Scrubby Yarn – Exfoliating Spa Set – Free Crochet Pattern

Scrubby yarn isn’t just for dishcloths! This Exfoliating Spa Set is just the thing for last-minute crochet gifts for special occasions like crochet Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day and Birthdays. Make the matching set, throw in a bar of fancy soap and you’re set!

Scrubby yarn makes a lovely textured surface that’s perfect for exfoliating in the bath or shower. The red details made in cotton yarn accent the scrubby yarn beautifully and make this Exfoliating Spa Set feel extra special. The crochet bath mitt made with scrubby yarn features a red heart to show your love. The crochet back scrubber made with scrubby yarn features built in handles and red stripe accents on either end.

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Tunisian Crochet & Scrubby Yarn Tips & Tricks

This is a tunisian crochet pattern. The stitches used are the tunisian full stitch, tunisian simple stitch, and extended tunisian simple stitch. I know that a crochet project that includes scrubby yarn and tunisian crochet stitches seems a little intimidating, but trust me – if you have done a couple of tunisian crochet patterns before, then you should have no trouble with this one! Still worried? Read through the rest of these tips before you start:

How Do You See Your Stitches With Scrubby Yarn?

A lot of people don’t like working with scrubby or fuzzy yarn because it can make it hard to see your stitches. It may seem odd, but it’s actually easier to see your stitches when you use the tunisian crochet technique. The vertical bar is easier to spot because all the other strands of yarn are horizontal. 

Tip #1: Use your opposite hand to stretch the work slightly if you get lost. This will open up your stitches and allow you to easily spot the next vertical bar.

Tip #2: Depending on how you hold your work, you can use the thumb of your opposite hand as a guide. Run your nail along the edge of the work until it catches on the next vertical bar.

How Do You Count Your Stitches With Scrubby Yarn?

Another pitfall of working with novelty yarn is the difficulty presented when trying to check your stitch count. I recommend counting your stitches as you do them. Here’s how:

Forward Pass: Count every time you add a loop to your hook. It is important to remember that you will start counting with the number 2, since you always start with your first loop on your hook.

Return Pass: Count every time you pull through 2 loops. Again, you will be starting with the number 2, since the ch 1 of the return pass also counts as a stitch. 

How Do You Keep Track of Your Rows?

Yep, it’s going to be hard to count your rows too. I have a few tricks for keeping track.

Tip #1: The classic – pencil and paper

Tip #2: The techy – download a row counting app (I recommend “Row Counter”

Tip #3: The notions enthusiast – place a stitch marker every 2nd row. 

Determining Stitch Placement

Since tunisian full stitches are worked between the stitches of the previous round, you need to throw in an extra one somewhere to keep our stitch count the same. You don’t always want to increase in the same place or your work will start to slant. Instead you will alternate between adding a stitch at the beginning of the row and adding a stitch at the end of the row.

Beginning (B): Squeeze your first tunisian full stitch in the space between the 1st and 2nd vertical bars. Remember that first loop that you already have on your hook? That loop is directly above your 1st vertical bar. 

End (E): Work an extra tunisian full stitch in the space between the 2nd to last vertical bar and the edge of your work. 

***For Both: Always end the round by inserting your hook through the last vertical bar of the row, yarning over and pulling up a loop. (Just like tunisian simple stitch) This vertical bar is the one that’s on the very edge of the work. 

How To Change Colors in Tunisian Crochet

Forward Pass: Insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over with the new color and pull up a loop.

Return Pass: Every time you pull through 2 loops, the color that you are pulling through is determined by the color of the 2nd loop. So if your next two loops are blue and then red – you would yarn over with the red yarn and pull through those 2 loops. If your next two loops are red and then blue – you would yarn over with the blue yarn and pull through those 2 loops.

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Materials

Red Heart Scrubby yarn in color “Glacier” – 2 Skeins

Paintbox Cotton Aran yarn in color “Rose Red” – Partial Skein

J – 6 mm tunisian crochet hook (you could also get away with a regular hook if there is no grip)

Yardage

Scrubby Yarn: 70 yards for the mitt, 90 yards for the scrubber

Red Yarn: 15 yards for each

Skill Level

Intermediate

Finished Measurements

Mitt: 7x 4 in. (18 x 10 cm)

Scrubber: 30 x 4 in. (76 x 10 cm)

Abbreviations 

US Terminology

ch = chain

st = stitch

yo = yarn over

tfs = tunisian full stitch (insert hook in space between the current vertical bar and the next, yo, pull up loop)

tss = tunisian simple stitch (insert hook behind front vertical bar of next stitch, yo, pull up loop)

etss = extended tunisian simple stitch (insert hook behind front vertical bar of next stitch, yo, pull up loop, ch 1)

rtn = return (ch 1, *yo and pull through 2 loops, repeat from * across)

Gauge

15 sts x 16 rows = 4 x 4 in. (10 x 10 cm)

Bath Mitt (Make 2)

Row 1: (E) Ch 15, pull up a loop in the 2nd ch from the hook and each ch across. Rtn. (15)

Rows 2-12: tfs 14. Rtn. 

Here’s the breakdown so you can keep track – 2(B), 3(E), 4(B), 5(E), 6(B), 7(E), 8(B), 9(E), 10(B), 11(E), 12 (B).

The next few rows will make the heart. It should look like this:

Row 13: (E) tfs 7 blue, tfs 1 red, tfs 7 blue. Rtn.

Row 14: (B) tfs 6 blue, tfs 4 red, tfs 5 blue. Rtn.

Row 15: (E) tfs 5 blue, tfs 5 red, tfs 5 blue. Rtn.

Row 16: (B) tfs 5 blue, tfs 6 red, tfs 4 blue. Rtn.

Row 17: (E) tfs 4 blue, tfs 7 red, tfs 4 blue. Rtn.

Row 18: (B) tfs 5 blue, tfs 2 red, tfs 2 blue, tfs 2 red, tfs 4 blue. Rtn.

Rows 19-30: tfs 14. Rtn.

Here’s the breakdown so you can keep track: 19(E), 20(B), 21(E), 22(B), 23(E), 24(B), 25(E), 26(B), 27(E), 28(B), 29(E), 20(B). Fasten off.

You don’t really need to bind off because we are sewing the two pieces together anyway.

Assembly: Make a sandwich with your two pieces so that the wrong side of each piece is facing out. Attach your yarn in the bottom right corner. Single crochet or whip stitch the 2 pieces together on 3 of the sides as shown and then fasten off.

Take care when you are weaving in your ends to follow the direction of the stitches, especially for the red yarn, so it is not as noticeable.

Back Scrubber

Row 1: Ch 15, pull up a loop in the 2nd ch from the hook and each ch across. Rtn. (15)

Row 2-3: tss 14. Rtn. (15)

The next 2 rows form the handle.

Row 4: tss 4, sc 7 (Here’s how – insert hook into next vertical bar, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops), tss 3. Modified rtn – Ch 1, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) x3, ch 6, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) x4.

Row 5: tss 3, pull up a loop in each of the next 7 chs, tss 4. Rtn.

Row 6: tss 14. Rtn.

Time for the stripes!

Row 7: tss 14 red. Rtn. 

Row 8: tss 14 blue. Rtn.

Row 9: tss 14 red. Rtn.

Row 10: tss 14 blue. Rtn.

Row 11: tss 14 red. Rtn.

Ok now we’re back to blue.

Rows 12-18: tss 14. Rtn.

I wanted to incorporate different textures in my back scrubber, so now we’re going to switch it up with some etss rows.

Row 19: ch 1 (this extends your first st to match the rest), etss 14. Rtn.

Row 20: tss 14. Rtn.

Row 21: ch 1, etss 14. Rtn.

Row 22: tss 14. Rtn.

Row 23: ch 1, etss 14. Rtn.

Rows 24-30: tss 14. Rtn.

Rows 31-42: ch 1, etss 14. Rtn.

Rows 43-49: tss 14. Rtn.

Row 50: ch 1, etss 14. Rtn.

Row 51: tss 14. Rtn.

Row 52: ch 1, etss 14. Rtn.

Row 53: tss 14. Rtn.

Row 54: ch 1, etss 14. Rtn.

Rows 55-61: tss 14. Rtn.

Time to get stripey again!

Row 62: tss 14 red. Rtn.

Row 63: tss 14 blue. Rtn.

Row 64: tss 14 red. Rtn.

Row 65: tss 14 blue. Rtn.

Row 66: tss 14 red. Rtn.

And now for the blues…

Row 67: tss 14 blue. Rtn.

Handle hole #2 is next!

Row 68: tss 4, sc 7, tss 3. Modified rtn – Ch 1, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) x3, ch 6, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) x4.

Row 69: tss 3, pull up a loop in each of the next 7 chs, tss 4. Rtn.

Rows 70-72: tss 14. Rtn.

Bind off row: insert your hook in the next vertical bar, yo and pull up a loop. Then, pull that loop through the first loop on your hook. (Like a slip stitch) Repeat that process across. Fasten off and weave in ends. 

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