This month, I’m participating in a bath/spa swap from craftster and I wanted to make my partner several crocheted items. She has expressed a love for them although she herself can’t knit or crochet. I’m always happy to have an excuse to try the things I haven’t yet!
The first item I set out to make was a soap saver, or soap sock, for the Dr. Bronner’s Soap I’m sending her as well. We’re both big lavender fans so of course I bought one for myself too. 
I searched high and low online for a good (i.e. readable and doable) pattern. Several that I found were completely incomprehensible or just plain had a ton of errors.
Finally, I decided to try making my own version since I had tried 4 patterns by this point and none of them were working right.
This pattern should work for many kinds of soap as the Dr. Bronner’s is quite large (roughly 4″x2 1/2″x1″).
I made it using some acrylic yarn I had in my stash, worsted weight, because it has less of a chance of getting moldy with the soap. Acrylic yarn has the added benefit of being a “scrubby” surface.
Soap Sock/Saver
Finished size: roughly 4″x3″, empty
G Hook
ch 20
Row 1: sc
Row 2: ch 3 (counts as first dc) * dc, ch 1, skip one sc* to end
Row 3: sc
Row 4 – 15: row of dc, row of sc, repeat row 2
Row 16 – 20: sc
Row 21 – 32: row of sc, row of dc, repeat row 2
Row 33: sc
Row 34: repeat row 2
Row 35: sc, do not bind off
finishing: fold the long rectangle in half lengthwise and stitch together using sc, including across the bottom. when you reach the other side, bind off. make a chain at least 20″ long using sc, or longer if you desire; thread chain through eyelets across the top and insert soap.
If you find any errors or problems with this pattern, please let me know!
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2 Comments
July 9, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I really love your new site! Just awesome how you can juggle marriage, motherhood, writing, and now, crafting. Well done.
July 9, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Aw shucks, thank you!