This hanging holder has three round-bottomed baskets: one on top and two side by side below it. Two burgundy straps run up to a wooden ring. Each basket is deep burgundy and carries a cream hexagon on the front with a raised eight-petal poinsettia, a cream bobble center and small green leaf sprigs. A cream scalloped rim finishes each basket.
The colors are burgundy, cream and sage green. That makes it festive for winter while still being a practical bathroom piece. Each basket holds one standard roll.
This pattern uses US crochet terms. Each basket measures 5.5 in (14.0 cm) across and 5.75 in (14.6 cm) tall. The assembled holder is about 11 in (27.9 cm) wide and 17.75 in (45.1 cm) tall, including the 3 in (7.6 cm) ring.
Each basket is worked from the bottom up in continuous single crochet, starting with a flat circle. The rim is added before assembly. The hexagon, flower and leaves are made separately and sewn onto the front in layers. Then you join the baskets and sew on the straps.
Finished Size and Construction
- Finished size (one basket): 5.5 in (14.0 cm) diameter × 5.75 in (14.6 cm) tall
- Assembled holder: 11 in (27.9 cm) wide × 17.75 in (45.1 cm) tall
- Skill level: Intermediate
- Terminology: US
- Yarn weight: Medium / worsted (#4)
- Hook: 5.0 mm (H-8)
- Number of pieces: 3 baskets, 3 hexagons, 3 poinsettias, 18 leaf sprigs, 2 straps, 1 wooden ring
- Layout: Pyramid, with 1 basket on top and 2 below
- Basket size before border: 5.5 in (14.0 cm) diameter × 5 in (12.7 cm) tall
- Border (rim) depth: 0.75 in (1.9 cm)
- Hexagon: 4.5 in (11.4 cm) flat to flat, 5.2 in (13.2 cm) point to point
Materials
Use a smooth worsted yarn. Acrylic or a cotton-acrylic blend works best because it holds its shape and takes steam well. The amounts below assume about 200 m per 100 g.
- Burgundy (Color A): 200 g / 400 m (bases, bodies, petals, straps)
- Cream (Color B): 70 g / 140 m (rims, hexagons, flower centers)
- Sage green (Color C): 25 g / 50 m (leaf sprigs)
These quantities include about 15% extra.
Tools:
– 5.0 mm (H-8) crochet hook
– 1 wooden ring, 3 in (7.6 cm) diameter
– Stitch markers (at least 4)
– Tapestry needle
– Sewing pins or locking markers
– Scissors and measuring tape
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- hdc – half double crochet
- dc – double crochet
- rev sc – reverse single crochet (crab stitch)
- BLO – back loop only
- sk – skip
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- inc – 2 sc in the same st
3-dc bobble:3 times in the same st, then yarn over and pull through all 4 loops.
2-dc bobble: Same as the 3-dc bobble, but work the bracketed step 2 times and finish by pulling through 3 loops.
Rev sc (crab stitch): Work sc from left to right (right-handed), inserting the hook into the next st to the right each time.
Gauge and Checkpoints
Gauge: 14 sc × 16 rounds = 4 in (10.2 cm) in continuous rounds.
Make one complete basket and one hexagon before you make the rest. Every other measurement depends on these two pieces.
Checkpoints:
– Base after Rnd 5 (30 sts): 2.75 in (7.0 cm) across
– Base after Rnd 10 (60 sts): 5.5 in (14.0 cm) across
– Body after 10 body rounds: 2.5 in (6.4 cm) tall
– Finished body (20 rounds): 5 in (12.7 cm) tall, 17.1 in (43.4 cm) around
– Hexagon after Rnd 4: 3.75 in (9.5 cm) flat to flat
– Hexagon after Rnd 6: 4.5 in (11.4 cm) flat to flat
Too big? Switch to a 4.5 mm hook. Too small? Switch to a 5.5 mm hook. Being off by up to 0.25 in (0.6 cm) is fine. Anything more will affect how the roll fits and where the hexagon sits.
Basket (Make 3)
Work in continuous rounds without joining. Put a marker in the first st of each round and move it up as you go.
Base (Color A):
- Rnd 1: Magic ring, 6 sc in ring. (6)
- Rnd 2: Inc in each st around. (12)
- Rnd 3:6 times. (18)
- Rnd 4:6 times. (24)
- Rnd 5:6 times. (30)
- Rnd 6:6 times. (36)
- Rnd 7:6 times. (42)
- Rnd 8:6 times. (48)
- Rnd 9:6 times. (54)
- Rnd 10:6 times. (60)
Shift where the increases fall from round to round so the circle stays round instead of turning into a hexagon. The base should lie flat and measure 5.5 in (14.0 cm) across.
Body (Color A):
- Rnd 11: Sc in BLO of each st around. (60 worked 1 per st + 0 added = 60) This leaves a ridge that becomes the fold between base and wall.
- Rnds 12–30: Sc in each st around. (60)
That gives 20 body rounds, 5 in (12.7 cm) tall. Sl st in the next st to smooth out the step at the end of the round, then fasten off. Work the rim (see Border) before you assemble anything.
Hexagon Motif (Make 3)
“Per side” means the stitches between two corner ch-2 spaces. The corner spaces themselves are not counted as stitches.
Color B throughout:
- Rnd 1:Magic ring, ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in ring, 5 times, ch 2, sl st to top of ch-3. (12 dc; 2 per side; 6 corner sps)
- Rnd 2:Sl st in next dc and into the corner sp. Ch 3 (counts as dc), ch 2, dc in same sp. 5 times, dc in each dc across, sl st to join. (24 dc; 4 per side)
- Rnd 3: Repeat Rnd 2. (36 dc; 6 per side)
- Rnd 4: Repeat Rnd 2. (48 dc; 8 per side)
Checkpoint: 3.75 in (9.5 cm) flat to flat.
- Rnd 5:Ch 1. 6 times, sl st to first sc. (48 worked 1 per st + 12 added at corners = 60 sc; 10 per side)
- Rnd 6:Ch 1. 6 times, sl st to join. (60 worked 1 per st + 12 added at corners = 72 rev sc; 12 per side)
