 11: 2 SC, DEC, 2 SC (5) CH 1 and turn

Row 12-27: 5 SC (5) CH1 and turn (16 rounds) (mine measures about 7 inches from the top of the towel) (pic 10)

Row 28: This row forms the button hole

1 SC, CH3, skip 3 ST(s), 1 SC, CH 1 and turn

Row 29: 1 SC, 2 SC in the CH space, 1 SC (4) CH 1 and turn

Row 30: (DEC)x2 (2)

Finish off and weave in the tail.

If you like how it looks here, you can stop. If you’d like to add a finishing round around the outside you can. Here are pictures of finishing as is (pic 11) and one with a finishing round. (pic 12)

If you chose the finishing round, join with a slip stitch, with the wrong side facing you. Ch 1 and SC all the way around (1 SC per row). When you reach the top increase in the top stitches and then continue 1 SC per row down the next side.

Add the Button

Cut a piece of yarn and sew your button on. I like to sew my button around row 9 or 10. (pic 13)

And you’re all done! I hope you found this tutorial helpful on how to add a crochet topper to a kitchen towel!

Please reach out the any questions and comments you have! Happy creating!

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