How to crochet scrubbies

Recently, I have fallen in love with making quick and easy crochet scrubbies! Scrubbies are great for washing dishes or exfoliating body scrubbers.

How Do You Crochet A Square Scrubby?

Crocheting a square scrubby or any other shape is a straightforward and rewarding project, ideal for beginners looking to make practical items for home use or gifts. Start with the foundation row until you reach the desired height.

Here’s a simple guide to crocheting a square scrubby:

Get your Materials: Yarn, a crochet hook, and scissors. The type of yarn will determine a lot!

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Best yarn for a crochet scrubby

When selecting yarn for a crochet scrubby, the key factors are durability, texture, and care requirements. Here are some of the top choices for crochet scrubby yarn, each offering different benefits depending on the intended use:

Nylon Netting Yarn: Nylon netting, often sold in spools or cuts, is incredibly durable and abrasive, making it excellent for heavy-duty kitchen scrubbies. It can tackle tough stains and grease on pots and pans without damaging the surface. Due to its stiffness, it’s a bit more challenging but unbeatable for scrubbing performance.

Cotton Yarn: While not as abrasive as nylon or polyester scrubby yarn, cotton is soft, absorbent, and durable, making it ideal for face and body scrubbies. It’s gentle on the skin and can be combined with other yarns for dual-texture scrubbies. Cotton is also machine washable, making it easy to clean and reuse.

Polyester Scrubby Yarn

Plarn (Plastic Yarn)

Tulle Fabric and Metallic Scrubby Yarn

What Supply Needed To Make Crochet Scrubbies?

Scrub Yarn – Stitch Soak Scrub – Worsted weight, #4 (100% Nylon, 92 yd/84m per 1.4 oz/40g Ball)

Estimated Yardage = 20 yards

24/7 Cotton – Worsted weight, #4 lightweight (100% Cotton, 186 yd/170 m per 3.5 oz/100g skein)

Estimated Yardage = 20 yards

Crochet Hook = 5 mm

Gauge – Not crucial to this project.

Pattern Notes

1. Please kindly read through the pattern before starting.
2. Any other weight of  #4 weight yarn can be substituted. 

Difficulty Level – Easy

Terms – US Terminology

Stitches Abbreviations

Chain/chains – ch/chs

Single Croceht – sc

Half double crochet – hdc

Crossed Half double crochet – xhdc

Special stitch 

Crossed half double crochet: skip the next st, hdc in the next st. Crochet in front of the hdc just made, working the hdc into the skipped stitch.

Free crochet square scrubby pattern

With Scrub yarn, chain 22

Row 1: Hdc in 3rd ch and in each ch across, turn. 20 hdc

Rows 2 – 15: Ch 1, hdc in each st across, turn. 20 hdc

Edging

Crocheting around the whole piece

Round 1: Ch 1, sc in each st around, (sc, ch 1, sc) at each corner, join with a sl st to the beginning ch.

Fasten off and set aside.

Back panel

With Cotton yarn, chain 22

Row 1: Hdc in 3rd ch and each ch across, turn. 20 hdc

Note: Check to ensure you have a width similar to the first panel. If it is too wide, go down a hook size or reduce the number of your foundation chain to a multiple of 2.

Rows 2 – 9: Ch 1, hdc in first st, xhdc across until last st,  hdc in last st, turn. 2 hdc, 8 xhdc

Continue repeating row 2 until you have a similar height to the front panel.

Edging

Crocheting around the whole piece

Round 1: Ch 1, sc in each st around, (sc, ch 1, sc) at each corner, join with a sl st to the beginning chain.

Do not fasten off

To join:

Place both panels on each other

Using Color B

Crocheting over both panels:

Round 1: Ch 1, sc in each st around, (sc, ch 1, sc) at each corner, join with a sl st to the beginning chain.

Round 2: Ch 1, sl st in each st around,  (sc, ch 1, sc) at each corner, join with a sl st to the beginning chain.

Fasten off

Sew in all ends

Enjoy your crochet scrubbies!