This hanging holder stores three toilet rolls in a small triangular “tree.” A dense green panel carries three snug pockets. Each pocket has a cream diamond lattice, a rope-textured cream rim and a little star at the center.
The colors are a soft forest green and a warm cream. It suits Christmas, but it looks just as good in a plain bathroom all winter. The style is tidy and structured, so it should look neat on the wall even when the pockets are empty.
The pattern uses US crochet terms. The finished panel measures 16 in (40.6 cm) wide by 19 in (48.3 cm) tall. With the strap loop and a 2 in (5.1 cm) ring, it hangs about 22 in (55.9 cm) long.
Here is how it’s built. You crochet a triangle panel in rows, then make three semicircle-based pockets with surface-crochet lattice and star appliqués. Next you sew the pockets on, work a two-round border and attach a strap around the wooden ring.
Finished Size and Construction
- Finished size: 16 in x 19 in (40.6 cm x 48.3 cm) panel; about 22 in (55.9 cm) hanging length
- Skill level: Intermediate
- Terminology: US
- Yarn weight: Worsted (#4)
- Hook: 4.0 mm (G-6)
- Number of pieces: 8 (1 panel, 3 pockets, 3 stars, 1 strap)
- Layout: 1 pocket on top, 2 pockets below
- Pocket size: 6.2 in (15.7 cm) wide, 3.1 in (7.9 cm) deep, 3.75 in (9.5 cm) tall
- Panel size before border: 15 in x 18 in (38.1 cm x 45.7 cm)
- Border depth: 0.5 in (1.3 cm)
Materials
Choose a smooth worsted-weight acrylic or cotton blend of about 183 m (200 yd) per 100 g. Smooth yarn keeps the lattice lines crisp. Cotton blends hold their shape best in a humid bathroom.
- Green: 300 g, about 550 m (601 yd)
- Cream: 60 g, about 110 m (120 yd)
These quantities include a safety margin of about 15%.
Tools:
– 4.0 mm (G-6) crochet hook
– 2 in (5.1 cm) wooden ring
– Tapestry needle
– Stitch markers
– Pins, blocking mat and spray bottle
– Scissors and tape measure
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- sc2tog – single crochet 2 together
- hdc – half double crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- inc – 2 sc in the same stitch
- BLO – back loop only
- rev sc – reverse single crochet (crab stitch)
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- RS / WS – right side / wrong side
Surface slip stitch (surf sl st): Hold the cream yarn behind the fabric. Insert the hook from front to back through the fabric and pull up a loop. Insert the hook at the next point on the line, pull up a loop, and draw it through the loop on the hook.
Gauge and Checkpoints
Gauge: 16 sc x 18 rows = 4 in (10.2 cm) with a 4.0 mm hook. That works out to 4 sts and 4.5 rows per inch.
Make one pocket base first and use it as your gauge test. Check these measurements as you go:
- Pocket base, Row 7: 21 sts; straight edge 3.1 in (7.9 cm)
- Pocket base, Row 14: 42 sts; straight edge 6.2 in (15.7 cm); depth 3.1 in (7.9 cm)
- Panel, Row 18: 48 sts; 12 in (30.5 cm) wide; 4 in (10.2 cm) tall
- Panel, Row 45: 30 sts; 7.5 in (19.1 cm) wide; 10 in (25.4 cm) tall
- Panel, Row 81: 6 sts; 1.5 in (3.8 cm) wide; 18 in (45.7 cm) tall
If your pieces are too big, go down a half size in hook. If they are too small, go up a half size. Don’t change the stitch counts, because the pocket placement depends on them.
Back Panel (make 1, green)
You work the panel bottom-up. It has two plain rows, then one decrease row, repeated to the top.
Row 1: Ch 61, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (60)
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st across. (60)
Row 3 (decrease): Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in each st to last 2 sts, sc2tog. (58)
Rows 4–81: Repeat Rows 2–3 like this: every row number divisible by 3 is a decrease row, and every other row is plain.
- After Row 18: 48 sts
- After Row 24: 44 sts
- After Row 45: 30 sts
- After Row 81: 6 sts
Fasten off. There are 27 decrease rows in total (Rows 3, 6 … 81), so 60 − 54 = 6 ✓. The panel measures 15 in (38.1 cm) at the base and 18 in (45.7 cm) tall.
Pockets (make 3)
Semicircle Base (green)
You work the base in turned rows. Each row adds exactly 3 sts.
Row 1: Make a magic ring, ch 1, work 3 sc in the ring. Pull the ring tight and turn. (3)
Row 2: Ch 1, inc in each st. (6)
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, (sc 1, inc) 3 times. (9)
Row 4: Ch 1, turn, (sc 2, inc) 3 times. (12)
Rows 5–14:Ch 1, turn, (sc in the next sts, inc) 3 times. Each row’s total is 3 x the row number:
- Row 7: 21 sts
- Row 10: 30 sts
- Row 14: 42 sts
Don’t fasten off. The straight edge now has 28 row-ends (14 on each side of the ring) and measures 6.2 in (15.7 cm).
Front Wall
Row 1: Ch 1, turn, sc in BLO of each st along the curved edge. (42) The unused front loops make a crisp fold between base and wall.
Rows 2–14: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st. (42)
Change to cream.
Rows 15–16: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st. (42)
Rim: Don’t turn. Ch 1, rev sc in each st back across. (42) Fasten off.
