Crochet Dish Scrubbie Tutorial

 I have been wanting to have a go at making some of these for some time seeing as my dishcloths have proven to be so useful.  I looked at many examples on the internet and in the end I just made it up as I went along.

Tutorial - The Indigo Bluw way:

Hook: 5mm

!00% Cotton yarn suitable for Dishcloths and Crochet.

A nylon body wash cloth or ruffle sponge.

Scissors

Large wool needle.

To make the two circles I used the tutorial  Flat Circle over at Attic 24 using Double crochet stitch ( I like to look of this stitch) and crocheted 4 rounds and that seemed a good size to hold.

I then took the body scrub cloth (which was part of a present but I found it much too harsh on my skin) and cut it up into 1cm strips.  I had to knot them together to get one long length of "yarn".

I then made another flat circle, as best as I could as this stuff is not easy to handle, with a few knots showing through.

I stopped when it was just a bit smaller than the white cotton circles.

I then sandwiched the nylon circles inbetween the cotton circles and pinned through all of the layers.

I was going to hand stitch then together but then I thought that crochng the edges would add a better edge.

I did use a slightly different stitch to Attis 24 as I wanted the holes to be bigger allowing the soap to flow round more easily and I used the same stitch to go through the top loops of both circles and join them together.

I then hand stitched in the ends of the yarn to finish off .  I also popped a couple of stitches through all of the layers in the centre just to stop the layers from moving arund too much.

A new addition to the dishcloth family.

I have enough to make another one.

This little exercise gave my hand the excercise it needed and used up a bit more of my yarn.

Hope this makes sense to you.

Take care.

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