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Yoo hoo Chubby Rat or anyone who has made

17 years ago

chubby's scrubbies. I have the instructions for crocheting them, but how wide do I need to cut the strips of netting before crocheting them? TIA

Linda

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OklaMoni
17 years ago
Linda, this is how a friend of mine makes them:

Okie Pot Scrubbers.
Cut ÃÂ½ of nylon net into 6 - 3 inch strips. Tie strips together, leaving about 4 inch tails.
Wind into a ball-stretching slightly.
Using a size K hook, form loop and chain 4.
Join with a slip stitch.
Going into BACK LOOPS ONLY, 2 single crochet in each stitch until you reach the 2nd knot.
Then 1 single crochet in each back loop until you reach the last knot.
Single crochet in EVERY OTHER back loop until the hole is about the size of a 50ÃÂ¢ piece.
Turn inside out - tucking all the tails inside.
Continue to sc, in every other loop until hole is closed. Tie off & tuck in last remaining tail.
Dishwasher or washing machine safe.
Linda Wayman
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks moni. I've used mine so long that it is almost not there anymore. I bought the netting a long time ago to make more, but I'm just now getting around to it. I had everything written down except how wide to make the strips.

Thanks again.

Linda
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tami_ohio
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I cut mine about 2" wide. I also zig zag stitch them together instead of tying them. I don't like to work with the knots. If you don't like crocheting them in a circle, I have a knit pattern that you make a rectangle and fold it in half, then slip stitch the edges with a crochet hook. It would work to crochet the rectangle and fold in half, then slip stitch edges also.

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chubby_rat
17 years ago
I make mine as wide as from the tip of my index finger to the knuckle...lOL! That's about ...what...2 inches? They don't have to be straight either,these are very forgiving.I only let about a 2 inch tail...don't like wasting anymore than I have to.I might try the knitted ones! Seems like they'd have more ridges and might be even better!
tami_ohio
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Chubbyrat, use about size 10 needles and cast on, I think, 12 stitches. It should be 2-3 inches wide. Knit as many rows as it takes to make a rectangle turn into a square when folded in half. Bind off, but do not cut netting. Use comparable size crochet hook to slip stitch around edges to fasten it together. Finish and weave in ends as usual.

I never had much luck getting the round crocheted ones to come out right with the pattern I was given a few years ago. It wasn't yours, it was one that was passed around our knitting group. Then someone came up with the knitted one. I liked it better!

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Original Author
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