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crochet soap saver pattern!

you may ask yourself: what is a soap saver? a soap saver is functionally a washcloth. put a bar of soap in it, get it wet in the shower, lather and rinse. it's an alternative to a washcloth/loofah/sponge, it stores your bar soap so that it doesn't go flying across the shower/tub, and when your bar soap is skinny enough to start breaking, you're able to use it until it 100% disappears. it's also epic because bar soap is in most cases way cheap compared to body wash + there's no plastic involved unless ur buying bar soap in plastic so if that's important to you then let me put you on. this is a super simple pattern, and when you're ready to wash it (i usually do once i run out of a bar of soap before replacing it) you can just throw it in the washer/dryer with your towels and it washes up great!

you will need

abbreviations

make a slipknot and ch 14.

row 1

in the third stitch from your hook, dc 6. dc in the next 10 st. dc 6 in the last chain in the row, then flip to work on the bottom side of the chain. dc in the next 10 st and join with a sl st.

rows 2-3

ch 2 and turn. dc in each st until the end of the row, join with a sl st at the end (32 dc)

row 4

ch 3 and turn. sk the first st. hdc 1 in the next st. ch 1, sk 1, and hdc 1 in the next st. continue this until the end of the row and join with a sl st. (16 hdc, 16 ch)

rows 5-10

ch 3 and turn. hdc in the first ch-space, ch 1, and repeat until the end of the row and join with a sl st. (16 hdc, 16 ch)

row 11

sc in each hdc and ch-space, join with a sl st at the end of the row. (32 sc)

row 12

ch 1 and turn. sc 4, ch 8, skip the next 8 st, sc 8. ch 8, sk 8, sc4. sl st to join. (16 sc, 16 ch)

row 13

ch 1 and turn. sc into the next 4 st. sc 8 into the ch-space. sc into the next 8 st, sc 8 into the ch-space, sc 4, sl st to join. (32 sc)

row 14

ch 1 and turn. sc into each st. sl st to join. (32 sc)

sew in ends and you're finished!