I am SO happy with me! Went back to the physical therapy gym this morning for the first time this calendar year. Knew I couldn't possibly quit doing those exercises, but how to continue seemed rather problematic. Between the boss changing from one insurance company to another, tight finances with husband laid off..... had been trying to use friend's gym (didn't have right equipment for my needs), using weights/tubing/therabands/Swiss ball picked up on my own....hadn't been to gym in 4 months.

Good news! I kept the weights light, reps low, time short on purpose. I did get tired, but I am not any more sore than usual. Less so, in fact; muscles are looser rather than as tight as I've become used to. I did OK. WHEW! I was afraid that I hadn't been able to do enough, since I didn't have access to equipment I'd become used to. Evidently I have been doing enough so that I haven't lost the progress I'd already made. BIG relief!

This is one of the scrubbies I was working on the other day. I use nylon plastic canvas yarn from Michaels. H hook worked ok. Should have used G hook on the rectangular one I made to use at home; it turned out rather too loose.

ROUND SCRUBBY
Ch 4, sl st tog
Row 1: Ch 3, 11 dc in ring
Row 2: Ch 3, turn, *Fpstdc (Front post dc: work dc around front 'post' of stitch below it instead
of into top of st) in next dc, 2dc in back of next dc*, rep around, making last dc in
same st as starting ch, sl st to join
Row 3: Ch 2, sc in back of next dc, *popcorn (dc, going through first loop only, leaving 2nd lp on
hook, 3 times; yo, draw yarn through all loops on hook in back of next dc), sc in back of
next dc, 2 sc in back of next dc* rep around, sl st to join
Row 4: ch 2, sc in back of next 2 sts, *ch 3, sl st in first ch, sc in back of next 3 sts* rep around
sl st to join, end off, weave in yarn to finish

RECTANGLE SCRUBBY
Same yarn as above. G hook
Ch 22, dc in 5th ch from hook to end of ch.
Row 2: Ch 3, *Fpst dc around next st, dc in back of next st*, rep across.
Row 3: Ch 3, *dc in back of next st, Fpst dc in next* so that the fpst are going around the
opposite dc's of Row 2, rep across
R0ws 4-6 Repeat Rows 2 and 3 until you have the size you want.