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Cardboard Crochet Pencil Holder – FREE Pattern

Crochet Thread Tube Pencil Holder
Crochet Thread Tube Pencil Holder

Here’s a cool project to help you use up those empty cardboard rolls from cotton crochet thread. The rolls come in two different sizes; the size 10 comes in a larger roll, and the size 3 is in a small roll. For this project I used the size 3 roll, which gives me a good height for pens as well as for my crochet hooks. In order to prevent the crochet hooks from sliding through, I placed a round piece of cardboard at the bottom.

I used a light weight yarn, however, I am sure that any type of yarn would work just as well.

It’s a little tedious working the yarn around the tube, but it’s worth it.

Hope you enjoy.

Material: 1 3×3 inch cardboard tube, light weight yarn.
Hook size: E 3.5mm.

Step 1

Insert the yarn through the cardboard tube, tie a knot and position the knot at the top of the tube.

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Step 2

Insert hook between the tube and strand of yarn, yo and pull up a loop.

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Step 3

With your hand or another hook bring the long end of the yarn through to the bottom of the tube.

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Step 4

Pick up this loop with your crochet hook, yo and pull through both loops. (1 sc made.)

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Step 5

Continue with steps 3 and 4 all around the tube, pushing the finished stitches together so that the cardboard tube does not show. Join with sl st.

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Edging:

Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 3, *skip about 3 sts, sc in next st, ch 3, repeat from * evenly around, join with sl st. (about 20 loops)

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Rnd 2: Turn, sl st into loop, ch 1, (sc, hdc, dc, hdc, sc) all in the same loop and in each loop all aound. Join with sl st.. Fasten off.

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Bottom

Ch 3, join with sl st to first ch to form circle.

Rnd 1: 2 sc in each st all around.

Rnd 2-3: Repeat rnd 1.

Rnd 4: Sc in each st around. (24 sts)

Rnd 5: (Sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st,) repeat all around. (32 sc)

Rnd 6: Repeat rnd 5, ending with sc in next 2 sts. (42 sts) Depending on what type of yarn you use, you may need to do another increase round.

Attaching Bottom To Tube

Rnd 7: Working into back loops and into the loops around the tube, join the two pieces together with sl sts. Fasten off.

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