I wanted a smaller one so I cast on 13 and knit for 9 or 10 ridges and use size 10 needles.
It’s hard on the hands for sure, but that’s the nature of the beast.
I cast on 16 st with a US11, and knit 11 ridges.
It is a hard little thing to knit, not head-wise, but hand-wise.
Working the stitches takes a lot of hand ‘muscle’!
I found more cotton yarn at Walmart on a cone!!! And a couple of rolls of tulle too! So, now I know where to buy more supplies when I run out of my original ones!!!
I spoke to my Mom about the ones I made for her and she LOVES using them to clean off the stove top after dinner. She said it’s been working great for that AND cleaning up the sink.
I LOVE this board and all it’s ideas for projects! Just wish my wallet did too. (LOL)
knitcindy
I saved this thread, I want to make a scrubbie…or three my self.
Hi Scrubbie-lovers!
Has anyone else tried making these with old scratchy acrylic, rather than cotton?
My DH commented that some older scrubbies that I’d made a while back (without netting) seem to hold the soap better than those made with cotton. But clearly the netting adds so much scrubbing power.
So I’ve made a few with worsted weight scratchy acrylic and the netting, just like the cotton ones. They seem to work just as well, and hold the soap a bit better.
Anyone else tried this?
I haven’t tried it. I have a boatload of the Sugar and Cream cotton (on the big cones)…so have been working with that exclusively.
I think one could use acrylic yarn however. I think the magic of the scrubbies is the netting, and some kind of yarn to hold the soap.
After my Scrubbies get tired looking, I relegate them to humbler tasks! Like for instance…I keep one near to where I fill my dogs water bowl outside. The scrubbie works great at getting the ‘slime’ that develops on the walls and bottom of the bowl. St Bernard slime! Ack. I don’t like my dogs to drink out of nasty bowls, and they prefer sweet, clean bowls, too!
I haven’t either. Since the netting is the important part and it’s not meant to absorbent then acrylic would probably be fine. :think:
Thanks, I’ll keep you guys posted on the acrylic experiment.
I’d seen this pattern on ravelry, or one similar to it. Been wanting to try it but just haven’t ordered the scratchy stuff yet.
So far, using acrylic rather than cotton, with the netting has been working fabulously! cloud9
Same great scrubbing power as the netting + cotton, but better suds (which = using less dishwashing liquid), and less of that yucky smell that the cotton seems to get no matter how well I rinse them out after use, or how often I wash them in the dishwasher or washing machine.
Some folks on Rav mentioned that acrylic has antibacterial properties, which I am not sure is true, but probably since it is purely synthetic, it does not provide as hospitable a medium for bacterial growth as cotton. Some in Korea even claim that you don’t need to use soap at all, but I’m not taking it that far.
I do knit them up a bit tighter than the cotton ones, as the worsted weight acrylic relaxes a bit more when wet, but what a great way to use up all of the scratchy yarns I’ve been “gifted” :woot: