FREE Crochet Succulent Toilet Paper Cover Pattern
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This crochet succulent toilet paper cover is a creative way to hide a toilet paper roll while accenting your bathroom decor. As you create it, you’ll learn to make all sorts of interesting shapes and textures in single crochet.
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This fun project puts a modern twist on those toilet roll cover doll crochet patterns that many of our grandmas made in the 1970s, with a more understated vibe. Colorful cacti and succulents, with their striking architectural shapes and bold colors, complement a wide variety of decor styles, from contemporary to rustic. They lend a touch of sophistication to the kitschy, retro trend.
Now, just because it’s more sophisticated than its retro counterpart doesn’t mean this cover isn’t also fun. It is a bathroom item after all, which makes it a perfect gag gift. This would be ideal as a thoughtful gift for a plant lover to adorn their restroom.
The base of the toilet paper roll cover looks like a terracotta pot, which is filled with three types of crocheted succulents. It includes a cactus, a round succulent with layers of leaves, and one with dangling tendrils. This pattern is a great way to level up your crochet skill level. You’ll practice making several different shapes and textures, all with single crochet. And the pattern includes a full video tutorial with helpful info so even an advanced beginner should be able to create it easily.
I used Premier Just Yarn Worsted to make the cover shown here. These super-sized, 400g skeins are amazing deals, at only $7 each. Of course, if you already have another worsted-weight yarn on hand, that would work just as well. You could even use cotton for this project.
Now let’s get on with the pattern! Happy crocheting!
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So, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to make this fun pattern.
How to Crochet the Succulent Toilet Paper Cover
Materials you will need
- Premier “Just Yarn” (worsted weight yarn, 400g/875 yds)
- Orange
- Brown – Pecan
- Dark Green – Juniper
Gauge
4 sts x 5 rounds = 1 square inch
Size
5.75 (d) x 10.5 inches (fits a standard toilet roll)
Stitches used in the pattern
Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE (US crochet terms)
- st/sts = stitch/stitches
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- BLO = back loops only
FLO = front loops only - Mattress stitch for sewing
- invisible join
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Instructions for the Succulent Toilet Paper Cover
R1: make a Magic Ring, add 6 sc to the ring, close the ring, use a stitch marker
R2: 2 sc per st
R3: * 1 sc in the first st, 2 sc in the next st, repeat from * all around
R4: * 1 sc in the next 2 sts, 2 sc in the following st, repeat from * all around
R5: * 1 sc in the next 3 sts, 2 sc in the following st, repeat from * all around
R6: * 1 sc in the next 4 sts, 2 sc in the following st, repeat from * all around
R7: * 1 sc in the next 5 sts, 2 sc in the following st, repeat from * all around
R8: * 1 sc in the next 6 sts, 2 sc in the following st, repeat from * all around
R9: * 1 sc in the next 7 sts, 2 sc in the following st, repeat from * all around
R10: * 1 sc in the next 8 sts, 2 sc in the following st, repeat from * all around
R11: * 1 sc in the next 9 sts, 2 sc in the following st, repeat from * all around
Cut brown, start with orange
R12: 1 sc in the BLO in every st
R13-30: 1 sc per st
Fasten off
Now reattach your orange yarn to the front loops of of R11 – crocheting from the inside.
2nd R12: 1 sc in the FLO in every st
2nd R13-18: 1 sc per st
Fasten off
Fold over the smaller layer of orange for the top part of the plant pot.
Add a toilet paper roll on the bottom.
Succulent Number 1
3 Small Leaves
R1: make a Magic Ring, add 6 sc to the ring, close the ring, use a stitch marker
R2-6: 1 sc per st
Fasten off
Fasten off
6 Medium Leaves
R1: make a Magic Ring, add 6 sc to the ring, close the ring, use a stitch marker
R2: 2 sc per st
R3-10: 1 sc per st
Fasten off
6 Large Leaves
R1: make a Magic Ring, add 6 sc to the ring, close the ring, use a stitch marker
R2: 2 sc per st
R3: * 1 sc in the first st, 2 sc in the next st, repeat from * all around
R4-13: 1 sc per st
Fasten off
Tall Succulent
R1: ch 25, starting from the 2nd ch from the hook, 1 sc per ch, turn
R2-14: 1 sc in the blo in every st, turn
Hanging Succulent
*Make a Magic Ring, 5 unfinished dc stitches (so one unfinished one is like this: yarn over, insert into the magic ring, yarn over, then yarn over pull through 2, stop here), then yarn over pull through all 6 loops, ch 1, sl st to the Magic Ring, close the ring, and make the loop on your hook big, remove the hook and pull the yarn end through such that you make a knot
Now right next to it, start over from *
Do this until you have as many as you like. I made roughly 80-90 bobbles.
Assembly
Sew each stem of the hanging succulent to the brown “dirt” of the plant pot. Have the long string with bobbles like loops.
Now for the tall succulent, fold the long side of the rectangle in half, sew or slip stitch the first and last row together, close the hole on one side, stuff with polyfill and sew to the “dirt” of the plant pot.
Finally, sew the small leaves together in a circle, sew the medium leaves around the small leaves, then add the large leaves around it and sew the entire plant to the plant pot.
Finally, sew the small leaves together in a circle, sew the medium leaves around the small leaves, then add the large leaves around it and sew the entire plant to the plant pot.
I did not stuff the leaves, but optionally you can.
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