This three-tier hanging holder stores spare toilet rolls and adds a warm, handmade touch to the bathroom. Three round terracotta baskets hang one above the other from a wooden ring. Each basket has a cream scalloped rim and a row of three cream tulips on sage-green stems.
The look is cottage-style and slightly boho. A solid single crochet wall gives each basket structure, and the open lattice band above it keeps the piece light and shows a little of the roll inside. The cream scallops repeat the color of the tulips, which ties the whole piece together.
This pattern uses US crochet terms. Each basket is about 5 in (12.7 cm) in diameter and 3.75 in (9.5 cm) tall, and the whole hanger measures about 19 in (48.3 cm) from the top of the ring to the bottom of the lowest basket.
Construction overview: you work each basket base in the round, turn it up into a solid wall, and finish it with two lattice rounds and a closing round. You crochet the tulips, stems and leaves separately and sew them on. Two flat straps are sewn to the sides of the baskets and wrapped around the ring. Last, you work the cream scallop border around each basket rim.
Finished Size and Construction
- Finished size: about 19 in (48.3 cm) tall overall; each basket is 5 in (12.7 cm) across and 3.75 in (9.5 cm) tall
- Skill level: Intermediate
- Terminology: US crochet terms
- Yarn weight: Aran / worsted (#4), cotton or cotton blend
- Hook: 5.0 mm (H-8) for the baskets and straps; 4.0 mm (G-6) for the appliqués
- Number of pieces: 3 baskets, 2 straps, 9 tulips, 9 stems, 18 leaves, plus 1 wooden ring
- Layout: 1 column of 3 baskets
- Piece size: 54 stitches around, 15.4 in (39.1 cm) in circumference
- Size before border: wall height 2.75 in (7.0 cm)
- Border depth: 1 in (2.5 cm), made of 1 cream round plus 1 scallop round
Materials
Use a smooth, firm cotton or cotton blend so the baskets hold their shape. A soft acrylic will work, but the baskets will slump more under the weight of a roll.
- Terracotta: 175 g / about 300 m, for the baskets and straps
- Cream: 50 g / about 85 m, for the borders and tulips
- Sage green: 20 g / about 34 m, for the stems and leaves
Tools:
– 5.0 mm (H-8) and 4.0 mm (G-6) crochet hooks
– 1 wooden ring, 3 in (7.6 cm) outer diameter
– Stitch markers (at least 10)
– Tapestry needle
– Scissors
– Pins and a measuring tape
These quantities include a safety margin of roughly 15–20%.
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- hdc – half double crochet
- dc – double crochet
- inc – 2 sc in the same stitch
- BLO – back loop only
- MR – magic ring
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- sp – space
- sk – skip
Special stitch – Petal Tip: ch 3, sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch. This makes a small pointed spike.
Gauge and Checkpoints
Gauge: 14 sc x 16 rounds = 4 in (10.2 cm) with a 5.0 mm hook, worked in the round. This works out to 3.5 sts per inch and 0.25 in (0.6 cm) per round.
Make one complete basket before you start the others. Check these measurements as you go:
- After Round 5: the base is about 2.75 in (7.0 cm) across
- After Round 9: the base is 4.75–5 in (12.1–12.7 cm) across
- After Round 15: the solid wall is 1.5 in (3.8 cm) tall
- After Round 18: the wall is 2.75 in (7.0 cm) tall and the circumference is 15.4 in (39.1 cm)
Too big? Go down 0.5 mm in hook size. Too small, or the roll won’t fit? Go up 0.5 mm. A standard roll is about 4.5 in (11.4 cm) wide, so the basket needs to measure at least 4.75 in (12.1 cm) across.
Basket (Make 3)
Use terracotta and the 5.0 mm hook. Work in joined rounds: sl st to the first st to finish each round, and start each round with ch 1, which does not count as a stitch.
Base
Round 1: 6 sc in MR. (6)
Round 2: inc in each st around. (12)
Round 3: sc 1, inc around. (18)
Round 4: sc 2, inc around. (24)
Round 5: sc 3, inc around. (30)
Round 6: sc 4, inc around. (36)
Round 7: sc 5, inc around. (42)
Round 8: sc 6, inc around. (48)
Round 9: sc 7, inc around. (54)
Begin the increase repeats of Rounds 6–9 at a different point in each round. This keeps the base round instead of hexagonal. The base should lie flat and measure 4.75–5 in (12.1–12.7 cm).
Solid Wall
Round 10: sc in BLO of each st around. (54) The unused front loops make a crisp fold line, and the wall turns upward.
Rounds 11–15: sc in each st around. (54 each round)
The solid wall now measures 1.5 in (3.8 cm).
Lattice Band
Round 16: ch 1, sc in first st, ch 5, sk 2, sc in next st 17 times, ch 2, dc in first sc. (18 ch-5 loops)
The ch 2 + dc forms the 18th loop and leaves your hook at its center. The sc’s sit in sts 1, 4, 7 and so on up to st 52.
Round 17: ch 1, sc around the post of the joining dc, ch 5, sc in next ch-5 sp 17 times, ch 2, dc in first sc. (18 loops)
Because each loop is anchored to the center of a loop below, the lattice forms diamonds.
Round 18: ch 1, 3 sc in each loop around, counting the joining loop as one loop. Sl st to the first sc. (54 = 18 loops x 3)
Fasten off. The wall now measures 2.75 in (7.0 cm). Do not work the cream border yet; it comes after joining.
Tulip Appliqué (Make 9)
Use cream and the 4.0 mm hook. Work in turned rows.
Ch 3.
Row 1: 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook, 2 sc in next ch. (4)
Row 2: ch 1, turn, 2 sc in first st, sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in last st. (6)
