Crochet Towel Topper

 As long as I have been crocheting, I've never actually done one of these.  I cut the towel in half instead of doing it folded in half like this video.  I hemmed the cut edges down, approximated the 31 holes (as my towel was 16" across instead of 15").  Did the blanket stitch, but instead of hiding my ends inside the fold, I wove them into the crochet the end.  

Material Used:

• Store bought hand towel
• Scissors
• Needle and sewing thread (to hem the top)
• Tapestry needle (for the blanket stitch at the top and weaving in ends)
• Red Heart Super Saver yarn in black - doubled (2 strands at once for both the blanket stitch and crocheting)
• Size H hook

Directions:

Hem top of towel if edge is raw. Mine was because I cut the towel in 2 instead of just folding it over and doing it that way.  My way gets 2 hand towels instead of just one double one.

Mark 31 equidistant spots across the top.

Cut a piece of yarn 8 times the width of the towel.  Double the yarn on a tapestry needle and sew a blanket stitch across the top using the 31 marks for spacing.  I left a 5" tail to weave in later at the start.  The video tied a knot and wove the end inside the folded towel.

Using 2 strands of yarn, slip stitch onto the first bar of the blanket stitch.

Row 1 - chain 3, 29DC across (30sts - 29DC & 1 Ch3)

Rows 2 through 6 - Chain 3, DC, *DC2TOG, DC, DC* (23, 18, 14, 11, 9)  

Rows 7 through 10 - Ch 3. 8DC (9 sts)

Row 11 - Ch3, 3DC, Ch1, skip, 4DC (8 sts, 1 ch - this is the buttonhole)

Row 12 - DC across (9 sts)

Sew 1.5" button on 4th row up from towel in the center.  You can choose the 5th row or whatever, the loop has to be big enough to go over whatever you wil be putting it on and be pleasing to your eye.

Crappy attempt at a chart to try and understand what she had done so I could replicate it.

Waiting on the buttons

The finished product.