Plarn Rose Scrubbie

I started this the same as the other scrubbie, working in rounds in single crochet. 7 rounds made a nice size for my hand. Then, instead of finishing off, I chained 3, turned, and working around the post of the sc, I worked dc around the spiral back to the middle. Finish off.
I can't claim this as original to me. I saw a picture on Pinterest, but there were no directions. It has more nooks and crannies for scrubbing grime off dishes. It does take longer to make. I think I'll probably make more of the plain scrubbies than I make of these.

Octagonal Plarn Basket.......

Well...it's not really octagonal. When I stopped increasing, the sides curved up and curved evenly into a round. By increasing over the same stitches each round, the bottom looked like an octagon. I'll have to try something different if I really want an 8 sided basket. I made the sides a little higher than the granny square basket. Now, I need to cut and roll some of these bags...

Plarn Phone Stand

I was reading the 5 little monsters blog, she had a post of a phone stand. It looked like a pillow to me. She's right, it would make quite a nice present for a dad or a grad.
But I wanted something simpler......
This took less than a full roll of plarn (10 bags).
It fits my iphone 6Plus.
ch 16.
sc in 2nd ch from hook and in rest of ch across. 15 sc.
ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across. 15 sc.
Repeat 22 times (23 rows).
ch 17.
sc across back of stitches of 1st row.
ch 17.
join to end of row 23. Finish off.
Quick and easy and it holds my phone up for watching videos.
I put a heavy glass behind my phone to prop it up and keep the stand from sliding.

Plarn Granny Square Basket: Finished..

Almost.
The sides are tall enough to use for holding plarn balls. I didn't finish off, because I might decide that I want the sides higher.
I worked the granny square until it was 11 inches on each side. Then I started working each round even: Instead of two 3 dc clusters and 3 ch in each corner, I started just putting one 3 dc cluster in the corner, the same as I had been putting in each ch 2 space on the sides. It went a bit bigger on the bottom, the same way my shopping bags do. The bottom is about 12 inches on a side. I've worked enough rounds to get 4 inches high on the sides. That's big enough to hold a lot of plarn balls. Now it's much neater in the craft room.
The first few beginning rounds went fast, because they were smaller. Each round got longer as I increased in all four corners. Progress seemed to be very slow. Going around while working the sides also seemed slow. Four 12 inch sides meant crocheting for 4 feet to get around once.
Another plus is that the balls would unroll in the bag so that I had a tangled mess of plarn.  This basket controls them better. Less unrolling, less mess, which makes it easier for me to see how much of any one color I already have cut and rolled.