Sunday, June 12, 2011

New Scrubbie for the Dishes

No Sunday Inspirations today, just didn't find any. So we have an FO instead!


I loved my Crochet Scrubbie I made back in March of 2009. Let me tell you, I had no idea it would last me a little over 2 years! I was just hoping at the time that it would last me longer than the sponges I purchased at the store, which only lasted a few weeks at best!

I will admit I was disappointed when it started falling apart though, as it was a wonderful tool for washing the dishes. Once it got a little hole though, it didn’t take long for it to become mostly useless. So I knew I had to make another. This time though I wanted to use the remaining ball that I had in a different color and wanted one that was larger. So I took the same principle, I cast on 30 stitches and started crocheting, decreasing always at one end and increasing at the next. This is what I got.


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Here you can see the diagonal seam.
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This is all I had left over from the ball I had!
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I have used it a couple times now and it is working wonderfully! This different colorway did bleed quite a bit on the first use, but now seems fine. I am still so glad I picked up this yarn so many years ago when it was being discontinued, I wish they still sold it!

4 comments:

  1. Is this yarn different from the usual? What is it called?
    Love the scrubbie..
    Deepa
    P.S By the way,the "crochet scrubbie" link doesn't work.

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  2. Neat!! Sorry they don't make the yarn anymore.

    --Chan

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  3. Sorry.. maybe you can find another type that works well or even better!

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  4. I need to make some of those one of these days. That does look like interesting yarn...is it a cotton with a nylon netting or something? Hope you can find something else like it!

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