Day 15: Plant pot cozy with Christmas flowers

Here is the 15th free crochet pattern of my new Christmas Tales collection: a plant pot cozy with Christmas flowers. It would be a great addition to your Christmas decorations! You can find other Christmas Tales collection patterns here.

The pattern includes a list of materials, abbreviations, notes, written pattern, color chart and detailed step-by-step photo instructions. This quick crochet project uses the tapestry crochet technique. Even if you haven’t tried this technique before, the photo tutorial will guide you along the way, and you will easily complete the project. If you would like to learn more about this technique, you can take a look at my tutorial here.

This post is part of the Nordic Hook Advent calendar, which includes 24 tapestry crochet patterns from the Christmas Tales collection.

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Plant pot cozy with Christmas flowers

Materials

Yarn: I use Tencel 100% lyocell, 50 g = 141 m, colors: red (318291) and white (318290). However, any thin mercerized cotton yarn will work.
Hook: I use a 2.0 mm hook. If you are using a different yarn, choose the hook size that is recommended on your yarn label.

Abbreviations (US terms)

ch: chain
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
msc: modified single crochet
prev: previous
st: stitch

Notes

The diameter of my plant pot cozy is 7.0 cm and the height is 7.0 cm. You will be working in rounds. This pattern uses the tapestry crochet technique (you can find the tutorial here). The photo instructions below show the main steps how to make a plant pot cozy. This pattern uses a modified single crochet: make a single crochet back loop only, just instead of yarning over for the last step, yarn under (see the tutorial here).

For this pattern you will work in continuous rounds, which means that in the end of a round you don’t join with a slip stitch, but instead continue making modified single crochets in the top of the first stitch of the round. Remember to use a marker showing the beginning of each round. Follow the color chart showing how you should change colors.

Pattern

Start by making an adjustable (magic) ring with red yarn.

Round 1: 8 sc in the adjustable ring. (8 st in total)

Introduce the white yarn.

Round 2: msc inc in every st. (16 st)

Round 3: *msc inc, 1 msc in the next st*, rep ** 8 times. (24 st)

Round 4: msc; *msc inc, 2 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, 1 msc. (32 st)

Round 5: 2 msc; *msc inc, 3 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (40 st)

Round 6: msc; *msc inc, 4 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, 3 msc. (48 st)

Round 7: 4 msc; *msc inc, 5 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (56 st)

Round 8-23: msc in every st of the prev round. (56 st)

Even out the edge and fasten off.

Color chart

How to read the chart

Each square represents a stitch and its color. In each round you have 56 stitches (56 columns in the chart). Rows represent rounds (there are 23 rounds, however, the first 7 rounds are not shown in the color chart: they are all red and they are the round base of the plant pot cozy). For each round you have to read the row in the chart from right to left.

Photo instructions for the plant pot cozy with Christmas flowers

Round 9

1. See general photo instructions showing how to make a round base here. The first stitch in round 10 is white, therefore, complete the last stitch in round 9 with the white yarn.