How to Crochet a Sturdy Pencil Shaped Holder

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This free crochet Sturdy Pencil Shaped Holder pattern is cool, unique with its zippered closure, and super easy to make! This will make a fun and exciting Back-To-School gift for your child!

For children, the first day of school can be a huge bundle of nerves like going on a roller coaster ride! They’re excited, nervous, scared, happy, sad… all filled with emotions, right?! Giving them a crocheted and unique gift like the Sturdy Pencil Shaped Holder will help to ease that excitement knowing that they have something that’s just for them. How special is that?!

The Sturdy Pencil Shaped Holder crochets up very quickly and uses your favorite colors of leftover yarn, a small amount of cardboard, a zipper, and an old coffee can. This is a crochet project that you can crochet in just one afternoon. And more than likely, you have all the materials you need at home.

My kids always ask me for one-of-a-kind crocheted items for back to school. It makes them feel special and loved knowing that only they have something that was made just for them. When they asked me to crochet them a pencil holder because they were tired of their older, junky looking one, I was excited! This is how I came up with the idea of creating a crocheted sturdy pencil shaped pencil holder!

And the coolest thing is that it is super sturdy and my kids can take it to school also. I am sure their teacher will be pretty jealous and might even want one for themselves! So, I already have my list for Teacher appreciation week ready: Pencil Shaped Pencil Holders.

The Sturdy Pencil Shaped Holder can also make a wonderful and thoughtful Teacher Appreciation Gift. Teachers love really neat items to decorate their classrooms. Knowing that a parent and child took the time to handmake a gift is very special to teachers; they truly enjoy the thought and creativity behind the gift.

While Back-To-School shopping can be harrowing and frustrating, it doesn’t have to be so! Definitely take the time to de-stress by making this awesome and cool Sturdy Pencil Shaped Holder for your child! Taking about only an hour to make, you’ll enjoy working on this fun project!

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How to crochet the DIY Pencil Shaped Pencil Holder

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Materials:

• Caron simply soft in colors:
  • Kelly green (Color B, 1 skein)
  • Sunshine (Color C) (1 skein)
  • Bone (Color D, 1 skein)
  • Black (Color E, 1 skein)
• Redheart in color:
  • petal pink  (Color A, 1 skein)
• 5.0mm hook
• scissors
• tapestry needle
• Don Francisco’s Gourmet Coffee can or any can that is 4 inches in diameter, 5.5 inches in height
• Zipper that is 9 – 11 inches
• Paper cardboard (like the back of a letter-sized notepad)
• Hot glue gun and Hot glue sticks

Stitches used (US terms):

Click HERE to learn these basic stitches

• single crochet (sc)
• single crochet increase 
• modified eyelash stitch

Final Size:

4.5 in diameter x 9.5 inches in height

Gauge:

4 sc x 4 rows = 1 square inch

Instructions:

Pencil Bottom

Use color A

All rounds are made in continues rounds, so please use a stitch marker.

Round 1: Make a magic ring and crochet 8 sc’s inside and pull tight

Round 2: 2 sc in the same st, all around

Round 3: *2 sc in the same st, 1 sc in the next st, repeat from * all around

Round 4: *2 sc in the same st, 1 sc in the next 2 sts, repeat from * all around

Round 5: *2 sc in the same st, 1 sc in the next 3 sts, repeat from * all around

Round 6-8: 1 sc in each st all around

Change to color B

Round 7-10: 1 sc in each st all around

Change to color C

Round 11-32: 1 sc in each st all around

Change to color D

Round 33: *1 sc, 1 sc going down one row, 1 sc going down 2 rows, 1 sc going down one row, repeat from * all around

Please see the picture tutorial for round 33 below:

The Pencil Tip

Start with color E

Round 1: Make a magic ring and crochet 8 sc’s inside and pull tight

Round 2-3: 1 sc in each st all around

Round 4: 2 sc in the same st, all around

Round 5-6: 1 sc in each st all around

Round 7: *2 sc in the same st, 1 sc in the next st, repeat from * all around

Change to color D

Round 8-9: 1 sc in each st all around

Round 10: *2 sc in the same st, 1 sc in the next 2 sts, repeat from * all around

Round 11-12: 1 sc in each st all around

Round 13: *2 sc in the same st, 1 sc in the next 3 sts, repeat from * all around

Round 14-15: 1 sc in each st all around

Round 16: *2 sc in the same st, 1 sc in the next 4 sts, repeat from * all around

Round 17-18: 1 sc in each st all around

Now, fasten off and weave in all the ends.

Furthermore, you will need to cut out a piece that is about 3 times (as if it would be attached) of the pencil tip. Then cut it bit smaller once you try to add it inside. Cut it on the round part, not the straight edge.

Then glue the paper and the tip (paper being on the inside) together using hot glue.

Next, you will attach a zipper to the coffee container (only half of it) as well as the crocheted piece that goes around the coffee container.

Finally you hot glue the tip to the other half of the zipper as well.

Now you can zip it up and put it on your desk. Zip it open and add your pencil, pens, scissors, etc. You can even use this for your hooks to hide them from your kids, pets, and spouse. Haha

Have you seen my Crayon Tissue Box Cover also?? Get the pattern HERE