This is an easy free pattern for making a bath puff / pouf. It is not scratchy like a nylon puff, but still suds up well when used with liquid body wash. It has a loop to hang dry after use. It comes out a nice size- approximately 5 inches in diameter.
The best thing about this pattern is you make the hanging loop before you make the body of the puff. A lot of the other patterns have you make the loop separately after the body of the puff is made, and it’s really hard to get into the middle of the puff to attach it. And though it looks like it might be hard to make the loop first and work around it, it’s really not at all.
The puff can be machine washed with like colors and tumbled dry low.
This is the second entry in The Cotton Yarn Chronicles– my adventures in finding uses for all the cotton yarn I “inherited.” 
Crochet Bath Puff / Pouf Pattern
Yarn: 2 Balls Lily Lily Sugar ‘n Cream Cotton Yarn. The color I used for the demo is Jewels. The other color shown is County Green.
Supplies:
Crochet Hook Size K (6.5 mm)
Yarn Needle
Scissors
Marker
Crochet Abbreviations Used in This Pattern:
ch = chain
r(s) = round(s)
sl st = slip stitch
st(s) = stitch(es)
dc = double crochet
Instructions:
The pictures show the pattern being worked from left to right because I am left handed. It can be worked either left to right or right to left and achieve the same results.
Strap:
Row 1: ch 30, sl st in first ch made forming loop
Body:
ch 3, join with sl st to form smaller loop.
Round 1: 30 dc in this smaller loop; place marker.
Rounds 2 & 3: 6 dc in each dc around.
Finish off with sl st in second st. Weave in ends.
If you need help crocheting this pattern, let me know and I will be glad to help!
Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!
-Michelle
Could you please send this pattern to me e-mail i just had surgery yesterday so it’s hard for me to do it thanks
I sure can!
I hope you have a speedy recovery!
This looks really nice! I hope to try this for Christmas stocking stuffers for the ladies in my family.
Thank you!
I’m sure the ladies in your family will love them!
This is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the free pattern
You’re very welcome! I’m glad you like it.
Wonderful! Thanks so much! I am trying to make a good portion of Christmas this year and this perfect for my “girl gifts” for my cousins
I almost forgot… does this have to be made of cotton? Can I use acrylic?
Hi Jenn! I’m glad you are enjoying the pattern!
Yes you can use acrylic yarn! Some people prefer the acrylic because the pouf will suds up more because it doesn’t absorb the soap as much as the cotton does.
Michelle
try to make this now but I cannot get 30 dc in the ch3, could only get 20 and mine is also not look like the picture, what does the back of it look like? can you post a picture, mine is looking like it’s going to be flat with the pouf’s on the front
Hi Anna!
I’m sorry you’re having trouble with the pattern. The pouf is round, so the back and the front of the pouf look exactly the same. If you just work off the 20 dc you’ve done it is going to look lopsided. If you don’t want to rip it all out and start over with a looser ch 3 loop (maybe even ch 5 instead; sounds like your gauge may be tighter than mine), I would add another small loop into the ch 3 loop and then work another 10 dc off the 20 dc you already did.
I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.
Michelle
Thank you it is actually starting to look right and thank you for the pattern
You’re welcome! Glad I was able to help!
I think I am missing something. I crocheted the loop and the 30 round and then did the 6 in each dc for Round 2, but now I am confused on where to crochet the 3rd round? In the 6 dc that I just did? Help!
Hi Valerie!
Just like round 2, you do 6 dc in every dc for round three. So round 1 is 30 dc, round 2 is 30 x 6 = 180 dc, and round 3 is 180 x 6 = 1,080 dc. Now I know that’s a lot of dc’ing, but it’s what gives the pouf its poof.
Hope that helps!
If it doesn’t let me know!
I got it, thanks! That sure was a lot of dc!!
It was really fun to make love it thank you
You’re welcome Karen!
Thanks for your feedback!
These were so easy to make I am going to make alot and give them as gifts
Christine
Woodridge Qld Australia
Thanks Christine!
They do make lovely gifts!
Thank you,i made this very nice Bath Pouf
You’re welcome!
I think I want to make one bigger. Have you ever tried doing a 4th round with the same pattern? Is it too floppy?
I have not tried it with a 4th round… the 3rd round is pretty tight, so I think it would still be okay adding another round, but of course I can’t say for sure since I haven’t tried it. If you try it, let me know how it turns out!
I made one and used it with Dr. Bronner’s liquid soap. It wouldn’t suds up. Do you need to use it a few times before it will suds?
Hi Connie!
Did you use cotton yarn to make it? If you did, I don’t see why it wouldn’t suds up on the first use. I’m not familiar with Dr. Bronner’s soap; is it the moisturizing type that has oils in it? That type of soap unfortunately might not work well with this pouf.
Yes, I used cotton. The soap does have organic oils in it. Will try a different yarn type…hemp, cotton/acrylic blend till I find one that works. Really want to make these for Christmas gifts this year.
Thanks, Connie
Thanks for the reply!
It suds up well with the soaps I use, so I didn’t think different soaps would make a difference. Thanks for letting me know this might not suds up well with all soaps. If you do find a cotton blend that works better with the soaps you use, please let me know so I can update the post with the info.
Great pattern! Thanks so much for sharing. Quick question: after round 2 do I join to the first stitch of round 2 or do I just start round 3?
Hi Dawn!
Since this isn’t a garment in which you’d want to keep the rounds even, I didn’t include a chain stitch to build the start of each round, so you don’t need to sl st the end of round 2- you can just keep going onto round 3.
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.
I am confused how do you crochet rounds 2 and 3??? So you crochet 6 doc in one double crochet he do you even do that??? Like one on top of the other??
Hi Danielle!
You crochet 6 dc in each dc for rounds 2 and 3. You are building the bulk in the pouf by doing this, so yes, it is essentially “one on top of the other.” It is similar to doing a shell stitch; you are just doing a lot of them to build bulk to make the pouf “poof.”
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.
Thanks so much, Michelle! Mine turned out great!
I had a thought about the way different soaps will work with different yarns. Make a small sample with the different yarns before committing to the pouf. I make small face wipes (makeup removers) by making a magic ring and doing 3 rounds (1st with 10 dc, 2nd with 20 dc, 3rd with 30 dc). Try the soap and see if it works!
Thank you for the tips Dawn!
I really appreciate when my readers help me out with the patterns since I don’t have the luxury of pattern testers.
I may have missed it but what is the purpose for the stitch marker?
Hi Lindsay! Since this is a ton of stitches worked in the round, it can be tricky to tell were the previous round ends. And trust me, as big as these rounds get, you don’t want to do more than you have to! 😉
I am still confused about this pattern. IT just doesnt make any sense to my brain. I get confused around round 2 and 3. Hope you are having a great day.
Hi Danielle!
I’m sorry you are having trouble of the pattern. Let’s try this: do you know how to do a shell stitch? If you do, that is really all you are doing in rounds 2 and 3. But instead of skipping stitches like you would normally do with a shell stitch, you are doing the shell stitch in EVERY stitch. That’s what gives the pouf its “poof.”
Does that help? Let me know!
So you do 6 double crochets in each stitch? For rounds 2 and 3?? Right I mean that’s a lot of double crochets in one.
Yes, it is, especially for round 3- you’ll feel like it’s never going to end!
But that’s what gives the pouf it’s poof and makes the ripples.
Hi Michelle, I just finished making this. I love it! I used scented yarn and it came awesome! Were doing a swap in one of my groups can’t wait to see what they say. Thanks!
You’re welcome Liusa!
What a great idea to use scented yarn for these!