Illusion Heart Dishcloth by Margo Bauman

Illusion Heart Dishcloth

Crochet
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
Gauge not critical
6.0 mm (J)
5.5 mm (I)
85 - 100 yards (78 - 91 m)
One size
US
English
This pattern is available for free.

Released January 7, 2017

At the 2015 County Fair, I saw a knit pillow that had an illusion pattern of a mathematical formula. I kept walking back and forth, watching the pattern appear and disappear. After a year of research, trial & error I was able to create a similar effect in crochet by alternating yarn colors and using Tunisian Simple Stitch and Tunisian Reverse Stitch. Viewed straight on, it looks like a striped cloth; tilt it so you are looking from bottom to top across the face of the piece and the Illusion Heart becomes visible.

I used 30g MC, 20g CC to make the one pictured.

Tunisian Hook size 6.0mm (J/10)
Standard Hook size 5.5mm (I/9)