Browsing through the yarn aisle at Jo-Ann Fabrics, I came across Red Heart’s Scrubby yarn. What an awesome idea! The skein was on the smaller side, but the yardage looked good. I thought I could make some great little kitchen scrubby gifts and bought a couple colors to experiment with. I crocheted a cute little red square scrubby and was a little skeptical how well it would work. So that night after dinner, I gave it a try. My little scrubby just wasn’t doing the job. It felt flimsy in my hands and I had to fold it up to get it to take the grime off the pots. The scrubby got pushed to the side and the kitchen sponge came back out. I knew there had to be a better option.

After some brainstorming, I bought a couple skeins of Lily Sugar ’n Cream yarn. Knowing that the crochet method didn’t give the right weave for the scrubby to be functional, I started to knit the Sugar ’n Cream and the Red Heart Scrubby held together to create a mitered square. Success! My fuzzy scrubby dish cloths are perfect for the kitchen!

The scrubby yarn is perfect for getting the grime off kitchen pots and dishes. The cotton yarn adds stability, giving the scrubby yarn a better feel in your hand. These two yarns complement each other nicely and are fun to work together.

I love the mitered square because it’s an easy pattern to memorize and the rows take less time as the project continues because you are decreasing two stitches every other row! There is a high satisfaction level when knitting these cute dish cloths, they make great gifts and are an easy project to travel with.

Materials

US 8 or 5mm straight knitting needles (These are my favorite!)

Stitch marker

1 skein of Lily Sugar ’n Cream Cotton yarn (Over the Rainbow Ombre and Summer Prints shown)

1 skein of Red Heart Scrubby yarn  (Coconut shown)

Yarn needle to weave in ends

Pattern

Setup: Holding both yarns held together, CO 30 stitches (I used a long tail cast on, but use your favorite method!)

Place a stitch marker 15 stitches in

Row 1: Knit 13 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 13 (28 Stitches)

Row 2: Knit across

Row 3: Knit 12 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 12 (26 Stitches)

Row 4: Knit across

Row 5: Knit 11 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 11 (24 Stitches)

Row 6: Knit across

Row 7: Row 4: Knit 10 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 10 (22 Stitches)

Row 8: Knit across

Row 9: Knit 9 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 9 (20 Stitches)

Row 10: Knit across

Row 11: Row 6: Knit 8 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 8 (18 Stitches)

Row 12: Knit across

Row 13: Row 7: Knit 7 stitches,k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 7 (16 Stitches)

Row 14: Knit across

Row 15: Row 8: Knit 6 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 6 (14 Stitches)

Row 16: Knit across

Row 17: Knit 5 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 5 (12 Stitches)

Row 18: Knit across

Row 19: Knit 4 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 4 (10 Stitches)

Row 20: Knit across

Row 21: Knit 3 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 3 (8 Stitches)

Row 22: Knit across

Row 23: Knit 2 stitches, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 2 (6 Stitches)

Row 24: Knit across

Row 25: Knit 1 stitch, k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog, k 1 (4 Stitches)

Row 26: Knit across

Row 27: k2togtbl, slip marker, k2tog (2 Stitches)

Cut a long tail and using your tapestry needle, pul through both loops on the needle and tie off. Weave in ends and block.

Note

There is no need to count rows! If the cast-on tail is on the right side of the work, knit across all stitches. If the cast-on tail is on the left side, then work the decreases using the stitch marker as a guide until there are 2 stitches  left.

Abbreviations

CO – Cast On

k2togtbl – Knit Two Together through the back loop

k2tog – Knit Two Together