A couple of weeks ago, my daughter and I were walking through Hobby Lobby looking for cotton yarn for a project for my niece’s new baby when I came across Red Heart Yarn’s Scrubby! Although many of you may already know about and/or be using this yarn, it was news to me that it even existed. I was so excited to bring it home and try it out that I made Valentine Scrubbies for my mom and aunt as a quick Valentine’s Day surprise.

The pattern is so easy to follow and I had a lot of fun finding a cute way to package up my scrubbies before I sent them on their way to those two very important women in my life. Hope you enjoy them as well! And seriously, go check out this yarn! It makes for a really great scrub pad.

Scrubby Pattern

Materials:

1 3.5 oz. skein of Red Heart Scrubby yarn

H/8 crochet hook

Row 1: chain 27

Row 2: DC in third ch from hook. Dc in next 24 chains, ch 2 , turn

Rows 3 -14: Dc in second dc from hook, dc in every dc across, chain 2 and turn. Repeat until you have 14 rows. Cut and tie off yarn.

I made three scrubbies in Valentine’s colors.

Rolled each scrubbie into a cylinder.

Placed the three scrubbies together and then tied them off with a piece of string. I made the little tags on my computer as an added decoration.

Just mention the name Seahawk and anyone can probably guess I am from Washington. Not that I am a sports follower of any kind but if you live in Washington chances are you or someone close to you is a die heart Seahawk fan. And that leads me to my daughter and son-in-law. They are without a doubt die heart fans of the Seattle Seahawks. They watch the games faithfully every week, while they and their friends share some of the many food items they have died blue and green for good luck. They wear Seahawk jerseys, socks, jewelry and anything they can find as loyal Seahawk fans do. They are true 12’s in our state of Seahawk fans.

Their sports obsession has, however, made shopping for Christmas and birthday presents very easy for me. I have purchased and made tons of Seahawk colored items over the last few years. And I have had a great time doing it. There is just so much out there for me to choose from.

So, last November when I walked into a local craft store and found Deborah Norville’s Sports Fan Yarn in the Seattle Seahawk colors, I couldn’t resist.

I bought 6 skeins and started to crochet. Both my son-in-law and grandson ended up with Seahawk scarfs for the cold winter weather and I ended up with 2 skeins of leftover yarn. I decided to make potholders for my daughter’s BBQ out of the leftover yarn. These potholders are extremely easy and quick to make.

I had all 4 finished in just two evenings of crocheting. Here’s the pattern I came up with. Happy crocheting!!!

Supplies:

2 Skeins Deborah Norville Sports Yarn

H- hook

Pattern:

Row 1: Crochet with both skeins of yarn at the same time. This will make your potholder thicker and stiffer. Chain 27

Row 2: 1 DC in 4^th chain from hook. DC in next 23 chains turn-

Row 3-15: Chain 2 (counts as first stitch).- DC in stitches 2 through 24, turn. At the end of row 15 do not cut yarn.

Row 16: this will become the hook used to hang up the potholder. After last DC on row 15, chain 12, turn and SC in 2^nd stitch from hook. SC in each of next 10 stitches. Next, slip stitch in top of last DC of row 15.

Slip stitch through end of loop that is hanging off the potholder to make a circle. Make sure you pull the loop down to be tight on the top of the potholder with the slipstitch. Lastly, slip stitch through 2^nd DC on row 15, tie off and tuck in the end of the yarn so it does not show.