Hello, and welcome to a new week. And since it's Monday I'm going to share my latest project, the one I finished just this weekend - a soap saver.
Making soap savers has been on my mind for quite some time, but coming up with a pattern that really worked for me took (as always) a bit longer. Somehow I'm always much better at coming up with my own patterns than just following the ones I could find online (saving time instead).
In addition to being very useful, this project is a great stash buster. If you have leftover bits of cotton yarn, start making these drawstring mesh bags today - and you can use them for other things other than soap too - even as a gift bag or a gift card holder...
Here's the how to:
Materials
- about 20 grams of cotton yarn for the bag
- a bit of yarn in a contrasting color (just enough to create a chain long enough to go around the bag with a few cm to spare). Alternatively you can use a ribbon.
- a 3.0 mm crochet hook (this is what I used because it matched the yarn I was using - adapt if you're using a different yarn, but then make sure you're still getting the desired size with this pattern).
As per the materials above, my bag is 7 cm wide by 14 cm high. The yarn I used came from the set below (leftover from the original project I bought it for):
Stitches used: chain, single crochet, double crochet, slip stitch
Instructions:
Row 1 - chain 13. Add one single crochet on the second chain from hook and one single crochet in all the following 10 chains. On the last chain (nº 12) add three single crochets. Turn your work around (to work on the other side of the chain) and add one single crochet on the next 11 chains, then three single crochets in the 12th chain. Slip stitch to join to the first single crochet on the other side. You will now have 28 stitches in total and you'll be working in the round.
Rows 2 and 3 - chain 1 and work one single crochet over each of the stitches from the previous row (always 28 stitches all around).
Row 4 - chain 3, skip one stitch, double crochet in the next stitch. *Chain 1, skip one stitch, double crochet in the next stitch*. Repeat the pattern between * until the end. Chain one and slip stitch to the initial 3 chain to complete the row.
Rows 5 -10: repeat row 4, only instead of adding the double crochets over the stitch from previous row, you'll be adding them over the one chain space between stitches from previous row.
Row 11: chain 1 and then add one single crochet over each of the stitches (and chains) from previous row (28 stitches in total).
Row 12: chain two, skip one stitch, single crochet in the next stitch. *Chain 1, skip one stitch, single crochet in the next stitch*. Repeat the pattern between * until the end. Chain one and slip stitch to the initial 2 chain to complete the row. This creates the holes for your cord to pass through.
Row 13: chain 1 and then add one single crochet over each of the stitches (and chains) from previous row (28 stitches in total, similar to row 11.
Row 14 (optional): this is just the wavy edging I added at the top. If you prefer to keep it simple, just finish your bag at row 13. Otherwise, skip one stitch, add 6 single crochets in the next stitch. *Skip two stitches and add 6 single crochets in the following stitch*. Repeat the pattern between * until the end of the row. Slip stitch to join, cut the yarn and weave in the ends.
To make the cord: change to your contrasting yarn and chain 70 (add more or less chains if you want your cord longer or shorter). Weave in the cord in between the holes of row 12. Tie a knot and your soap saver is ready to be used!
If you want your bag wider increase the number of initial chains of row one (always chaining an odd number, so that you can then have an even number of single crochets). Work on the pattern in exactly the same way - you'll just have more stitches per row.
It you want your bag higher, just add more rows while woking on the mesh part of the bag.
Now make a batch of these (they come together pretty quickly) and have fun!
Happy Monday!
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