I wonder if Tulle would work as well? Or if the mesh would be too fine??
I bought spools of tulle for my brother-in-law’s wedding last year at Walmart - they were in the craft/wedding section and were like 6 inch spools. I am thinking that if you had a sharp scalpel or exacto knife blade, then you might be able to cut the strips right on the spool. I can’t remember how expensive they were, but I don’t think they were over $5.00 each. If I get out to Walmart today, I will check and report back!!!
Thank you ArtLady, for posting about your trials. I too ordered the netting after reading the original post. I received my spools on Monday and wondered if I should use the whole 3" or cut it in half. Thanks to you, I don’t need to wonder anymore!!
Thanks so much, I will be knitting up a bunch of these to givve to the ladies I work with!!
Each spool has 40 yards…3" width…but if you cut the strips lengthwise…you will have 80 yards at 1-1/2" width.
This will make 7 scrubbies using my pattern:
[B]Using 1 strand of Sugar ‘n’ Cream cotton and 1 strip of netting, held together: US 11>cast on 16 st>work 11 garter ridges>bind off.
[/B][COLOR=Blue]I really love my scrubbie! Shees! It really works! Even for getting dried gravy off the stove!
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I tried 3 arts and crafts stores (JoAnns, Michaels, AC Moore) and WalMart,but nobody has the netting, and the website advises she is not mailing out until mid-January, so out of sheer desperation, and because I wanted to put these in Christmas stockings, I am using fishing line! It is not as thick as I wanted, and I may abandon the project after all.
They are on ebay too – $4.25 per 6" x 40 yard spool and I think $3 shipping.
I was trying to decide if I wanted to ask what the shipping would be on more than one spool and then decided I should wait until I checked the local stores first.
At the rate I’m going, it will be January before I have time to try this anyway.
These are great! Dobies are getting very expensive!
If you cut your own strips of netting, would you need to buy so many yards in order to get the right length with no joins? Artlady, approximately how many yards of net for one scrubbie??? Or could you tightly knot 2 strips of net, if needed? Length is a big advantage with the spools!
I just received 2 meters of nylon netting that I bought off of eBay. not sure if it is the right kind but have cut a couple of strips of 1.5-2 inch width along the length. will make one and see how it works.
I love crocheted scrubbies! My sister picked some up for me at a craft show, one side was knit with the scrubbie stuff and the other side was cotton. I only wish I could crochet. Maybe I’ll just have to knit them as well. Thank you for the link to the website too!
Here is a blue scrubbie shown with a pawprint dishcloth. BTW, the colored nylon netting is colorfast. You can bleach the tar out of it to remove coffee stains and it will retain full brilliant color!
I decided I like the rectangle Srubbie best.
[B]Using 1 strand of Sugar ‘n’ Cream cotton and 1.5" strip of netting, held together: US 11>cast on 16 st>work 11 garter ridges>bind off.
I thought I’d check out a local dollar store----bingo! Rolls of nylon tulle, many colors to choose from, 6-inch wide, 25 yards–1 dollar each!
I hope to start one tonight. Thanks Artlady!
