I’ve been making these scrubbies on and off for a while now. The pattern is a no brainer, so it’s a great project for the hands when your mind is occupied. I put all my Lily’ s Sugar and Cream scraps in a little basket with a hook, ready to crochet when I’m on the phone.
These scrubbies are also perfect cotton stash-busters. There’s very little yarn needed, and the pattern is exceptionally easy to modify. Subtracting a few rows or reducing the foundation chains does little to alter the finished product.
I picked up too many stitches to gather together in my first few scrubbies. It’s best to thread through less than half the stitches on the side, otherwise you’re left with an open hole that is difficult to pull closed. This is what happened with the bottom right scrubbie.
The photo mosaic shows my four favorites out of a batch of eight. If you’re interested in the other four, I made a slide show of the complete set over at slide.com.
Another free pattern with a similar design is the baby swirls hat, which is basically a giant scrubbie with only one side cinched together. It’s a great hat for beginning crocheters and makes a cute hat for newborns.
*That’s cool* a random fact
Cottoncan absorb up to 27 times it’s weight in water and the absorbent fibers get stronger when wet.
I LOVE YOU! I have been looking for this pattern and had no idea where I had seen it! I was planning on using them for DD fundraiser, which the author has been nice enough to let us do, to go along with the dish cloths I’m making.
Yours are so bright and happy looking! Thanks for the tip about the gathering!
Thanks for the link!! These will be perfect for a swap I’m doing, plus our own use at home. Can’t wait to try it out. :)
Very nice. Putting them in my queue.
Love the colours !!! They make you sooo happy :)
Those are awesome! What a clever way to use up yarn scraps! I LOVE the baby hat too!
I love your Twashi scrubbies! I have been looking for a pattern that wasn’t in Japanese – it is much easier to read now! lol! I will have to make some – :o)
I had seen this pattern once before and couldn’t find it again either! Now that I have cotton in my stash, I’ve been wanting to do more scrubbies. Thanks for the link!
I love the colors you used! They remind me of springtime, which is just around the corner (I hope!).
I’ve made that spiral baby hat too. Defiitely easy and fast!
Thanks for the links. This is a great pattern for scraps.
I totally need some scrubbies myself. Thanks for the link. Love all the colors you used great job.:) I am always looking for quick and fast projects.:)
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Wow, love these. (I thought I had already commented but I guess not so if you get double comments from me, I apologize). I have tons of yarn sitting around and think I might have to make some of these. They’d make good presents for the in-laws.
This is very interesting…what on earth do you do with them? Do you clean the dishes with them? Does it just make a mess? Is there some sort of stuffing inside?
Those are great! I’d love to make some of them too. That gives me one more thing to keep in mind to use up my left over yarn. Thanks! Have a great day! :)
I just love these little scrubbies and posted them on my blog with a link back to you here. My cotton yarn is just hollering to be made into these little cuties. Had to go look at the hat too and it is precious. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting this! I too was a scrubbie pattern loser! LOL I pretty much memorized the pattern and have been making them out of regular acrylic. I made them with the cotton and found them to be slimy. The acrylic works as a great scrubber!
How do I get the pattern for the lovely pot scrubber. I managed to get the patter for Baby Swirl’s They are lovely and I would love to crochet them. (The scrubbers) Thanks. fjlobban@gmail.com
I would also love to have the pattern for the multi colored scrubbies. Thanks
Help! I found the instructions yesterday, whipped out yarn and hook, made the diamond shaped piece — but then couldn’t figure out how to slip stitch the first and last rows together. Do you have to fold them or twist them in some way? They don’t line up. Is it just one slip stitch or down the entire row.? I am completely confused, but would really like to make these.
They are cute. I agree but, what do you use them for? Really, what do you scrub with them? If I make them for my friends and family I want to be able to tell them how useful they are.
I too have tried to form these. Love the look but have trouble with getting them into the circle.
I wish someone would do a video tutorial for these! I can’t, for the life of me, get them together right.!
I ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL SCRUBBIE, BUT NEVER FOUND A PATTERN UNTIL TODAY. THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY GIVING THIS PATTERN TO ENJOY BUT FOR THE TALENT YOU HAVE TO SHARE. I AM A VERY PICKY PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING ANYTHING. YOUR PATTERN IS VERY EASY TO FOLLOW. I LOVE TO MAKE PROJECTS THAT HAVE THAT PROFESSIONAL LOOK AT THE END. YOU SHOULD WRITE A BOOK WITH THESE PATTERNS I KNOW YOU HAVE THE TALENT. ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH.