Pot Scrubber Crocheted from Plastic Bags
Here is my parade of pot scrubbers crocheted from recycled plastic bags!
I used several different types of plastic to create these pot scrubbies. The yellow and white/red ones were crocheted using the pattern below with a “N” hook. The white/gold one was made from a recycled plastic wedding bag. You can read about that project here. This scrubber was made using a “H” hook rather than the bigger hook as the plastic yarn was single strand. It is a much tighter stitched scrubber than the ones with the bigger hook. Here is the free pattern link for that scrubber.
So depending on your project either use the pattern below for pot scrubbers made from recycled plastic grocery bags or the link above for the single strand plastic strips.
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Free Crocheted Pot Scrubber Pattern using Plastic Grocery Bags
Scrubber measures 3-1/2 inches wide across. (Make 2 round disks)
Material: Plastic bags cut into 1” strips
Hook: Metal “N” hook
Round Disk
Round 1
Ch 4, Sl St to join in first st of chain to form ring.
Round 2
Ch 2 (counts as first Hdc), work 11 Hdc in ring (12 Hdc), join with Sl St at top of Ch 2.
Round 3
Ch 2, work Hdc in same stitch, then work 2 Hdc in each st, join with Sl St at top of Ch 2.
Fasten off and weave ends under. (Tip: leave yarn attached when you complete 2nd disk that way you don’t need to attach yarn to join two disks together.)
With wrong sides together, join your two round disks together by working sc through both layers in between last rnd sts. Work *1 Sc in next st, then 2 Sc in next st* — repeat between * -* to last st. End with Sl St in last st. Fasten off and weave ends under.
Variations: Use all one color of plastic bags or vary colors as desired.
If you have any questions or find discrepancies in this pattern, please email me using contact tab above.
Abbreviations:
Ch - Chain
Sc - Single Crochet
Hdc - Half Double Crochet
Sl St - Slip Stitch
Rnd - Round
This pattern is copyrighted by Cindy of My Recycled Bags {dot com} and may only be used for private individual use. No commercial sales or use is permitted. Links to this pattern are acceptable. ©2007
Filed under: Plastic Bag Crafts on June 10th, 2007
Thanks for sharing these- I’ll have to learn how to crochet so I can use these on my non-stick pots!
I have wanted to do this for a while, but I was afraid water (particularly dirty dish water) would get caught inside the plastic and grow bacteria. have you had any problems with that?
It is just like any sponge or other scrubbies, they do get dirty. I wash mine in hot soapy water to clean and throw them away when they get too dirty. You can also soak them in a bit of bleach water to kill any bacteria.
Hi I have made these scrubbers with the orange and red plastic mesh onion bags!. I open them carefully at the top, and cut them in a spiral around making astrip about 3/4 to 1 inch wide and took them altogether, it takes maybe 4 bags to make one scrubber and I crochet them like you crocheted this particular scrubber pattern…. I never thought of using plastic bags…. Oh and another thing I have used to make scrubbers with is old vcr tapes, you open the tape up and just crochet with the vcr tape, its good and scratchy too
I purchased a pot scrubber last year made from the net used in making corsages. This worked great and I wish I could crochet so I could make my own. Mine is long since gone from over use.
My Gran makes these out of strips of that plastic fabric mesh/veil stuff (maybe it’s crinolen?) Anyway, everyone in my family uses them now as they word SO well, last a long time and never scratch your pans.
What a great idea! Do you know if these plarn scrubbies or your yarn/plarn scrubbies will scratch teflon type pans? I’d love to make them but would like to know before I find out the hard way, kwim?
@Michelle,
I used mine on Teflon and non-stick pans with no problems. Nothing lasts forever but my pans haven’t been scratched other than with forks etc. hehe.
Thanks for stopping by.
Sounds great to me! Thanks!!