This cozy holiday organizer holds three spare rolls in sturdy crocheted pockets. It hangs from a wooden ring, with one pocket at the top and two below on a wooden dowel. Each pocket is deep navy with a butter-yellow candle motif, sparkles, leafy sprigs and berries, and a corded yellow rim.
The look is classic and calm. It’s festive without being loud, and it works well in a bathroom all December.
The pattern uses US crochet terms. The finished organizer measures about 14 in (35.6 cm) wide at the dowel and about 18 in (45.7 cm) tall from the top of the ring to the bottom pockets. Each pocket is 5.7 in (14.5 cm) across and 5.3 in (13.5 cm) tall.
Each pocket is worked from the bottom up in joined rounds: first a flat circle base, then straight sides with the tapestry motif, a small decrease round to shape the barrel and a two-round rim. The straps and tabs are simple single crochet strips that are sewn on at the end.
Finished Size and Construction
- Finished size: about 14 in (35.6 cm) wide × 18 in (45.7 cm) tall, hanging
- Skill level: Intermediate (tapestry crochet)
- Terminology: US
- Yarn weight: Worsted (#4), cotton or cotton blend
- Hook: 4.0 mm (G-6)
- Number of pieces: 9 crocheted pieces (3 pockets, 2 long straps, 4 tabs), plus 1 wooden ring and 1 dowel
- Layout: 1 pocket on top, 2 pockets side by side below
- Pocket size: 5.7 in (14.5 cm) diameter × 5.3 in (13.5 cm) tall
- Pocket size before rim: 5.7 in (14.5 cm) diameter × 4.9 in (12.4 cm) body height
- Rim depth: 0.4 in (1.0 cm)
Materials
Choose a firm, smooth worsted cotton so the pockets keep their shape and the motif stays crisp. Acrylic also works, but it makes a softer pocket.
- Navy (MC): 200 g / about 340 m
- Butter yellow (CC): 60 g / about 102 m
- 4.0 mm (G-6) crochet hook
- Wooden ring, 3 in (7.6 cm) diameter
- Wooden dowel, 14 in (35.6 cm) long × 1/2 in (1.3 cm) diameter
- 4 locking stitch markers
- Tapestry needle and scissors
The yarn amounts include a margin of about 20% for your swatch and the carried strands.
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- sc2tog – single crochet 2 together
- inc – 2 sc in the same stitch
- sl st – slip stitch
- BLO – back loop only
- MR – magic ring
- MC / CC – main color / contrast color
- st(s) – stitch(es)
Reverse sc (crab stitch): Work from left to right without turning. Insert the hook into the next stitch to the right, yarn over, pull up a loop, then yarn over and pull through both loops. This makes the corded, rope-like rim.
Tapestry color change: Change color on the last yarn over of the stitch before the new color starts. Carry the unused strand along the tops of the stitches and work over it.
Gauge and Checkpoints
Gauge: 16 sc and 18 rounds = 4 in (10.2 cm) in sc worked in the round, with a strand carried.
Make one full pocket before starting the others, and measure it at these points:
- After Rnd 6 (36 sts): base diameter 2.9 in (7.4 cm)
- After Rnd 12 (72 sts): base diameter 5.7 in (14.5 cm)
- After Rnd 32: side height 4.4 in (11.2 cm), measured from the BLO ridge
- After Rnd 34: body height 4.9 in (12.4 cm)
- After the rim: total height 5.3 in (13.5 cm)
A difference of up to 0.25 in (0.6 cm) is fine. If the base is too large, go down a hook size. If it’s too small, or a roll won’t fit, go up a hook size. Don’t change the stitch counts, because the motif grid relies on 72 stitches.
Pocket (Make 3)
Work in joined rounds. At the end of each round, sl st to the first sc and ch 1 (the ch 1 doesn’t count as a stitch). Place all joins at the center back.
Base
With MC:
- Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR. (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3: (sc, inc) 6 times. (18)
- Rnd 4: (sc 2, inc) 6 times. (24)
- Rnd 5: (sc, inc, sc 2) 6 times. (30)
- Rnd 6: (sc 4, inc) 6 times. (36)
- Rnd 7: (sc 2, inc, sc 3) 6 times. (42)
- Rnd 8: (sc 6, inc) 6 times. (48)
- Rnd 9: (sc 3, inc, sc 4) 6 times. (54)
- Rnd 10: (sc 8, inc) 6 times. (60)
- Rnd 11: (sc 4, inc, sc 5) 6 times. (66)
- Rnd 12: (sc 10, inc) 6 times. (72)
The base should lie flat and measure 5.7 in (14.5 cm) across.
Body
- Rnd 13: sc in BLO of each st around. (72) This makes the ridge where the base turns up into the side.
- Rnd 14: sc around. (72) Place a marker in st 18 and in st 54. These mark the sides, and you’ll move them up each round.
Join CC on the first st of Rnd 15. Carry it all the way around Rnds 15–31 so the fabric has an even thickness.
- Rnds 15–31: sc 24 MC, work the motif row for that round over sts 25–47, sc 25 MC. (72)
Motif Grid (23 sts wide × 17 rounds)
Read each row from right to left. Y = CC, . = MC.
The grid is symmetrical, so it reads the same in either direction. Rounds 15–16 are the berries. Rounds 17–23 are the candle body with the sprigs on each side. Round 24 shows the drips, Rounds 25–26 the wax ledge, and Rounds 27–31 the wick, flame and sparkles. The motif measures 5.8 in (14.7 cm) wide × 3.8 in (9.7 cm) tall.
Cut CC after Rnd 31.
- Rnd 32: with MC, sc around. (72)
- Rnd 33: (sc 10, sc2tog) 6 times. (66)
- Rnd 34: sc around. (66)
