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If you’re new here I am Corrine, I knit and crochet, and I design patterns.

Welcome back to part 2 of my 3 part series. Today we will be making the Santa Hat Dish Scrub. This one is personally my favorite. I love that it is open like a hat so you can put your hand in it to scrub the dishes.

As I was shopping around Michael’s for yarn to design holiday pieces I saw some Squeaky Clean yarn and had always wanted to try it.

When I finally was able to sit down and work with it, it ended up going so much better than I expected. I thought it would be difficult to see the stitches and hard to work with but it actually was really fun and easy to use.

I am looking forward to making even more dish scrubs in the future.

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Now let’s get to making the Santa Hat Dish Scrub!

Materials:

Squeaky Clean Sparkle by Loops and Threads from Michael’s in the colors chili and snow.

5.5 mm Hook

Stitch marker

Tapestry Needle

Scissors

Gauge:

10 rows x 12 sts = 4×4 inches in HDC.

Abbreviations:

Ch – chain

Rnd -Round

R – Row

HDC – Half double crochet

SC – single crochet

SC2tog – decrease/single crochet 2 stitches together

st(s) – stitch(es)

Special Stitches:

• Beginning Forked Cluster (BFC): YO, insert hook into first stitch, pull up a loop, (3 loops on hook), YO, insert hook into same stitch, pull up a loop, (5 loops on hook), YO, pull through 3 loops, YO, pull through 3 loops.
•  Forked Cluster(FC): YO, insert hook into the same stitch as the second leg of the previous stitch, pull up a loop, (3 loops on hook), YO, insert hook into following stitch, pull up a loop, (5 loops on hook), YO, pull through 3 loops, YO, pull through 3 loops.

Santa Hat:

With white, CH24 and join in the round and chain 1 OR CH25 starting in second chain from hook and work 24 HDC (R1) then begin Rnd 2 in the first stitch of R1.

• Rnd 1: HDC around. (24 sts)
• Rnd 2: HDC around. (24 sts)
• Rnd 3: With red, SC3LO around. (24 sts)
• Rnd 4: (SC2tog, SC10) repeat around. (22 sts)
• Rnd 5: SC around. (22 sts)
• Rnd 6: (SC2tog, SC9) repeat around. (20 sts)
• Rnd 7: SC around. (20 sts)
• Rnd 8: (SC2tog, SC8) repeat around. (18 sts)
• Rnd 9: SC around. (18 sts)
• Rnd 10: (SC2tog, SC7) repeat around. (16 sts)
• Rnd 11: SC around. (16 sts)
• Rnd 12: (SC2tog, SC6) repeat around. (14 sts)
• Rnd 13: SC around. (14 sts) 
• Rnd 14: (SC2tog, SC5) repeat around. (12 sts)
• Rnd 15: SC around. (12 sts)
• Rnd 16: (SC2tog) around. (6 sts)
• Rnd 17: With white, ch 2, BFC in first st, FC5 around. 

Finish off with a few inches of tail, sew around the top of the FC sts and cinch shut. Weave in ends.

Thanks so much for being here, and check back soon for the last part in the Christmas dish scrub series. 😉

❤ Rin