Raspberry Soap Saver

I wanted to make my own soap sack for a while now. My mother-in-law gave us 24 bars of soap and I've  been making my own soap at home, so I've been trying to transition my husband to soap bars. My husband's big issue is he only likes washcloths and nylon loofahs, and he's not very receptive to a soap sack because then he has to have an additional washcloth in the bathroom, so I got to thinking. I originally searched on Ravelry and made a soap sack out of kitchen cotton, and IMO, the result was horrible. The soap sack never dried, and my soap became a mushy, dirty, gross mess. I ended up remaking it with crochet cotton, which worked wonderfully, so now I'm addicted. This soap sack will dry completely within 24 hours (in California), works great as a washcloth, and helps with lathering.

This is the first crochet pattern I wrote up. I borrowed a simple shell pattern, and also the Raspberry Stitch Pattern.

Shown here with my handmade goat milk lavender tea tree soap. 

Materials: 10 g (55 yards) of No. 10 crochet thread in mercerized cotton
                   1 piece of ribbon

Hook size: D 3.25mm

Finished size: 1 inch x 2-1/8 inch x 3-1/8 inch without the lace.

Base: 

• Chain 13, hdc in 2nd chain from the beginning, then hdc the remaining of the chains (12 stitches)
• hdc row 1-5
• sc in each hdc, then do 6 sc on the border, sc in each of the chain, then do 6 sc on the border (36 stitches)

Body: 

     Work raspberry stitch for 18 round by doing this: *work sc, dc, sc in the first stitch; skip two stitches* then repeat *~*to the end.

Edging:

     Round 1-3: sc in each stitch around.

     Scallop edge: *skip sc; dc, dc, trc, dc, dc in 3rd sc; skip sc; sc in first sc* around.

Finish: Weave in ends, then weave the ribbon through the last row of the raspberry stitches.

Note: This soap sack will stretch once it is wet, but it does not affect it's awesomeness. When it's dry, it'll stick to the soap. Just peel the soap sack off the soap before you shower and it'll work great as a lathering agent and also as a washcloth.