Crochet Swiffer Mop Cover

I have a ceramic tile floor in the kitchen.  The best thing to clean it with is a swiffer.  However, the swiffer covers are scented (there is really no such thing as non-scented) and it sometimes bothers our allergies.  Also, they can be pricey to buy new ones.  They are similar to a baby wipe in feel & manufacture.  I've seen a pattern for a washable, reusable cover that was sewn but never quite got around to making one.  Then, last summer when I was visiting Froggy, I found a crocheted cover at a craft mall.  It was somewhere around $2.50, but I would have paid more for it.  I brought it home with intention of copying the pattern and making more.  But it got used (many times!) and even though it's not wool**, the yarn did mesh together enough that it was difficult to count stitches, etc., so I forgot about making more.  Then I found a pattern on line.  It was a little different, but I made one.  Then I realized that it didn't work, so I got out the one I bought last summer.  I frogged out some of what I'd made and then was able to copy the original one.

The pink camo is the one I bought last year.  The blue with multicolor spots is the one I made.

The one I made is a little bigger, but that is mostly because it's cotton yarn and it shrinks when washed.  They are slightly larger on one side, one side fits up over the swiffer.  They are washable and can be turned inside out, as both sides can be used.

Single stitch, back post.  And a lot of fun!

**Wool does what is called felting when it's washed in warm water.  Felting is exactly what it sounds like - the fibers will mesh together and it will resemble felt.  Felting makes it a thicker, stronger fabric.  Cotton doesn't felt exactly, but it does mesh together a bit.  Because I am allergic to wool, nothing I make will be felted.  This is cotton yarn, and it is strong yarn.

I made a second one, in yellow.  But I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to Sweetie for Mother's Day.  I'm trying to remember to take pictures.