Start your handmade gift-giving season strong with this free mini cable face scrubby knitting pattern, the perfect quick and luxurious treat your loved ones will adore.
Design Story and Inspiration for This Easy Face Scrubby Pattern
It’s that time of year again where I design for my annual Holiday Maker’s Challenge!! This is the 7th year that I have done the challenge, and I’m excited to be doing it again!
I designed this pattern as part of the 2025 Holiday Maker’s Challenge, where we encourage each other to work to our holiday deadline. There are a few criteria for our patterns in the challenge, which are:
1. Uses stash yarn
2. Is easy to intermediate
3. Is small so it doesn’t take a long time to make
4. Is well received by gift recipients
This pattern fits the bill because you can make so many face scrubbies from a single skein of cotton yarn and they make great gifts!
Yarn Options for Face Scrubbies
You really want to use cotton yarn for face scrubbies. I design them every year for the Holiday Challenge and then I use them in my skincare routine – I really love them, which surprised me!
They also hold up really well in the washing machine. We don’t do any special washing – just toss them in the machine with the other clothes. They do get a little smaller, but then I love them even more!
You can use any cotton DK weight yarn in your stash that gets gauge.
Pattern Details for this Face Scrubby Knitting Pattern
This pattern has a built-in garter stitch border, which I enjoy on my face scrubbies. It’s a great way to practice cable knitting if it’s new to you as well.
You can also find these face scrubbies from previous years’ challenges:
Basketweave Face Scrubbies
Oat Stitch Face Scrubbies
Textured Face Scrubbies
Mini Cable Face Scrubbies
What You’ll Need
Yarn: Small amount of DK weight cotton yarn (yarn used is Yarn Bee Sugarwheel Cotton)
Knitting Needles: US Size 6 (4.00mm)
Notions: Yarn needle, scissors
Finished Size: Approx. 4” square
Stitch Abbreviations
Knit (k)
Purl (p)
Mini Cable Face Scrubby Pattern
Ch 27.
Rows 1-3: Knit.
Row 4 (RS): K3, *p1, k3; repeat from * to end.
Rows 5 and 7: K4, p3, *k1, p3; repeat from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 6: K3, *p1, skip 2 sts, k third st on LH needle, k first st, k second st, then slip these 3 sts off LH needle; repeat from * to last 4 sts, p1, k3.
Rows 8-27: Repeat rows 4-7.
Rows 28-30: Knit.
Bind off knitwise.
Finishing
Weave in ends.
Final Thoughts on the Mini Cable Face Scrubby Pattern
I hope you enjoy this pattern as much as I enjoyed designing it!!
Join me for our seventh annual holiday challenge – but only until December 25!
Happy Knitting!
Amanda
