One of the easiest and most functional things I make are pot scrubbers. I’ve seen lots of "scrubbies" patterns in which a shape is made of cotton or acrylic to use when washing dishes, but my scrubbers do not use yarn. I use nylon tulle to make pot scrubbers. You can find the tulle in the weddings section of the craft store. The tulle comes wrapped around tubes and in varying length. This week I happened upon two tubes of tulle at our local thrift store. I got two 25-yard lengths, one green and one blue, for $.97 each. I got 2 doubled scrubbies and one singe out of each tube of tule. Now THAT’S a bargin! When was the last time you bought six nylon scrubbers for under $2?

The pattern is a very simple circle crocheted in the round, of course, and then decreased on itself to make the scrubbie a double. When I get to the end of the tulle, I just make one circle so those are not double thickness but they work just as well.

Pot Scrubbers

(when working with the tulle, just wrap around your fingers as you would thread, it will "bunch up" so you can work with it.)

ROW 1: ch. 2 turn; 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Do not join rows, work in a continual round and count as you go or use a stitch counter and mark the end of each row.

ROW 2: 2 sc in each sc from row 1. (12 sc)

ROW 3: 1 sc in first sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat around. (18 sc)

ROW 4: 1 sc in first sc, sc dec in next sc, repeat around. (12 sc)

ROW 5: sc dec in each st around. (6 sc)

Finish off and leave a 6" tail. Weave the tail around the top row and pull to tighten. Then weave the rest of the tail back into the scrubbie to keep it sinched.