Mighty Mitered Scrub Featuring Jubilee, Spongy Dish Yarn – A free knit scrubby pattern!

The Mighty Mitered Scrub features Jubilee Spongy Dish Yarn and is a FREE scrubby knit pattern as part of the Summer of Scrubbies 2025. If you have not yet joined the Summer of Scrubbies – what’s the hold up? It’s gonna be so much fun! Click here to sign up.

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Mighty Mitered Scrub: A Free Scrubby Knit Pattern Introduction 

Pattern Introduction 

A sponge that can scrub? Yes, please! The Mighty Mitered Scrub pattern is where spongy scrub yarn meets a multi-directional knit to maximize the scrub effect. You will love to have one of these in your scrub arsenal! 

Worked flat, this is a mitered square that uses garter stitch and a center decrease to create stitches and rows that go two directions. The raised center creates a ridge of scrubbing for those really tough spots. 

Feel free to knit this for yourself, others, and for sale. Please give me credit when selling items made from this pattern. 

Happy knitting!

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Skills

This project is suited for knitters who are comfortable to work in, or who are open to learning the following skills and techniques:

Bind-off, cast-on, knit, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over, purl, slip 1 knitwise. 

Not familiar with these techniques? No problem! The pattern includes links to helpful tutorial videos to guide you every step of the way.

Skills

This project is suited for knitters who are comfortable to work in, or who are open to learning the following skills and techniques:

Bind-off, cast-on, knit, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over, purl, slip 1 knitwise. 

Not familiar with these techniques? No problem! The pattern includes links to helpful tutorial videos to guide you every step of the way.

Materials

Yarn recommendations

Jubilee, Spongy Dish Yarn, fiber content: nylon 100%; 50 g; 43 yards/40 meters, or any similar aran weight yarn that knits to gauge.

Sample used

• Size S: 8 g; 7 yards/6 meters; 1 ball in 04 Lime Green colorway.
• Size M: 13 g; 11 yards/10 meters; 1 ball in 06 Pistachio colorway.
• Size L: 19 g; 16 yards/15 meters; 1 ball in 07 Seaweed colorway.

Knitting needles

US size 9/5.5 mm, or size used to match gauge – straight or circular as you prefer.

Notions

Two locking stitch markers, scissors, tapestry needle.

Gauge

12 sts x 24 rows over 4″/10 cm in garter stitch worked flat.

It is not necessary to match gauge for this pattern. If you knit with a different gauge from that in the pattern, your Mighty Mitered Scrub will end up a different finished size, and this will affect the amount of yarn needed. 

Size Information

S (M, L)

Finished measurements

3 (4, 5) inch square/7.5 (10, 12.5) cm square.

Abbreviations

BO	bind-off		CO	cast-on
dec	decrease		k	knit
k2tog	knit 2 together		LH	left hand
m	marker		p	purl
pm	place marker		psso	pass slipped st over
rem	remaining		rep	repeat
RS	right side		sl	slip (knitwise)
st(s)	stitch(es)		WS	wrong side

Pattern Notes

• All slipped sts should be slipped knitwise. 
• While knitting, it may appear that your fabric is creating a cone more than a square. Continue knitting, and when complete, stretch the fabric by pulling lengthwise, widthwise, and diagonally. After stretching, your scrubby will lay flat. 
• Light blocking will remove the stiffness from your final object. 

Techniques Used

Slip 1, Knit 2 Together, Pass Slipped Stitch Over (sl 1, k2tog, psso) 

The (sl 1, k2tog, psso) is a two-st dec that will be worked throughout the Mighty Mitered Scrub. This dec is what will bring your line of sts into a square. 

1. Slip 1 st knitwise.
2. Knit 2 sts together.
3. Insert the LH needle into the slipped stitch and pass it over the k2tog st. 
4. Continue knitting. 

You may view the Tin Can Knits tutorial here.

Pattern Instructions

Cast-on

Using your favorite cast-on method, CO 11 (14, 17), pm, CO 8 (11, 14) sts. You will have a total of 19 (25, 31) sts on your needles.

Mitered Square Pattern

Row 1 (RS): Sl 1, *k* to last st, p1

Row 2 (WS): Sl 1, *k* to 3 sts before m, (sl 1, k2tog, psso), remove marker, k1, pm, *k* to last st, p1. Total sts 17 (23, 29).
Place a locking marker on RS of fabric.

Work Rows 1-2 a total of 7 (10, 13) times, or when you have five sts remaining on your needles. On the final repeat, remove the m, and do not place it again. See St Count Per Repeat of Rows 1-2 table below. Proceed to instructions for Final Rows. 

St Count Per Repeat of Rows 1-2
	Rep 2	Rep 3	Rep 4	Rep 5	Rep 6	Rep 7	Rep 8	Rep 9	Rep 10	Rep 11	Rep 12	Rep 13
S	15 sts	13 sts	11 sts	9 sts	7 sts	5 sts
M	21 sts	19 sts	17 sts	15 sts	13 sts	11 sts	9 sts	7 sts	5 sts
L	27 sts	25 sts	23 sts	21 sts	19 sts	17 sts	15 sts	13 sts	11 sts	9 sts	7 sts	5 sts

Final Rows

Row 1 (RS): Sl 1, k3, p1, turn 

Row 2 (WS): Sl 1, (sl 1, k2tog, psso), p1, turn. Total sts 3.

Row 3 (RS): Sl 1, k1, p1, turn

Row 4: (WS): Sl 1, k2tog, psso. Total sts 1.

Proceed to Bind-off instructions. 

Bind-off

Cut a tail and pull through the remaining st to close. 

Finishing

Weave in ends. Block as desired.

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Mighty Mitered Scrub Free Knit Scrubby Pattern Customization Introduction

You can easily make the Mighty Mitered Scrub with stripes and/or add an i-cord. Simply follow the instructions below. 

You may use any customization options you choose, but remember that the amount of yarn needed will vary depending on the options you choose.

Option 1: Stripes

To add stripes to your Mighty Mitered Scrub, you will follow the instructions as written above with yarn color changes on each Row 2.

On your Final Rows, change the color on Rows 2 and 4. You may choose not to change the color a final time. The sample photo shows the Final Row 4 switching colors. 

Option 2: I-cord Loop

Work Final Rows 1-2 (when you have 3 sts rem). Sl 1, k2tog. You now have 2 sts. 

1. Switch to DPNs for knitting an i-cord. 
2. Knit 2 sts. 
3. Slide the 2 sts you just knit to the other end of your DPN. After doing this, the working yarn will be running from the second st of the row that is about to be worked. 
4. Knit 2 sts, being careful to pull the working yarn tight enough that you close the gap between the last knit st and first knit st. However, be careful that you are not pulling too tightly.

Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until you have knit an i-cord of *at least 2 inches/5 cm long. 

*You may choose to knit a shorter or longer i-cord to reach your desired loop size. 

BO all sts. 

Finally, sew the end of your i-cord to the beginning of the i-cord so that it forms a loop. Weave in your ends. Or sew ends through the interior of the i-cord. This hides the ends really well. You may view a photo tutorial on OzzyLosi Knit Designs website here.

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Quick Thanks!

A huge thank you to all of the test knitters who contributed their time, valuable information, and feedback to make this pattern the best it can be. Your efforts are truly appreciated!

Thank you to Danna Williams for proofreading and making things easier to read and knit!Finally, an extra special thank you goes to Bronwyn Hahn for tech editing. To learn more about Bronwyn, visit her website.

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