Scrubby

  1. Chain 3, make 6 single crochets in the first chain stitch. (mark beginning with yarn)
  2. 2 single crochet in each of the single crochets of the previous round. (12 single crochets)
  3. Single crochet in the first single crochet, 2 single crochets in the second single crochet of previous round. Repeat (1 single crochet, 2 single crochet) around. (18 single crochets)-six single crochet increase.
  4. 1 single crochet in each of the first 2 single crochet, 2 single in third single crochet of previous round. Repeat around. (24 single crochets)
  5. 1 single crochet in each of the first 3 single crochets, 2 single crochets in the fourth single crochet of previous round. Repeat around.  (30 single crochets)
  6. 1 single crochet in each of the first 4 single crochets, 2 single crochets in the fifth single crochet of previous round. Repeat around. (36 single crochets)
  7. 1 single crochet in each single crochet around. (No increase) (36 single crochets)
  8. 1 single crochet in each of the first 4 single crochets, single crochet 5th and 6th crochets together. (Bring up yarn loop in 5th single crochet, insert hook in 6th single crochet and bring up loop, yarn over and pull through all 3 loops on the hook – single crochet decrease.) Repeat around, decreasing in every 5th and 6th stitch.  (30 single crochets.
  9. Slip stitch in first stitch of previous round and end.

Top: Using cotton yarn repeat rounds 1 through 5 of the bottom directions. (It is not necessary to work in the back loop for the top section.) Do not end. Knot the loose ends as the center of the top and bottom together. (This attaches the top to the bottom at the center.)