Black Cat Crochet Dish Scrubby
Add a little feline fun to your kitchen with this black cat crochet dish scrubby!
Perfect for Halloween or for cat lovers year-round, this quick and easy crochet project is a great way to use up leftover cotton yarn while creating something both cute and practical.
You can find the free crochet scrubby pattern for the Black Cat Dish Scrubby in this post below, or you can purchase an ad-free print friendly version that contains ALL 3 Halloween Character Scrubby Patterns in one PDF, on Ravelry, or on Etsy.
This beginner-friendly crochet dish scrubby works up fast, making it ideal for handmade gifts, craft fairs, or adding a festive touch to your kitchen décor. Grab your favorite cotton yarn and crochet an adorable black cat that’s ready to tackle dishes with spooky style!
Crochet Halloween Towel & Dish Scrubby Sets
These coordinating Halloween towels and dish scrubbies make super cute gift sets!
- Black Cat Towel & Black Cat Dish Scrubby (in this post below)
- Ghost Towel & Ghost Dish Scrubby
- Frankenstein’s Monster Towel & Frankenstein’s Monster Dish Scrubby
Yarn
Cotton is the go-to fiber for crochet dish cloths, dish towels, and hand towels as it’s the most absorbent. There are several cotton yarns out there that would be perfect for this project, but I chose to use Lily Sugar n’ Cream 100% worsted weight cotton yarn. Lily Sugar n’ Cream is available in 39 colors so I was able to find the perfect colors I needed for this project within the same yarn line. For the scrubby portion, I used some of the Red Heart Scrubby Sparkle I had in my stash. If you do not have any brand of scrubby yarn in your stash, you can easily substitute cotton yarn.
Black Cat Dish Scrubby – Free Crochet Scrubby Pattern
The free pattern is below, but if you love to work offline, or need to order your yarn, I’ve got a couple other great options for you.
Purchase the ad-free, printable PDF, including all photo tutorials and ALL 3 Halloween Character Scrubby Patterns in one PDF, on Ravelry, or Etsy.
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Materials
- Yarn: Worsted Weight / 4 Yarn – I used Lily Sugar n’ Cream; 4 / Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn; (100% cotton / 120 yards / 70.9 g / 109 m / 2.5 oz ) & Red Heart Scrubby Sparkle 100% Polyester (174 yards / 159 m / 3 oz / 85g). If you do not want to use the scrubby type yarns, you can use all cotton yarns.
- Black Cat Yardage:
- Black Cotton Yarn (30 yards)
- Green Cotton Yarn (18″)
- Black Scrubby Yarn (10 yards)
- Crochet Hooks: H/8/5.00mm; G/6/4.00mm (My favorite crochet hooks are the Clover Amour Hooks, I’ve never had an ache in my hand since switching)
- Scissors
- Yarn Needle
- Scrap Piece of Yarn to use as a stitch marker
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch(s): chain(s)
- sl st(s): slip stitch(es)
- sc: single crochet
- hdc: half double crochet
- dc: double crochet
- tr: treble crochet
- st(s): stitch(es)
- RS: right side
- Rep: repeat
- Rnd: round
- BLO: back loop only
- FLO: front loop only
- SM: stitch marker
- Join with a standing sc
Skill Level
- Easy
Gauge
- Scrubby: 3.5″ diameter (not including ears or features that stick out past the main center part of the scrubby)
Finished Size
- Black Cat: 3.5″ diameter (not including ears)
Notes
- Lily Sugar n’ Cream yarn, in the colors Bright Green, and Black, were used for the cotton portion of the scrubby in the photos. Yarn details: 100% Cotton (120 yards / 109 m / 71 g / 2.5 oz).
- Red Heart Scrubby Sparkle yarn, in Black, was used for the scrubby in the photos. Yarn details: 100% Polyester (174 yards / 159 m / 3 oz / 85g).
- Black Cat Yardage: Black Cotton Yarn (30 yards), Green Cotton Yarn (18″), Black Scrubby Yarn (10 yards)
Black Cat Dish Scrubby Instructions
Note: The scrubby is worked in continuous rounds to keep from having an unsightly seam. Do not join at the end of each round, instead use a scrap piece of yarn to keep track of the beginning of each round. Move the scrap of yarn up as you complete each round.
Center of the Scrubby
Rnd 1 (RS): Using a 5.00mm crochet hook & black cotton yarn, ch 2, work 6 sc into the 2nd ch from your hook. (6 sts)
Rnd 2: Working in BLO, 2 sc in each st around. (12 sts) *Place a locking stitch marker in the FLO if the first st from Rnd 1. This is to mark where you begin the Catt’s Scrubby Center. See photos below.
Rnd 3: Working in BLO,*2 sc in the next st, sc in the next st, rep from * around. (18 sts)
Rnd 4: Working in BLO, *2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 2 sts, rep from * around. (24 sts)
Rnd 5: Working in BLO, *2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 3 sts, rep from * around. (30 sts)
Rnd 6: Working in BLO, *2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 4 sts, rep from * around. (36 sts)
Do not fasten off. Continue on to the Cat’s Ears.
Cat’s Ears
Rnd 1 (RS): Ch 1, (hdc, dc) in the first st, (tr, ch 2, sl st in the 1st ch, tr) in the next st, (dc, hdc) in the next st, sl st in each of the next 6 sts, ch 1, (hdc, dc) in the next st , (tr, ch 2, sl st in the 1st ch, tr) in the next st, (dc, hdc, sl st). (2 ears)
Fasten off. Weave in ends. Continue on to the Finger Loop.
Finger Loop
Row 1: Using a 5.00mm crochet hook & black cotton yarn, leave an 8″ tail of yarn, ch 5, sc in the 2nd ch from your hook and in each ch across. Turn. (4 sts)
Rows 2 – 13: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (4 sts)
Fasten off leaving an 8″ tail of yarn to sew the finger loop onto the back of the scrubby. Using a yarn needle, sew the short edges of the finger loop onto the back of the scrubby to create a loop. See photo below. Continue on to Cat’s Scrubby Center.
Cat’s Scrubby Center
Rnd 1 (RS): With black scrubby yarn and a 4.00mm crochet hook, join yarn with a standing sc (click HERE for tutorial) in the FLO marked with a SM from Rnd 1 of Center of the of Scrubby, working in a spiral, sc in the FLO of every st thru Rnd 6 of the center of the scrubby. See photos below.
Fasten off. Weave in ends. Continue on to Cat’s Eyes.
Cat’s Eyes (Make 2)
Rnd 1 (RS): With green cotton yarn and a 4.00mm crochet hook, ch 2, work 5 sc in the 2nd ch from your hook. Join with a sl st to the 1st st. (5 sts) Approximate finished size is 5/8″ in diameter.
Fasten off leaving a 6 – 8″ tail of yarn. Make the 2nd eye. Position the yarn eyes on the cat as shown in the photos on the last page and use a yarn needle and tail of yarn to attach them to the scrubby. Then with a 6″ piece of black yarn and a yarn needle, sew a vertical line in the center of each eye to create pupils. Weave in ends.
Make a Fun Crochet Dish Towel & Scrubby Set!
We have a coordinating black cat hand towel!
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