Buy 100% Polyester yarn or use your acrylic yarn scraps. You will be making an enclosed "pillow case" out of the polyester yarn. Start by crocheting a chain that's about 3 inches long. Next, single crochet in the back side of your chain then continue around the other side of the same chain. Keep crocheting all the way around to your starting point and don't stop. You are working "in the round", in a spiral fashion.
When you've crocheted a rectangle that resembles a tiny pillow case, insert several of your used slivers of soap and slip them into this little pouch you've made. Finish it up by crocheting the top closed then crochet on a short loop for hanging it up to dry or crochet a longer chain several feet long to hang it up in the shower.
NOTE: Polyester yarn is great for exfoliating your body or scrubbing pots and pans while cotton yarn is soft and more like a wash cloth but it takes a long time to dry. This can also be made with thin hemp rope or nylon rope from the hardware store! You can also crochet this around a new bar of soap if you don't have any tiny silvers of soap saved up.
And as far as this crocheted soap holder not being "sanitary" that's what bleach is for... & when you've used it on your body several times, then start to use it for the ring around the tub or to clean your sink out, etc, etc... Let's all start trying to be more positive & caring & not undermine the simple ideas people come up with for tips to post here on this awesome web site. & if you really DO need to post a negative comment, please do it with love & consideration!
I think this is a great idea. There may be something to the sanitariness of it, but it can be cleaned and even washed with a little bleach water.
You don't have to worry about finding the correct scraps, just make this from what you have on hand. If you don't have the correct materials on hand, wait until you do. That's the beauty of learning about new ways to do something- you can use it when you have the correct stuff on hand.
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