How To: Celtic Knot Crochet Towel


In our February 2022 issue of Crochet World, we have a super fun Celtic Knot Towel created by designer Jennifer E. Ryan. The towel itself isn’t all that complex but folks may look at the Celtic knot and be a bit intimidated.

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Please don’t be! It is actually easier than it looks! Yes, I am serious it is.

The pieces of the knot are just created by making long slender single crochet cords that have strategically placed decreases to give them a bit of a head start on the curves. Then you work a contrasting line of color along one edge of this slim cord. You will make a few and then you are ready to roll.

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Next you will look at the diagram in the issue and use it as a guide to weave these cords in and out of each other. Or you could, if you have access to a printer, enlarge it and lay the cords right on the diagram as you work. The magazine gives you the dimensions you need to enlarge it. You say you need a video? No worries! Jennifer has one posted on her Instagram page! Head on over an check it out!

Now that you have finished you are hooked, right?! (Pun intended.) You can find a couple more of Jennifer’s Celtic knot designs here and here.

UPDATE (3/29/2023): We do have the following revisions involving Cord 3. Do not work sl st edging until after weaving into knot shape. These corrections can also be found on our Revisions page on the Crochet World website.

Weaving the Knot
Sew cord ends tog on WS.
With indigo and using photo as guide, sl st in back lps only of Cord 3 in all knot sections that are on outer edge of woven knot.

 

–Britt Schmiesing, editor


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