Spiral Dish Scrubbie - Tawasi

This is a fun pattern that I found for a spiral dish scrubbie and at the request of my mom am posting it.  :) I guess these are techinically called "Tawasi's", it's Japanese.  I have made several and love them. 

Funny story: I made a few for a lady I work with as a gift and I walked past her office after giving it to her and she had her coffee mug sitting on it, using it as a coaster...ha.  I guess they are multi-purpose. :)  I did eventually explain to her that they were dish scrubbies. 

This one is made with regular worsted weight arcylic yarn.

This one is made with cotton yarn.

I found this pattern at Spiral Scrubbie -- CrochetPatternsOnly.

Materials: Size H Crochet Hook, Worsted Weight Acrylic Yarn or Cotton Yarn

Note: Crochet in the back loop through out to create the ridge.

Row 1: (leaving a length of yarn long enough to weave through & gather one edge and tie off.) Chain 21, 2 sc in second chain from hook, crochet one sc in each chain across to last 2 chains; crochet the last 2 chains together, chain 1 and turn (20 stitches)

Row 2: Sc first 2 stitches together, crochet one sc in each stitch across to last stitch, 2 sc in last stitch, chain 1 and turn (20 stitches)

Row 3: 2 sc in first stitch, crochet one sc in each stitch across to last 2 stitches, sc last 2 stitches together chain 1 and turn (20 stitches).

Repeat rows 2 & 3 for a total of 21 rows.

Cut yarn leaving the second end long enough to weave through & gather one edge then tie off. Slip stitch beginning row and ending row together. Using the end of yarn weave each end in and out of the ends of the rows of the edge it is attached to. Pull them tight. Now pull one yarn end through the scrubbie and tie in a tight knot. Pull both ends back through to the other side and knot again. Simply pull the end to the inside of the scrubbie and back out, making sure to leave a length of tail on the inside.

The sewing together is kind of tricky.  Here is an awesome YouTube video explaining.

- Jill