| Heavy Duty Scrubber and Potholder | ||||||||||
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| Materials Needed: small amounts of cotton worsted weight yarn, small amount of nylon plastic canvas yarn, size H and size J crochet hooks, yarn needle. Special Stitches: Long Single Crochet (LSC) Insert hook in space indicated ( in this pattern it will be two rows below the row you are working on), pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through both loops on hook. Scrubber: you will make two of these, the first in nylon yarn and the second in cotton yarn. CH 14 Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across. (13 sc) Row 2: CH 3 (counts as 1st DC), turn, * skip next two stitches, in next stitch do, (dc,sc,dc)* repeat from * across to last 3 stitches. Skip next two stitches, dc in last stitch. Row 3: CH1, turn. SC in same stitch, ch 3, *sc in next sc, ch 3* Repeat from * across, SC in last stitch. Row 4: CH1, turn. SC in same stitch. *(LSC in skipped stitch of row 2 ) twice, sc in next sc* Repeat from * across. Row 5: Ch 1, turn. Sc in same stitch and each stitch across (13 sc). Repeat rows 2-5, four more times. Finish off with Nylon yarn. Repeat pattern in cotton yarn. DO NOT FINISH OFF after completing with cotton yarn. Joining: Place pieces evenly together. Join with a sl st in the corner. Ch 1 Sc in corner sp 3 times. SC evenly around piece with 3 sc in each corner. Join with sl st to first sc. Edging: Ch 3 (1st dc) sc in same space, dc in same space. *Skip next 2 stitches, in next stitch do (dc,sc,dc)* repeat * around. Join with a sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 3. Finish off and weave in all ends. Potholder: Use size J hook and 2 strands of cotton yarn held together. Ch 29 Row 1: SC in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across. (28 sc) Repeat rows 2-5 above a total of 9 times. Edging: SC evenly around potholder working 3 sc in each corner. Copyright Laurie Clark, June 2001 |
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