This holder has three deep teal baskets stacked one above another, joined by two sturdy straps and hung from a wooden ring. Each basket holds one standard roll. Each one has a cream shell rim and three small flowers with mustard centers.
The colors are calm and natural: dark teal for structure, cream for the lace rim and flowers, and a small amount of mustard yellow for the flower centers. The style is cottage-meets-spa, and it suits a small bathroom where floor space is tight.
This pattern uses US crochet terms. Each basket measures about 5.7 in (14.5 cm) across and 5 in (12.7 cm) tall with its rim. The finished holder hangs about 25 in (63.5 cm) from the top of the ring to the bottom basket.
Here is how it’s built. You crochet three baskets from the base up, two long flat straps, and nine small flowers. You sew the straps to the sides of the baskets, wrap the straps around the ring, and then add the cream shell rim to each basket so the shells line up with the straps.
Finished Size and Construction
- Finished size: about 6 in (15.2 cm) wide × 25 in (63.5 cm) long, including the ring
- Skill level: Easy-intermediate
- Terminology: US
- Yarn weight: Worsted (#4) cotton
- Hook: 5.0 mm (H-8)
- Number of pieces: 3 baskets, 2 straps, 9 flowers, 1 wooden ring
- Layout: 1 column of 3 baskets, with straps on the left and right sides
- Piece size (one basket body): 5.7 in (14.5 cm) across × 4 in (10.2 cm) tall
- Size before border: basket body 4 in (10.2 cm) tall; straps 24 in (61.0 cm) long before folding
- Border depth (shell rim): 1 in (2.5 cm)
Materials
Use a smooth, firm cotton or cotton blend in worsted weight. Cotton holds its shape in a damp bathroom and gives the shells a crisp outline. Avoid very soft acrylic, because the baskets will sag under the weight of the rolls.
- Color A, dark teal: 260 g (about 455 m)
- Color B, cream: 60 g (about 105 m)
- Color C, mustard yellow: 5 g (about 9 m)
These quantities include a margin of about 15% over what the sample used.
Tools:
– 5.0 mm (H-8) crochet hook
– 1 wooden ring, 3 in (7.6 cm) across
– Tapestry needle
– Locking stitch markers (at least 6)
– Straight pins
– Measuring tape
– Scissors
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- dc – double crochet
- sc2 – work 2 sc in the same stitch (increase)
- BLO – back loop only
- MR – magic ring
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- sk – skip
- rnd – round
Special stitch – Shell: work 7 dc in the same stitch.
Gauge and Checkpoints
Gauge: 16 sc and 18 rows/rounds = 4 in (10.2 cm) in Color A.
Make one complete basket body (base and sides) before you start anything else. Then check these sizes:
- After base Rnd 6 (36 sts): about 2.9 in (7.4 cm) across.
- After base Rnd 12 (72 sts): 5.7 in (14.5 cm) across, lying flat.
- After side Rnd 30: 4 in (10.2 cm) tall from the turning ridge, and an 18 in (45.7 cm) circumference.
- Strap: 1.5 in (3.8 cm) wide, and 18 rows = 4 in (10.2 cm).
If your base is too big, go down to a 4.5 mm hook. If it’s too small, or the roll won’t fit, go up to a 5.5 mm hook. Don’t add or remove increase rounds: the 72-stitch count matters because the shell rim repeat depends on it.
A standard roll is about 4.5 in (11.4 cm) across. Check that a roll fits easily into the finished body.
Basket (Make 3)
Use Color A. Work in continuous spirals. Mark the first stitch of each round and move the marker up as you go.
Base
- Rnd 1: MR, 6 sc in ring. (6 sts)
- Rnd 2: sc2 in each st around. (12 sts)
- Rnd 3: sc 1, sc2 6 times. (18 sts)
- Rnd 4: sc 2, sc2 6 times. (24 sts)
- Rnd 5: sc 3, sc2 6 times. (30 sts)
- Rnd 6: sc 4, sc2 6 times. (36 sts)
- Rnd 7: sc 5, sc2 6 times. (42 sts)
- Rnd 8: sc 6, sc2 6 times. (48 sts)
- Rnd 9: sc 7, sc2 6 times. (54 sts)
- Rnd 10: sc 8, sc2 6 times. (60 sts)
- Rnd 11: sc 9, sc2 6 times. (66 sts)
- Rnd 12: sc 10, sc2 6 times. (72 sts)
To keep the circle round rather than hexagonal, move the increases around: on even rounds, start with half of the plain stitches.
Sides
- Rnd 13: sc in BLO of each st around. (72 sts) This makes the turning ridge where the base meets the side.
- Rnds 14–30: sc in each st around. (72 sts each round)
At the end of Rnd 30, sl st into the next st to smooth the step. Fasten off and weave in the end.
Before you put the basket aside, mark the side positions. Place one marker in the Rnd 30 stitch directly above where your rounds began, and call it st 1. Count around and place a second marker in st 37. Those are the two strap lines. Stitches 2–36 are the front and stitches 38–72 are the back.
Flowers (Make 9)
Use Color B.
- Rnd 1: MR, ch 1, 5 sc in ring, sl st to the first sc. (5 sts)
- Rnd 2: in the next sc work (ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, sl st) 5 times. (5 petals)
Fasten off and leave a 10 in (25.4 cm) tail for sewing. Each flower measures about 1.1 in (2.8 cm) across.
Center: with Color C, make a French knot (3 wraps) in the middle of the flower. Knot the ends on the back.
