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.
I am trying to start a small business crocheting household items..may I use this pattern(if I can make it) for those to sell
I made a variety of these in nylon plastic canvas yarn and they work awesome and they don’t get an odor like cotton yarn sometimes does…Love the pattern…simple and they work great as scrubbies or little washers….
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Hi there. I just found your tawashie rosebud scrubbie!! It’s awsome!! But I could not find the pattern. Is there anyway you could email me the pattern or provide a link to it? Thanks in advance for your time.
Sherry, click on the underlined word “scrubbie” the pattern comes up there.
Sorry I had to hurt for it the 1st time too.
I just wanted to let you know.. I do half of these in nylon plastic canvas yarn and half in cotton for a built in non abrasive scrubbie.
I don’t know where on your page to find the pattern for this. I looked at your slide show — they’re WONderful!!!
“I’ve been making these scrubbies on and off for a while now. “
This is not my pattern but so many people have said they can not find the pattern so I figured I would post this again. in the beginning of this article there is a line “I’ve been making these scrubbies on and off for a while now.”
Click on the word Scrubbies and it will open to the pattern.
I have been looking for crochet free patterns of several types
because i am elderly and on a limited budget..and not well computer savy.. I hit on your site and on the tea cozy’s and scrubbies.. I hit print and all I got was a picture and lots of peoples comments… I am heart broken what good is all this if I can’t make them due to NO pattern. Besides tons of my computer paper was wasted with printed out commnts I did not know I was getting and do not need. this has happen a few times now and I guess i will just have to dump and give up..
This is not my pattern but so many people have said they can not find the pattern so I figured I would post this again. in the beginning of this article there is a line “I’ve been making these scrubbies on and off for a while now.”
Click on the word Scrubbies and it will open to the pattern.
AGAIN this is so hard to find and the person who posted this should have made it more easily to find the actual pattern!!
This is not my pattern but so many people have said they can not find the pattern so I figured I would post this again. in the beginning of this article there is a line “I’ve been making these scrubbies on and off for a while now.”
Click on the word Scrubbies and it will open to the pattern.
I’ve attempted to make this scrubbie, but when I sew the ends together then pulled up the centers my scrubbies do not seem to look like they should. The outside looks weird and they won’t flatten.
What am I doing wrong?
I LOVE these scrubbies! Thanks so much for posting it…. Can’t wait to make some and try them out….
Ellen
What a lovely find! Made many spiral scrubbies in different sizes. Had so much fun. The video clip on youtube was a big help too.
I see the pix of the scrubbie for the Tawashi Rosebud, but where is the pattern. Please email me a copy of the pattern. thanks.
I love the scrubbies. I can’t find the patterns.How do I get them? Please email me.
[…] I always seem to have some cotton lingering around somewhere. And who couldn’t use an extra dishcloth or two, right? So with the large skeins of cotton, dishcloths are the ticket. This year though, I have a ton of small skeins of cotton left over. More than usual. So, I’m considering making tawashi out of them. Tawashi is Japanese for “bundle”, but most folks I know call them scrubbies. They’re used for busting suds in the kitchen or to exfoliate your face (if made from cotton) and can be knit or crocheted. They’re good for stash-busting too. Click here for a cute slideshow of some colorful tawashi. […]
How do I get the pattern?
This worked up so fast but when I sew the ends, etc, it comes out “wonky”! Still will use it but it is not centered liked yours. The center hole is completely off to one side. Any advise for my next one?
Love the look of the spiral scrubbies…how do I get the pattern?
http://crochetpatternsonly.blogspot.com/2005_05_16_crochetpatternsonly_archive.html
Finally found your pattern….can’t wait to make them.
Gotta love Scrubbies !!!
For those who (like me) are having trouble understanding how to get the final shape I found a youtube video explaining the pattern.
This is a great video. Thx for providing.
All of your links seem to be dead! Things change, don’t they?
I am the designer of the baby hat. thank you for mentioning it. the site no longer exist however.. Hugs Robbie
Is there a way to find the hat pattern? annleaness@gmail
Did you just alternate the colors by changing colors every few rows? I love that its in english i was getting tired of all the asian directions.
WHERE IS THE PATTERN?
Just love how these idjits put up a poorly explained pattern and then never come back to answer questions from confused crocheters. Jerks!
[…] number of years ago, I found a great scrubby pattern, but I wasn’t satisfied with how cotton yarn worked. I made a bunch of scrubbies out of scrap […]
Wheres the pattern?
Where is the pattern?
Where is the pattern????
I don’t know why people post things like this and never go back to help when someone asks a question!! There are many others out there that clearly have the pattern.
Scroll back a little bit until you find the video that Michelle posted. It makes it all so easy!
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