Face Scrubby
Skill
Level: Easy
Materials:
· Worsted
weight cotton yarn
· 5.0
mm (H-8) crochet hook
· Yarn
needle for weaving in ends
Gauge: not important for this project
Abbreviations:
ch =
chain bs
= bobble stitch
st(s) =
stitch(es) sc
= single crochet
ss = slip
stitch hdc
= half double crochet
Special
stitch explanation: Bobble
stitch (bs) yo, insert hook into next st, yo, pull up a loop 5 times, then yo
and pull your hook through all of the yarn on your hook. Close the
top of the st with a ch.
You
might find this link helpful, also.
http://www.crochettoday.com/how-to/how-make-bobbles-clusters-and-popcorns
Pattern Notes
Ch 2 does not count in stitch count
Instructions
Bottom
Row 1 Ch
11, hdc in 3rd ch from hook, and each ch across. Turn. (9 hdc)
Row
2, ch 2, hdc, bs, hdc next 2, bs, hdc next 2, bs, hdc. Turn. (9 sts)
Row 3, ch
2, hdc across, skipping 1st st on top of each bs. Turn. (9 hdc)
Row 4 – 9
Repeat Rows 2 and 3, ending with Row 3.
At the end
of Row 9, finish off and set aside.
Top
Row 1 Ch
11, hdc in 3rd ch from hook, and each ch across. Turn. (9 hdc)
Row 2 Ch
2, hdc across. Turn. (9 hdc)
Row 3 – 9
Repeat Row 2
At the end
of Row 9, do not finish off.
Line the
two pieces up, with the wrong sides facing each other. (You want your bobbles
to pop out on the right side.)
Ch 1, sc
into the corner of BOTH pieces, stitching them together. Sc down the
long side, making sure you are going through both layers. When you get to the
corner, work 3 sc’s into corner st.
Continuing
around to the short side, sc in the next 3 sts. Ch 17. Hdc in 3rd ch
from hook, and each st back down the chain. Ss and sc into next st
on your main piece, then continue working sc’s around your piece. (Do not
forget to work 3 sc’s into the corners.)
When you
reach the last side, (after you work 3 sc’s into the corner) sc into the next
3, then place the other end of your handle between the two pieces of your main
piece. Ss in the next 2, making sure you go through all 3 layers.
Continue
with your sc’s to the corner, then work 3 sc’s into last corner and finish
off.