15 Homemade Swiffer Cloth Patterns
A bunch of new patterns for reusable swiffer cloths added! Who doesn’t hate paying money for swiffer cloths that you just end up throwing out? Here are a few ideas for making reusable ones from cloth plus a bunch of knit, crochet & sewing patterns to make your own:
- Use old flannel diapers, jogging fleece, flannel remnants, recycle old t-shirts, towels or baby receiving blankets and cut them down to fit on your swiffer–just leave excess to push into top holders. Rinse then launder.
Free Reusable Swiffer Cloth Patterns
Knit Patterns
- Swiffer Cozy Pattern
- MD Swiffer Mop Cover
- Ball Band Mop Cover Pattern
- Swiffer Wet Jet Cover
- Free Pattern: Ballband Dishcloth Reusable Swiffer Cover
- Swiffer Zoom Pattern (pdf)
- Kansas A’s Swiffer Cover (loom knit)
Crochet Patterns
- Reusable Crocheted Swiffer Cover Pattern
- Crochet Swiffer Pattern
- Crochet Biffer “Shrug” (pdf)
- Crocheted Swiffer Cover
- Suh-Wif-Fur Loopy Dust Mop Cloth (Free Crochet Recipe)
- Swiffer Cardi (pdf download)
Sewing Patterns
- Swiffer Mop Pad (a reusable one!)
- New Improved Swiffers (not a How-To pattern but you can see at a glance how to make them)
More Goodies To Check Out:
- Homemade Swiffer Cloths - Showdown
- Make Your Own Swiffer Duster - Instructions
- DIY: Pretreated Dusters or Dusting Rags
- How To Remove The Cap On A Swiffer Wet-Jet Cleaner Bottle
- Use Socks As Swiffers (perfect if you’re not into crafting one yourself)
- Knit Mop Cover (pdf) This is for an oval shaped mop head, swiffer style.
If you prefer buying the swiffer cloths, I have come across mentions of people actually washing them and reusing a handful of times before throwing out.
Make Your Own Swiffer Style Dusting Mitts - Free Pattern
Here’s a free pattern for Plant Dusting Mitts, but they can certainly be used to make regular household dusting mitts: Dusting Mitts Pattern (pdf). Simple enough that many really don’t need the pattern, but still nice to have on hand.
Great use for old towels. You can buy disposable Swiffer Mitts, but if you’re interested in frugal living or the environment, just whip up your own, wash and reuse.
*This is an updated list, initially published on January 18, 2007
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21 Apr 2008 at 10:17 am
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25 Apr 2008 at 3:49 pm
I just go to the nearest discount store, or discount dept. store, and buy a pack of white washcloths. I’m not into sewing, and the smaller cloths fit the swiffer without any work on my part (I’m also not into working hard!). I think the terry cloth does a very good job of dry AND wel mopping.
26 Apr 2008 at 7:16 am
OHHH, thanks, simple and clever. I’ll put my scraps to work and clean out the “save for another knitting day” project. Yeah, cleaning all the way around!
hugs to you;
Kimmie
mama to 6
one homemade and 5 adopted
*and now off to adopt to Ethiopia!
26 Apr 2008 at 8:40 am
Use your scrap pieces of polar fleece in your swiffers. I have a dog and a cat and the fleece grabs pet hair like a vacuum cleaner. I found that it cleaned much better than the swiffer cloths. then throw in the washer and dryer. Fleece doesn’t fray so you don’t have to worry about threads. If you have only small pieces, sew them together with a zig zag stitch on your machine or by hand to make them big enough to fit.
30 Apr 2008 at 10:08 am
I use the swiffer cloths because they hold the dust better than just cloth by itself, and I can’t use a spray such as endust. Will fleece or terrycloth keep the dust on as well as the swiffer? Thanks.
02 May 2008 at 9:57 am
I have a mop cover that is completely different from any of the above.
And it’s also free.
http://www.technicalillustrator.net/FreePatterns.html
09 Jun 2008 at 1:55 pm
We have a laminated wood floor which has been very hard to clean. Seems whatever I use, it becomes sticky no matter how much I dry it or dulls the floor. When I read this tip I thought of using old wash cloths! Now when I want to clean the floor, I attach an old wash cloth to the Swifter head. It is just thin enough to stay in the push-in place. Viola!! Now when I clean my floors, they look much better and I don’t break my back.
So, this idea stimulated another. That’s the way ideas should be. Thanks. Really appreciate this site and your tips. I used to write a column with tips in our church newpaper. Wish I knew you then!
16 Jun 2008 at 9:22 pm
love this site! never thought of something reusable/washable for my swiffer… bonus is that I have a swiffer wetjet, so a terry shop towel would do just fine, again, and again, and again….
23 Jun 2008 at 12:20 pm
I attach old used fabric softner sheets to the swifter and away I go. With 2 dogs and a cat- they pick up hair excellent!
07 Jul 2008 at 5:49 am
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07 Jul 2008 at 3:50 pm
[...] 15 Homemade Swiffer Cloth Patterns It’s so wasteful to use and discard those covers for the Swiffer mop, convenient though it may be. TipNut has listed 15 different ways to make reusable Swiffer cloths; guilt free mopping. Yay!!15 Homemade Swiffer Cloth Patterns » TipNut.com [...]
07 Jul 2008 at 9:28 pm
I still have not had the time to setup my website, but it is always on the list, it just keeps moving down to the end.
I love this website, love it, luv it!
But, I am an old woman, [tee-hee] and all this swiffer, swoofer, throw-away-make-it-easier stuff , that would have surely added another 20years to my life keeps getting all tangled up with ‘make it home made’, make it cheaper. I’m not complaining, I just thought maybe there is someone else out there who feels the same way, or wants me to be ‘boiled in oil.
08 Jul 2008 at 12:15 pm
I crocheted one of these really fast. I never thought of doing this. I added a couple of rows of netting slip stitched on one end for extra scrubbing. This works great!! Thanks for all the great ideas.
16 Aug 2008 at 8:50 am
I would love to use the homemade Swiffer covers. One BIG problem is that I don’t knit or sew. Is anyone willing to sell some of theirs? I am sure I’ll still save money rather than buying the commercial ones. Thanks for your help.
16 Aug 2008 at 10:49 am
Hi Gloria, check out Etsy and browse through the listings from various sellers, I’ve got the link here for search/swiffer covers: Etsy Swiffer Covers.
16 Aug 2008 at 6:57 pm
Thanks for the info. Love, love, love Tipnuts! I just found you but have already learned incredible things in just a week. All the tips are priceless!
21 Sep 2008 at 11:51 am
Burnt food in pots
My daughter threw out an expensive pan that she burnt food in. I tried this later on one of my own pots in desperation and voila clean pot.
Squirt some dishwasher soap with a little pit of water. Boil and voila clean pot with no scrubbing.
04 Oct 2008 at 7:50 am
I adopted an old swiffer wet jet from a thrift shop (only a $1).
I decided that I was going to make this frugally easy to maintain, instead of spending money like a drunken sailor on VJ day on it.
I first picked up a few handy wipe microfiber shop towels (orange and/or green colored) from my nearest dollar tree. I also had some velcro on hand. You fold the cloth in half, then put velcro (the fuzzy stuff) on the back of the cloth. You are done and you now can attach it to your wet jet. If you don’t like velcro stuff, then I don’t see why you can’t use terrycloth washclothes/old terry cloth robes, etc.
I did also buy a thing of swiffer solution so I am planning to refill that with cheap dollar store all purpose cleaner after the thing is empty. I have heard numerous things on how to refill it so I am going to try some of them and see how it goes.