Step 1: cut a cute kitchen towel in half.
Step 2: with a needle and the yarn you are going to use to crochet the top with sew a box stitch across the top of the towel...you should end up with about 40 stitch's.
Step 3: Single Crochet across the top of the towel in the New Box Stitch's....40 across
Step 4: Double Crochet Across for 2 rows.....40.
Step 5:Double Crochet across for 3 more rows, but with each row decrease each row by 2..at the end of the 3 rows you should have 16 stitch's.
Step 6: Double Crochet in the next 16 stitch's in the back loop of the last row, for 2 rows.....16 stitch's
Step 7: Decrease o the next row down to 9 stitch's.
Step 8: Double Crochet across
Step 9: Decrease down to 7 Stitch's.....7 stitch's
Step 10: Double Crochet Across for 6 rows.
Step 11: Decrease down to 5 stitch's.
Step 12: Decrease down to 4 stitch's.
Step 13: Decrease down to 3 stitch's, and finish off the end.
Step 13: if you want a ruffle Join the yarn to the front of the towel around the box stitches....then chain 3 and slip stitch to every box stitch across.
Step 14: Chain 3 Slip Stitch in to loop, 5 Double Crochet, Chain 3 and then slip stitch into loop...That is the Ruffle,Slip Stitch in to the next one and repeat the Ruffle Across.
Step 15: Sew any Button you would like to on the 6 or 7th row of the crochet, and then you can button your new crochet kitchen towel on any rack you would like.
