Spider Scrubbie (crochet)

Materials needed:
- a bit of white and black cotton
- 4.5 mm crochet hook
- blunt tapestry needle

Measures: approx 3.5" wide

Stitches used: dc (double crochet), sc (single crochet), ch (chain), dc2tog (double crochet two together)

How to:
with white, crochet 5 sts and join.
row 1: ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 9 dc around (10 sts)
row 2: ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 19 dc around (20 sts)
row 3: ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 2dc, 2dc in same stitch, *3dc, 2dc in same stitch* around to end, join. (25 sts)
row 4: ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 3dc, 2dc in same stitch, *4dc, 2dc in same stitch* around to end, join (30sts)
row 5: ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 1dc, 2dc in same stitch, *2dc, 2dc in same stitch* around to end, join (40sts)
row 6: ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), dc around
row 7: ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), 1dc, dc2tog, *2dc, dc2tog* around to end, join (30sts)
row 8: ch 2 (counts as 1 dc), dc2tog, *1dc, dc2tog* around to end, join (20sts)
row 9: ch1, dc2tog around to end, join with 1st dc2tog (10sts)
row 10: ch1, dc2tog around to end, join with 1st dc2tog (5sts)
row 11: tie off, leaving at least a 1" tail. Bring yarn through both centers to bind in the middle, knot, and weave in ends. Sc a little handle (10-15sc) through the top if desired.

to make spider:
1) with black yarn, ch20 and join
2) ch1 (counts as 1sc), 9sc, 2sc in 1 stitch, 9sc, 2sc in last stitch, join (22sts)
Tie off and leave a 1.5" string. This chain will form an almond shaped body; use tail to join (in back) center of almond, about 1/3 of the way down. Stitch body to white scrubbie, and use tapestry needle to sew 8 legs from torso to through side of the scrubbie, through the center of it so the bottom of it is hidden into the scrubbie, and back through the torso to continue with the next leg. Continue around and tie off.

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