Recycle Your Onion Bags

What better way to Recycle Your Onion Bags than to crochet them into a dish scrubber! Easy to make. Free form crochet, in other words…you’ll be creating the pattern as you crochet. I’ve made several of these and have to be honest with you, no two are alike! But the end results as I crochet them are that they are so much versatile than your everyday Brillo Pad. They don’t rust! They don’t scratch your finishes on your pans. To clean them, I stick them in the dishwasher with a load. I’ve made some for everyone. They can’t stop raving about how nice they are to use.

Recycle Your Onion Bags

This is a great project for the beginner crocheter. It simply doesn’t matter how you Recycle Your Onion Bags as you crochet. Whether your attempt ends up round, square, flat or looking like the state of Texas, it’s usable

Start saving up those netted bags some of your produce will come in.

Recycle Your Onion Bags

Fold in half.

Then fold once more.

Cut strips to about an inch in width.

Tie strips together.

Next you’re going to cut the strips open to a single strand and tie them together. Don’t worry about ends, they’ll just become part of the scrubber.
This project used three smaller onion bags. If you want one a little bigger just keep adding additional strips until you get it as large as you want it.
This is what I did. I used a crochet hook size “J” I chained 3 and slip stitched it to the beginning chain. Then I began a spiral single crochet. I increased (2 single crochet in same stitch) about every other stitch to keep it flat. When I got to the diameter I wanted I started to decrease my spiral by skipping every other stitch.

Reached a diameter of about 4 inches

Decreasing

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project on how to Recycle Your Onion Bags. Take a peek around at How To Crochet A Beanie. We’ve got great patterns, yarns and videos on how to crochet.

Recycle Your Onion Bags

How To Crochet A Pot Holder

The Square Pot Holder!  One of the easiest ways to learn How To Crochet A Pot Holder.  A project that can be completed as you enjoy an evening show.  This pattern for how to crochet  a pot holder calls only for your basic crochet stitches.  Chain and Single Crochet.  That’s it.  Once you get going on your crocheted pot holder, it’s repetitive without counting.  As you continue  around and around, your circle will become a square and you simply close it up with a whip stitch.  You end up with a double thick pot holder. It couldn’t be any easier to learn how to crochet a pot holder.
I’ve found that it is best to use a  4-ply cotton yarn to crochet a pot holder.  Your acrylic yarns tend to break down after several trips in and out of a 400 degree oven.  They will in time melt.  Cotton will not do this.
Choose a Crochet Hook size G to crochet a pot holder.
Finished Size of  Crocheted Potholder  7” X 71/2 “
Chain 40   You can easily make it smaller or bigger by increasing or decreasing your chain.
Row 1 – SC in the first CH and in each CH across,     CH 2 (This will be the only time that you CH 2). Round the corner and SC on the opposite side of previous row (some might call this the bottom of   previous row) all the way across.  Don’t   forget to SC in CH 2 Space.
 Continue around the corner working SC in each SC. The corners will start to fold in.  Just continue to SC in each SC, going all the way around. The ends will eventually come together and you will have a square potholder. Double thick!
  When your two ends meet in the middle, tie off. Leave about  12”-14” to whip stitch together.  There you have it.  Not only have you learned how to crochet a pot holder, you also have a useful quick creation.
Take a look around and see all the fun patterns  and great yarns that How To Crochet A Beanie.com have to offer.  From vintage pot holders that add such personality to your table, to your everyday practical ones that are an everyday necessity.