Crochet Me Crazy

Hey, I keep hearing from people I give these to that their husbands steel these from them so these work for guys too! I figured out that I can get two complete bath scrubbers out of one 2 oz. ball of cotton yarn. Now, I need to see how long it takes me to make one of these. I believe I can make a scrubber in less than 1 hour. It's hard to judge since I usually don't sit for a full hour at a time.

People I've given these to tend to like these. I think I'm going to make up a bunch of these for Christmas gifts.

Free Pattern for Handled Bath Scrubbie

As you can see, its made from the same cotton yarn as the pot holder and pan handler in the post below. I made all three of these items with less than two balls of kitchen cotton. I still have a little bit left and I've started another bath scrubber. I might have to do the "puff" part of the scrubber in a different matching color of cotton if I run out. After I'm done with this one, I'm going to start making bath puffs with a full ball of cotton and see how many bath puffs I can get out of one ball of cotton.

A few bath scrubbies and wash cloths I've made over the past couple of weeks. I've given these bath scrubbies to several people and have had rave reviews on them so I decided to make a few to keep around for gifts. Another person was telling me how much they loved the dishcloths. Would you believe I have never used one myself. I always tend to give the stuff I make away. The bath scrubbies in both pictures are the same pattern, I just layed it a different way to show it has a handle. I can make a bath scrubbie in less than an hour so I can usually get one done plus work on something else while I'm sitting in the car on Monday's and Tuesday's waiting for Alison to get out of her dance classes.




This is just a square I made because I wanted to try out this cable stitch.



I'm working on a cotton bath mat right now...and by golly, I'm going to use it for myself! :)

Bath Scrubby & Back Scrubber 

Click Here for Handled Bath Scrubbie Pattern


Michael wearing camoflauge hat and fingerless gloves 

Click Here for Wrist Warmer Pattern

I like the camoflauge yarn...I started making a little turtle neck dog sweater for my dog using this same yarn tonight. She needs it! She's been getting cold this winter!

I haven't been getting much accomplished in the way of crochet. That's part of the reason I haven't posted here much. I have been extremely distracted with organizing all of my crochet patterns that I have saved on my computer. I was always printing them out from the internet and had them in binders. I've about decided that it will be easier to keep them on my computer and only print them when I am ready to use them. Printing them gets expensive!

I'll share one project I have completed!

Bath scrubbie & soap saver 
I plan on making a wash cloth and maybe a back scrubber to go with this set.

Next, I want to share a few of my recent yarn acquisitions. Hobby Lobby had 50% off sale on all of their crochet books so I picked up a couple of books as well as some yarn.


new books 


Yarn from Hobby Lobby 

Do I NEED this yarn? No, but it sure is pretty and I have a weakness for all that furry stuff!

Now onto my Ebay yarn purchases...I had a phase of temporary insanity and about fell over when I saw how big these cones of yarn I got were! My kids were rolling on the floor laughing when I took it out of the box. "MAMA!"

I don't think I will ever use all this in my lifetime! Notice the yard stick that I have there to give you an idea of just how big they are. The rose colored cone weighs 6 1/2 pounds!! All three are Chenille yarn.


Chenille yarn cones 

close up chenille 
I did get a heck of a deal considering how much this stuff cost for a skein of it in the stores. I don't think I'll ever be able to use all this in my lifetime though!!

This yarn is going up for sale. This is a thinner type of thread yarn. I got it with some other yarns off of Ebay. I am keeping one just like the big cream colored one. I don't do enough thread crochet to justify keeping these. The yarns wasn't really what I thought it was so I think I am going to list it back on Ebay.


yarn for sale! 

I just remembered that I have made a few thread snowflakes that I forgot to take pictures of. I knew I HAD to have accomplished something more than just the soap saver even with my distractions. I think I'm going to work on my freeform a bit. I'm going to make a freeform bolster pillow to go with my king sized afghan.

Well, its getting late here....so I'm going to run for now.

Bath Puff - top 


Bath puff - bottom 

Pattern for bath scrubbie is here: scrub



Evelyn's Slipper's - top view 


Evelyn's slippers 


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