Last Christmas one of my Zumba buddies, Irene gave all of us these dish scrubbers. They were so pretty that I didn't know what it was at first.
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I thought it might be a hot pad or a doily. What a surprise to learn they were dish scrubbers.
When I used it I found that it took just a dot of dish soap to create a whole LOT of bubbles in the pad and could almost wash a sink full of dishes. Then you could rinse out the soap very easily.
We tried looking for more of these beautiful pads at craft fairs, but couldn't find them.
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One night, I mentioned these incredible pads to my friend, Diane. She is a teacher and said she'd received these from one of her parents.
Diane very kindly gave me one of them which I'm loving.
When I mentioned how much I loved the scrubbers, Irene said her sister-in-law crocheted them with a special Korean yarn and sold them at 3 for $10. The yarn is unavailable in Hawaii. She has to rely on people going to Korea or purchase them herself when she travels there.
Guess what Tiffany and Jonathan will be getting for presents soon?
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I thought it might be a hot pad or a doily. What a surprise to learn they were dish scrubbers.
When I used it I found that it took just a dot of dish soap to create a whole LOT of bubbles in the pad and could almost wash a sink full of dishes. Then you could rinse out the soap very easily.
We tried looking for more of these beautiful pads at craft fairs, but couldn't find them.
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One night, I mentioned these incredible pads to my friend, Diane. She is a teacher and said she'd received these from one of her parents.
Diane very kindly gave me one of them which I'm loving.
When I mentioned how much I loved the scrubbers, Irene said her sister-in-law crocheted them with a special Korean yarn and sold them at 3 for $10. The yarn is unavailable in Hawaii. She has to rely on people going to Korea or purchase them herself when she travels there.
Guess what Tiffany and Jonathan will be getting for presents soon?
It's a nice idea to have something pretty for mundane tasks.
ReplyDeleteThat's great, Kay! I have never heard of them until now.
ReplyDeletethey are pretty, I have never saw them,
ReplyDeleteI've knitted or crocheted scrubbies using strips of nylon tulle. They work well for scrubbing dishes, but knitting with tulle is hard on the hands. Wish that Korean yarn were sold here!
ReplyDeleteLike Jean, I crochet scrubbies from heavy duty nylon net. My family and friends grab them up before I can even think about selling them. They are great for cleaning non-stick pots and pans, bathrooms, ceramics, car windows, brushing lint, etc. I wonder if that Korean yarn is nylon. It kind of looks like it. Wish I knew where to get some too. Will research that.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I would love to find a few of those little pretty things for my kitchen. :-)
ReplyDeleteyou may have created a new market!
ReplyDeleteinteresting new product Kay!
ReplyDeleteOh, I too want one. Perhaps our Korean markets might have them here.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't want to mix up the Korean yarn for knitting a sweater! DrumMajor
ReplyDeleteI love the bright colors. The lemon is my favorite. Hint, hint. Dianne
ReplyDeletecool idea, never seen them before
ReplyDeleteHi Kay,
ReplyDeleteFound this link to a supplier....I think.....
http://www.eulees.com/about-soosemee/
have a great rest of the week,
Niki
That looks really similar but costs twice as much and they don't show you photos of the choices, do they? Still, looks like this is almost what I have. How interesting!!! I should tell Irene to sell it on the web. On the other hand, her sister-in-law just got an order for 400 of these things to give as gifts for wedding guests. She's going to have a hard time meeting that order as it is.
DeleteThese look lovely and what a thoughtful and useful gift. I have a friend who likes to knit dish cloths out of a certain type of sturdy material, and she also makes the tea towels to match. I received these for a gift a while back and I am still using them as they wash very well.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Palama market? You show us the coolest stuff :-)
ReplyDeleteAloha
You always bring something new to the table. I love the colorful look of them and your description of how they work makes me want one too.
ReplyDeleteWell, aren't those pretty! I wonder what the special yarn's fiber content is.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice idea, and lovely to have something pretty to look at while you're doing those boring jobs.
ReplyDeleteI'm.sure the Korean yarn is the special secret ingredient to the scrubbies' success. I'm typing on kindle fire. I tried clicking on your comments link and got a windows operation failed message. I had to restore my laptop recently and forgot to update windows from factory default. That could be the reason. I'm still waiting for over 100 updates to install.
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I think it's that special yarn too. Wow! It's not easy to use your Fire for this, is it? I hope your laptop is up to snuff right away.
DeleteHi Kay, it's working OK. After the updates, I don't get the windows message anymore. Had to come back to your site to try it again. Typing on kindle fire is nuts. Especially since it's not easy to use special marks like apostrophes lol
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They are wonderful, definitely bring a bit of sunshine into chores. I wonder if they are imported here in England.
ReplyDeleteI think I may try crocheting that pineapple design scrubbie. Seems fast and easy to make. I have used plarn in the past but it doesn't hold water in order to suds up. This gives me the idea of using a silk or cotton type yarn with the plarn.
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just another comment...that pineapple design has all the right angles and rounded curves, plus it is very apropo in the kitchen lol
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You're so lucky you know how to do this! :-)
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