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The Pencil Tissue Box Cover is a free crochet pattern featuring a pencil as the cover of a tissue box. The pattern includes a video tutorial as well. This cover makes the perfect teacher or other school personnel gift.
Back to School time can be stressful. The same is true for Teacher Appreciation week. Finding a gift to celebrate these occasions can be challenging to make sure your gift is unique.
How about a useful and functional gift that can make any teachers desk or student desk more interesting? This Pencil Tissue Box Cover for sure has that. It’s cool, interesting and super useful in any room and will always get attention.
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And to make it even more amazing, it comes with a video tutorial to show you how this pattern is made in case you are more of a visual learner.
The pencil tissue box cover was made with just worsted weight yarn. Not all the yarn colors are from the same yarn company, but that really doesn’t matter. I focused more on the colors and weight of the yarn, then where the yarn was made.
More Crochet Tissue Box Pattern Inspiration for free:
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I also create an actual crochet Pencil shaped Pencil Holder Box where you can store your pencils and pens in. Check out it, as it might make the perfect set.
So let me now give you the list of supplies you need in order to make this wonderful Pencil Tissue Box Cover.
You can get the crochet pattern for the Pencil Tissue Box Cover on Ravelry, Etsy, LoveCrafts, or my new membership The Crochet Club. The Crochet Club has so much more to offer than just pdf patterns! You get tutorials, references and the complete VIP treatment as well.
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If you do not want to join The Crochet Club, you can also purchase the ad-free, printer-friendly pdf pattern at the links below. But IF you join the All-Access Membership you will automatically get this pattern.
How to crochet the Pencil Tissue Box Cover
You will need:
- Yarn in the following colors, less than 1 skein each:
- Premier Anti-Pilling yarn, Cappucino (color A)
- Loops & Thread Impeccable yarn, Gray (color B)
- Premier Anti-Pilling yarn, Lemon (color C)
- Premier Anti-Pilling yarn, Black (color D)
- Red Heart Super Saver yarn, Petal Pink (color E)
- 5.0mm hook
- scissors
- tapestry needle
- tissue box that has these dimensions: 5 x 4.5 x4.5 inches
Gauge:
4 sc x 4 rows = 1 square inch
Size:
7 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches
Stitches used:
Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE
- sc – single crochet
- inc – increase
- inv sc dec – invisible decrease (insert loop into front loops of 2 stitches, finish like normal sc
- ch – chain(s)
- st – stitch
- hidden slip stitch
Instructions for Pencil Tissue Box Cover:
The pattern was designed from the bottom up where the opening of the tissue box cover is at the top where the tissues are pulled out of the box using the pencil lead hole as an opening.
The pink yarn is a bit thicker than the rest of the yarn so crochet this one a bit tighter so it balances it out.
Always change colors during the last stitch of the previous row where mentioned to change colors.
With color E:
Chain 56, sl st the last ch through the first ch to create a loop. To make sure your loop is straight and not twisted, check out this crochet tip here (video).
Rounds 1-25
R1 – R2: 1 sc in each stitch, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (slip stitch from behind) (56 sts)
With color B:
R2 – R3: 1 sc inc, 1 sc in each stitch until the last stitch where you place 1 sc inc, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (58 sts)
With color C:
R4 – R25: 1 sc in each stitch, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (58 sts)
Rounds 26-32
Using color A crochet the following:
R26: * 1 sc in the next 8 sts, 1 inv sc dec, repeat from * 3 more times, then 1 sc into each st until the end, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (53 sts)
R27: * 1 sc in the next 7 sts, 1 inv sc dec, repeat from * 3 more times, then 1 sc in each st until the end, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (48 sts)
R28: * 1 sc in the next 6 sts, 1 inv sc dec, repeat from * 4 more times, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (43 sts)
R29: * 1 sc in the next 5 sts, 1 inv sc dec, repeat from * 4 more times, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (38 sts)
R30: * 1 sc in the next 4 sts, 1 inv sc dec, repeat from * 4 more times, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (28 sts)
R31: * 1 sc in the next 3 sts, 1 inv sc dec, repeat from * 4 more times, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (23 sts)
R32: * 1 sc in the next 2 sts, 1 inv sc dec, repeat from * 4 more times, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (18 sts)
Big Finish
With color D crochet the following for the next 3 rounds:
1 sc in each stitch, sl st to the first st using the hidden slip stitch (18 sts)
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Now you can insert the tissue box from the bottom up into the cover. Then pull out some of the tissues so they are shown off and ready to be used coming out of the “tip” of the Pencil Tissue Box Cover.
Video Tutorial of the Pencil Tissue Box Cover
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