Face Scrubbies – Free Crochet Pattern

When I was reviewing the August 2018 issue of Crochet World, I was really taken with the v-stitch basket pattern, and decided to make one in size 10 thread in addition to the worsted weight version. It came out so adorable!

No doubt it would have made a lovely oversized beach bag for a Barbie doll…but I thought it would look fabulous in my bathroom as a holder for some face scrubbies. Since I didn’t actually have any, I made some. As you do when you are a crocheter with many small bits of cotton yarn. These little guys measure about 3-1/2” across, and use up SO very little yarn. I know you fellow crocheters have scraps leftover at the end of projects you don’t know what to do with – this pattern is a great way to deal with that “problem”!

Cotton yarn is what I like to go with for my bath and kitchen projects. For these scrubbies I used Premier Home Cotton, but you could also use Lily Sugar N Cream, or any other mostly cotton blend yarn. You probably don’t want to use an acrylic yarn, but it’s your own trip, so be my guest.

There are two styles of scrubbies to choose from. They each have a bit of texture to them – the first scrubby using half double crochet through the back ridge/3rd loop, and the second scrubby uses front post stitches to achieve a textured effect. The patterns have you finishing with reverse single crochet (crab stitch), which I think is really pretty but not everyone’s favorite…understandably. It can be a little fiddly and you’re working backwards which feels counterintuitive at first. If you absolutely do not wish to finish off with reverse single crochet, you can loosely slip stitch in each stitch around and call life good.

Face Scrubbies – Free Crochet Pattern

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Supplies:

10 Yards Worsted Weight Cotton yarn (4)

Size 3.5mm Crochet Hook

Gauge and Sizing:

Gauge really doesn’t matter for this project. Scrubbies measure approximately 3-1/2” across.

Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double crochet
Fpdc – Front post double crochet
Hdc – Half double crochet
Rep – Repeat
Rsc – Reverse single crochet (crab stitch)
Sl st – Slip stitch
St – Stitch
W/ – with

Let’s Begin!

Scrubby # 1:

1. Ch 3
8 hdc in 3rd ch from hook
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (8 hdc)

2. Ch 1
2 hdc in back ridge/3rd loop of each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st. (16 hdc)

3. Ch 1
Hdc in back ridge of first st
2 hdc in back ridge of next st
* Hdc in back ridge of next st
2 hdc in back ridge of next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (24 hdc)

4. Ch 1
Hdc in back ridge of first st and next st
2 hdc in back ridge of next st
* Hdc in back ridge of next 2 st
2 hdc in back ridge of next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (32 hdc)

5. Ch 1
Hdc in back ridge of first st and next 2 st
2 hdc in back ridge of next st
* Hdc in back ridge of next 3 st
2 hdc in back ridge of next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st (40 hdc)

6. Ch 1
Rsc in each st around
Join to first rsc w/ sl st
Fasten off
Weave in ends

Scrubby #2:

1. Ch 3
10 dc in 3rd ch from hook
Join to first dc w/ sl st (10 dc)

2. Ch 2 (does not count as st, here or throughout)
(Dc, Fpdc) in each st around
Join to first dc w/ sl st (10 dc, 10 Fpdc)

3. Ch 2
2 dc in first st
Fpdc around next st
* 2 dc in next st
Fpdc around next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first dc w/ sl st (20 dc, 10 Fpdc)

4. Ch 2
(Dc, Fpdc) in same st
Dc in next st
Fpdc around next st
* (Dc, Fpdc) in next st
Dc in next st
Fpdc around next st *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first dc w/ sl st (20 dc, 20 Fpdc)

5. Ch 1
Rsc in each st around
Join to first st w/ sl st
Fasten off
Weave in ends.