Cleanly Crochet Back Scrubber
If you're a big fan of the spa, then you'll love this Cleanly Crochet Back Scrubber. It's superior quality and creative design will be the best thing you've ever used to get clean. Brushes take up a lot of room in that small shower of yours, and scrubbies just don't reach far enough. If you're like me and just aren't flexible enough to cover your whole back, then let this crochet back scrubber do all the work for you. It's super simple, really cleanly, and easy for you to make.
Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Crochet Gauge14 sts = 4 (10 cm); 9 rows = 4 (10 cm) in double crochet (dc).
Finished SizeBack Scrubber measures 5 x 22 (14 x 56 cm), not including handles.
Materials List
- RED HEART Scrubby: 2 balls of 10 Coconut
- Susan Bates Crochet Hook: 5mm [US H-8]
- Yarn needle
Special Stitch
Fpdc (Front post double crochet) = Yarn over, insert hook from front side of work to back and to front again around post of indicated stitch; yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through 2 loops (2 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through 2 loops (1 loop remains on hook).
Back Scrubber
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Ch 22.
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Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook (3 skipped ch count as first dc) and in each remaining ch across, turn—20 dc.
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Rows 2–48: Ch 3 (counts as dc), Fpdc around next 18 dc, dc in top of turning ch, turn.
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First Handle: Ch 35, skip first 19 sts of Row 48, slip st in last st, turn, sc in each ch across, slip st in beginning of Row 48. Fasten off.
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Second Handle: Join yarn with slip st in corner of short end of scratcher that does not yet have a handle, ch 35, slip st in other corner of short end of scratcher, turn, sc in each ch across, slip st near joining slip st. Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in ends.