Using bar soap is a great way to cut down on plastic and save money since you can get a lot of washes out of one bar of soap.
However, I think anyone that uses bar soap knows the struggle. It’s wet, It’s slippery, ultimately you end up dropping it either while you’re washing or when you try to put it down. Soap gets wasted as it builds up in the soap dish area, and no matter what it has in it, you still don’t feel like you got rid of all that dead skin and dirt.
Crochet to the rescue! End the waste and dropping of the soap with this crochet scrubby soap saver and wash away all your problems! Or…at least your soap bar related one.
A good thing about using a soap saver bag specifically, is that you can get the most out of your soap bar. When your bar turns into a slice of soap, you can just add your next bar to it and not waste that last bit. Now for the pattern…
supplies
- Any (4) Scrubby cotton yarn or regular cotton yarn
- I used Yarn Bee scrub-ology cotton in al fresco for the scrubby yarn
- I used Peaches & Creme cotton in Ocean Stripes for the pictures
- 4.5 mm crochet hook
- snips
- yarn or tapestry needle
Abbreviations
- St = stitch
- Ch = chain
- inc = increase
- Dec = decrease
- Sc = Single crochet
- Dc = Double crochet
- sp = space
- Slst = slip stitch
Soap saver scrubby pattern
You’ll be working in the round for this pattern. I’ll be using regular cotton yarn for the tutorial so you can see what I’m doing more easily.
Foundation row. Ch 9.
Round 1. Work in the backbone of the 2nd ch from the hook, work in the back bone of each st so you have 7 scs, then work 3 scs in the last st, work 1 sc in each st on the opposite side of your work so that it is worked in the round. Place 2 scs in the last st of the row, slst to the first sc to join. <18>
If you work your row around your tail, you can just snip it off here instead of weaving it in.
Round 2. Ch 3, put 1 dc in the next st, put 2 dcs in the next st, *put 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, place 2 dcs into the next st,* repeat from *-* until you come to the inital ch 3, slst to the top ch to join. <24>
Make sure you have 24 dcs total.
Round 3-4. Ch 3, put 1 dc in each st, slst to the top of the initial ch 3 to join. <24>
Ever wonder where soap got it’s name? It actually stems from a Roman legend about Mount Sapo. It’s said that rain washed down the mountain, mixed with animal fats and ashes. This made a clay type mixture that was found to make cleaning easier.
Round 5-6. Ch 1, put 1 sc in each st. <24>
Round 7. Ch 2, lengthen the second ch to a dc hight, *yo, pull up a loop til you have 7 loops on your hook, ch 1, sk next st,* repeat from *-* until you reach the first puff st, slst to join. (12 puffs)
Round 8. Ch 1, put a sc in the same st, *put one sc in the ch sp, put a sc in the top of the puff st,* repeat til you reach the first sc, slst to join. <24>
Round 9. Ch 1 put 1 sc in each st, slst to join.<24>
Round 10-11. Ch 3, put 1 dc in each st, slst to join.
Round 12. Ch 1, put 1 sc in the same st, ch 1, *skip 1 st, put 1 sc in the next st, ch 1,* repeat from *-* until you reach the first sc, slst to join.
Round 13. Ch 1, put 1 sc in each st and ch sp. <24>
Cut the tail leaving about 4 inches, tie off the tail, weave in the ends using the needle to secure them.
The Rope
Foundation row and row 1. Ch 61, then work a slst into the 2nd chain from the hook, slst into each st until you come to the end. <60>
Tip: Use cotton yarn with no scrubby bits for this so it doesn’t catch.
Cut a tail and tie the 2 ends together, weave in the ends to secure them.
Putting it together
This is how you thread the rope through 12th row of the bag so you can cinch it closed.
Tie the end of the rope so that you can hang in in your shower or bath.
That’s it! I hope you’ll be happily scrubbing with your new soap saver. Let me know in the comments if you use bar soap or liquid soap.
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