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four photos of hand-knit heart-shaped scrubby washcloths
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VALENTINE HEART SCRUBBY

Equipment

  • Red Heart Scrubby yarn
  • Any dish cotton. I used Sugar & Cream
  • Size 10 straight metal needles (Note: this is a pretty tough knit, capable of snapping wooden or plastic needles!)

Instructions

Body:

  • Holding both scrubby and cotton yarn together...c/o 2 stitches.
  • Row 1: K2
  • Row 2: kfb, K1
  • Row 3: kfb K to end
  • repeat row 3 until you have 22 stitches
  • K 3 rows straight across
  • (Bind off 1 stitch, K to end) for 4 rows (18 st left)

First Lobe:

  • K9, turn (leave remaining nine stitches on needle, but work on first 9 for now).
  • Working on these stitches only:
  • Bind off 1 st, K to end
  • Repeat last row until you have 6 st
  • Bind Off 2 stitches, K to end
  • Repeat last row until you have 2 st left.
  • K2tog. Finish off.

Second Lobe:

  • Rejoin yarn to remaining stitches at center of heart,
  • K1 row
  • Bind off 1 st, K to end
  • Repeat last row until you have 6 st
  • Bind Off 2 stitches, K to end
  • Repeat last row until you have 2 st left.
  • K2tog. Finish off.

Notes

Sew in the ends, and then you have a delightful scrubby!