10-Minute Scrubby – free crochet pattern by Sharon Frazier
I bought some of this Red Heart Scrubby Yarn and played around with patterns until I found one that I like. I think it works best when the scrubby is two layers thick so you can hold onto it better. This is a super easy pattern, and it only takes 10 minutes to make one!
Free crochet pattern by Sharon Frazier
I made two sizes. Of course I like the small one better and my sweetie likes the bigger one. I made several scrubbies with one skein of yarn. One skein will make 6 small or 4 large scrubbies. Best of all, they dry fast and you just throw them into the washing machine to clean them. I’ve also put them in the dishwasher with equal success.
Two sizes of scrubby
Combine this with some homemade cleaning solutions for a great housewarming present!
What You’ll Need:
- Red Heart Scrubby Yarn – 14 yards for the small scrubby. 23 yards for the big one.
- Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
- Yarn Needle to weave in ends
Gauge
- Not important for this project
- Small scrubby = 3 ¼” diameter
- Large scrubby = 4 ½” diameter
Abbreviations
- CH = chain
- SS = slip stitch
- DC = double crochet
- ST = stitch
- DC2TOG = double crochet two together
Pattern (Large Scrubby)
- CH 3 leaving a 4” tail. SS to 1st ST to join
- Round 1 – CH 3. 12 DC in circle. SS to 1st DC to join. (12)
- Round 2 – CH 3. 2 DC in each ST. SS to 1st DC to join. (24)
- Round 3 – CH 3. *2 DC in 1 ST. 1 DC in next.* Repeat around. SS to 1st DC to join. (36)
- Round 4 – CH 3. *DC2TOG. 1 DC in next.* Repeat around. SS to 1st DC to join. (24)
- Round 5 – CH 3. *DC2TOG* Repeat around. SS to 1st DC to join. (12)
- Round 6 – CH 3. *DC2TOG* Repeat around. SS to 1st DC to join. (6)
- Round 7 – CH 3. *DC2TOG* Repeat around. SS to 1st DC to join. (3)
- Pull starting tail through the hole you just made. Cut yarn leaving a 6” tail. Tie 2 tails together in a knot. Using the yarn needle, pull both tails through holes to the other side. Tie together again. Pull through the scrubby to hide the tail. Cut yarn.
Pattern (Small Scrubby)
- CH 3 leaving a 4” tail. SS to 1st ST to join
- Round 1 – CH 3. 12 DC in circle. SS to 1st DC to join. (12)
- Round 2 – CH 3. 2 DC in each ST. SS to 1st DC to join. (24)
- Round 3 – CH 3. DC in each ST. SS to 1st DC to join. (24)
- Round 4 – CH 3. *DC2TOG* Repeat around. SS to 1st DC to join. (12)
- Round 5 – CH 3. *DC2TOG* Repeat around. SS to 1st DC to join. (6)
- Round 6 – CH 3. *DC2TOG* Repeat around. SS to 1st DC to join. (3)
- Pull starting tail through the hole you just made. Cut yarn leaving a 6” tail. Tie 2 tails together in a knot. Using the yarn needle, pull both tails through holes to the other side. Tie together again. Pull through the scrubby to hide the tail. Cut yarn.
Glad I found your post! I was looking for that pattern as a friend, many moons ago gave me one. It wore out! Thanks for the pattern!
Lynn
Thanks Lynn! I hope you like it!!!!
Thank you for the pattern. I need a little help. My scrubbie is curling: am I doing something wrong?
You’re not doing anything wrong at all! It’s supposed to curl. You start with a circle that gets wider and wider, then it starts getting smaller, and that’s where it curls. By the time it’s done, you have something that looks like 2 circles on top of each other, but they’re attached at the edges. Hope that helps!
Yes it does…thank you! And thank you again for the pattern.
I was wondering if you have a knit pattern for this scrubby. I still can’t get the hang of crochet so going to try knit them for Christmas gifts. Got to start early ✨
So sorry I don’t have one! I’m a beginner knitter, so I don’t know how to interpret this into a knitted pattern!
Check “You Tube”. Search for knitted scrubbers and see if there’s any help there.
I made one yesterday and it’s really nice! But I have a little “belly button” that pops up in the middle on the 2nd side. Any way to avoid that? Followed directions exactly, I’m sure it has to do with closing up the hole as you finish, but I could not get it to flatten no matter what I did.
Hi Jan! I don’t have a “belly button” on mine, but when I tried to replicate your issue, I think I discovered the solution. The decreases can cause the yarn to pucker a bit, but you can hide that by making sure you pull the pucker into the inside of the scrubby. Do this by pulling it tightly or (if needed), pull it through a stitch on the other side instead of the hole. This should at least make your belly button an inny instead of an outy! Hope that helps!
Do you really need to crochet with two together?
I used only one strand, but the scrubby begins in the middle, gets wider, then gets smaller again making 2 layers on the finished product. Hope that helps!
I use Hobby Lobby dish scrubber yarn. I like it best when I use another yarn with it. I pull apart macrame cord and crochet or knit with it. It makes a very durable scrubber.
Hi Annie! Thanks so much for the suggestion! I’ll definitely try mixing this yarn with another for a new scrubber!
Do the chain 3’s count as a DC?
Is there a video of this pattern being done?
The chain 3’s do not count as a DC. When you slip stitch to join, you are joining to the first DC. The chain 3 just rests behind the first DC when you join and disappears. Hope that helps! I do not have a video of this. Hopefully I’ll add video in the future. Hope that helps!
Thanks so much for pattern. I tried the netting stuff but couldn’t do it. This scrubber yarn and your pattern works great. Thanks again
Thanks so much!
I’ve been doing scrubby on one side dish cloth on other…love using them
Does anyone beside me have a problem with this drying after use ?? It takes 2 days to dry. Unless I put it outside in the sun HELP ! Ty
I haven’t had a problem with it taking a long time to dry. Did you use a 2nd strand of another yarn? Sometimes that can make it hard to dry. Otherwise, I can’t think of why it would take so long. Open to other ideas if anyone has them!
When you say 12 DC in circle , what do you mean? Like do 12 DC in same whole in center ? Sorry I’m confused . Thanks for pattern
Hi Jessica! That is exactly what I meant. DC into the center 12 times. It makes a circle. Yell if you have more questions!
Thanks,
Sharon
I’m not sure I understand what you mean by 2 layers. Are you making 2 scrubbys and joining them together ?
It is 2 layers thick, but you’re making it all at one time. The way it works is that you’re crocheting in the round and you’re making it wider with each round so it’s a nice circle. Then you’re decreasing to make it smaller so it curls up over the 1st layer. The end result is a scrubby that is 2 layers thick but there’s no sewing! Hope that helps!