Travel Size Soap Saver

I wanted to make a soap saver for my travel size soap so I grabbed my hooks and some cotton yarn and tried it out. Hopefully I'll be able to take a better picture, as this one is from my cell phone.

I used a 4.00 mm/US-G hook and worsted weight cotton yarn of unknown origin.

Finished size is approximately 2 in. x 4 in. for the actual bag.

Travel Size Soap Saver
Starting with an adjustable ring, ch 3, dc 8 in ring. Pull tail tight and close ring.

Row 1: * 2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next st, repeat from * around. Sl st to top of ch 3.

Row 2: Sc in each st around, sl st to first st.

Row 3: Ch 3. Dc in each st around, sl to top of ch 3.
Row 4: Sc in each st around, sl st to first st.

Row 5: Ch 3. Dc in each st around, sl to top of ch 3.

Row 6: Ch 3. * dc2tog, dc in next st, repeat around from *. Sl st to top st of ch 3.

Row 7: Ch 3. * sc in second st, ch 1 * repeat around from *. Sl st to second st of ch 3.
I used this row to keep the soap in instead of using a drawsting, which tends to wear and break over time.

Wrist strap: Ch 30, attach to same st.
This row can be skipped if you don't want the wrist strap, or can be made longer or shorter to preference.


Edging: Ch 3. Dc in same st, ch 1. 2 dc in next ch 1 sp, ch 1.

At some point I'd like to improve the edging, but this is what I did this time, so... :) If anyone has any comments or suggestions please don't be shy, this is definitely the first pattern I've tried to write for other people to use.