I have been asked to crochet a recycled plastic soap dish holder so this is up I came up with. I crocheted this soap dish using about three recycled plastic bags so it’s a great project if you only have a few bags in a special color.

It’s just the right size if you have a large square bar of soap. Here is my plarn soap dish with a scrubbie also crocheted from recycled plastic bags.

Here is a plarn soap dish pictured with a oval bar of soap along with a crocheted dishcloth to match.

Here is one other crocheted soap dish with white plastic retail bags along with a scrubbie added with a cotton yarn trim. The cotton yarn edging adds a colorful touch to the otherwise boring white bags. You can also use the soap dish crocheted from recycled plastic bags as a scrubbie holder. Just rinse it out in warm water if it gets too soapy or dirty. Either way this recycled soap dish is a handy holder and provides a useful way to reuse those plastic bags you may have stuffed in your kitchen drawers and cabinets.

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Free Crocheted Plarn Soap Dish Pattern

Materials needed:
3 — plastic bags cut into strips 3/4 inches wide and interlocked to create plarn
Here is the link to my plarn-making tutorials should you need it

Hook:
J (6 mm) US size metal crochet hook

Gauge: 3 Sc = 1 inch; 3 rows = 1 inch

Description:
Recycled Plastic Soap Dish – measures 5-1/2 inches long by 3 inches wide

Directions:
Row 1
Ch 13, Sc in the 2nd st from the hook and in each st across. Then turn and work Sc down the other side of chain in each st. ( 24 sts) Don’t join but work in the round until advised otherwise.

Row 2
Sc in same end st again. 2 Sc in next st (at end) and 1 Sc in ea st down to the other end, work 2 Sc in each of the two end sts, then Sc back down to the other end. (28 sts)
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Rnd 3 – 4
2 Scs in the each of the three end sts of strip, then 1 Sc in ea of the sts down to the other end. Work 2 Scs in the each of the three end sts and then 1 Sc in ea st down to the end. (34)
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Rnd 5
Sc in each st around.

Rnd 6
Ch 1, Sc in BLO in ea st. Join with Sl St to Ch-1 beg.

Rnd 7
Ch 1, working in both loops now, Sc in each st around. Join with Sl St to Ch-1. FO.

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Abbreviations:
Beg – Beginning
BLO – Back Loop Only
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Ea – Each
FO – Finish Off
Plarn – Plastic Bag Yarn
Rnd – Round
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Sm – Same
St – Stitch

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