V-Stitch Crocheted Spa Set

Mother's Day may have been yesterday but today I am participating in the month long 2019 Celebrate Mom Blog Hop hosted by Pattern Paradise. Each day in the month of May a different crochet design will share a new free crochet pattern perfect for celebrating Mom. There have been lots of great designs so far and will be even more through out the month and there are prizes too, so be sure to check out all of the details.

For my project I decided on a washcloth but then I thought it would be fun to make a whole set of bath type projects. I ended up making a coordinating washcloth, face scrubbier, makeup remover, and soap saver.

All of the projects feature the v-stitch so they all have a similar look. I chose to use 2 colors for the whole set, a neutral main color, and a coordinating color for the borders. Although I think you would do it in a lot of different ways and it would still look good, all one color, each item a different coordinating color, etc.

If I was actually making the set to give as a gift I would make a set of face scrubbies and/or makeup removers instead of just one like I made for the pictures. Add the set to a basket with pretty smelling soaps, lotions, bath bombs, face masks, or any other similar products and you have a fun spa themed gift basket to give as a gift.

How to Crochet the V-Stitch Spa Set

You will need:

• 2 colors worsted weight cotton yarn (I used Lily Sugar N Cream, depending on how many items you make you will probably need 2 of the main color and 1 of the coordinating color)
• H crochet hook
• yarn needle
• scissors

Instructions:

Washcloth

Begin by chaining 27 

Row 1: (dc, ch 1, dc) in 4th ch from hook (first 4 count as a skipped ch and 1 dc), [skip 2, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next stitch] repeat until there are 2 stitches remaining, skip 1, dc in last stitch

Row 2: ch 3, turn, [ (dc, ch 1, dc) in ch 1 space] repeat in each ch space, dc in last stitch

Repeat row two until the dishcloth is desired size

Single crochet evenly around all sides of the dishcloth, working evenly into the stitches along the side, working 3 sc in each corner

Change color to your contrasting color and  sc around again so that there are 2 rounds of sc around the edge. Finish off and weave in ends.

Face Scrubbie

ch 4, join with sl st to first ch to make a ring

Round 1: ch 4 (counts as first dc + ch 1), [dc in ring, ch 1] 9 times, sl st to first dc to join (10 dc and 10 ch spaces)

Round 2: sl st into first ch space, ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1), dc in same space, [dc, ch 1, dc] in each ch space, sl st to first dc to join (20 dc, 10 ch spaces)

Round 3: sl st into first ch sp, ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1), dc in same space, skip 2 dc, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next ch space, skip 1 dc, (dc, ch 1, dc) in between 2 dc stitches, skip 1 dc, [(dc, ch 1, dc) in ch sp,  skip 1 dc, (dc, ch 1, dc) in between 2 dc stitches] repeat around, slip st to first dc to join (30 dc, 15 ch sp)

Round 4: switch to contrasting color, ch 1, sc in each stitch around, sl st to first sc to join, finish off, weave in ends

Makeup Remover

(this is made the same as the face scrubbie, just 1 round smaller)

ch 4, join with sl st to first ch to make a ring

Round 1: ch 4 (counts as first dc + ch 1), [dc in ring, ch 1] 9 times, sl st to first dc to join (10 dc and 10 ch spaces)

Round 2: sl st into first ch space, ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1), dc in same space, [dc, ch 1, dc] in each ch space, sl st to first dc to join (20 dc, 10 ch spaces)

Round 3: switch to contrasting color, ch 1, sc in each stitch around, sl st to first sc to join, finish off, weave in ends

Soap Saver

ch 9

Round 1: 1 sc in second ch from hook, sc in next 6 ch, 3 sc in last ch turning as you go to  begin working in the other side of your ch, sc in the other side of the next 6 ch, 2 sc in last ch, sl st to first sc to join (18 sc)

Round 2: ch 1, sc in each stitch, sl st to first sc to join (18 sc)

Round 3: ch 4 (counts as first dc + ch 1), dc in same stitch, skip 2, [(dc, ch 1, dc) in next stitch, skip 2] repeat around, slip stitch to first dc to join (12 dc, 6 ch spaces)

Round 4: slip stitch into first ch space, ch 4 (counts as first dc + ch 1), dc in same ch sp, skip 2 dc, [(dc, ch 1, dc) in ch sp, skip 2 dc] repeat around, slip stitch to first dc to join (12 dc, 6 ch spaces)

Rounds 5-8: repeat round 4

Round 9: sl st into ch sp, ch 1, [sc in ch sp, ch 2] repeat around, sl st to first sc to join (6 sc, 12 ch)

Round 10: ch 1, [sc in first stitch, 2 sc in ch sp] repeat around, sl st to first sc to join, finish off, weave in ends (18 sc)

with contrasting color make a ch long enough to go around the top of the soap saver and tie, weave the ch through the holes in round 9, pull the ends and tie to close