Mini plant pot cozy Molly

Here is a free crochet pattern for a mini plant pot cozy Molly. The pattern can be easily adjusted for a larger plant pot and you can find detailed instructions below. It is a beginner friendly project and it won’t take long to make. For this pattern I use an extended single crochet back loop only working in rounds. I show how to make this stitch in the photo instructions below. And it is much more simple than it sounds! 🙂 I hope that you will like this mini plant pot cozy and you will give it a try.

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Mini plant pot cozy Molly

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Materials

Yarn: any thicker yarn will work. I used DIAMOND 8/4 mercerized cotton 100% 50 g. Colors: 3803 (light lilac), 4950 (linen).
Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used hook size 2.0.

Abbreviations (US terms)

st: stitch
sl st: slip stitch
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
sc-blo: single crochet back loop only
sc-blo inc: single crochet back loop only increase
esc-blo: extended single crochet back loop only
prev: previous
rep **: repeat from * to *

Notes

The diameter of my mini plant pot cozy is 7.0 cm and the height is also 7.0 cm.

This cozy is for a plant pot that has straight sides (not at an angle, widening in the top).

You will be working in rounds. This pattern uses the extended single crochet back loop only stitch. Photo instructions below show the main steps how to make this stitch.

It is easy to adjust the size for your cozy. Start by making a round base (see the pattern below for instructions) that is slightly smaller than your plant pot: it will get a bit wider when you will keep working. When you reach around one third of the height of the pot, change yarn color.

Pattern

Making the base

Start by making a magic (adjustable) ring with the lilac yarn.

Round 1: 8 sc in the magic ring, join with a sl st to the first sc. (8 st in total)

Round 2: ch 1, 1 sc-blo, then sc-blo inc in every st, join with a sl st to the ch 1. (16 st)

Round 3: ch 1, sc-blo inc;*sc-blo, sc-blo inc*, rep ** 7 times, join with a sl st. (24 st)

Round 4: ch 1; *sc-blo inc, 2 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, 1 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (32 st)

Round 5: ch 1, sc-blo; *sc-blo inc, 3 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, sc-blo, join with a sl st. (40 st)

Round 6: ch 1; *sc-blo inc, 4 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, 3 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (48 st)

Round 7: ch 1, 3 sc-blo; *sc-blo inc, 5 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, sc-blo, join with a sl st. (56 st)

Making the sides

Round 8: ch 1, sc-blo in every st, join with a sl st. (56 st)

Round 9-13: ch 2, esc-blo in every st, join with a sl st. (56 st)

Change yarn color to linen.

Round 14-23: ch 2, esc-blo in every st, join with a sl st. (56 st)

Fasten off.

Adjusting the size

If you need a smaller base for your pot cozy, you can stop after any round and continue with the sides, i.e. round 8 (the number of stitches in round 8 will be the same as in the last round of your base). If you need a larger base, you can follow the instructions below and then continue with round 8 (the number of stitches in round 8 will be the same as in the last round of your base). You can change yarn color when you reach around one third of the height of the pot.

Larger base

Round 8: ch 1, *sc-blo inc, 6 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, 5 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (64 st)

Round 9: ch 1, 4 sc-blo; *sc-blo inc, 7 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, 2 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (72 st)

Round 10: ch 1; *sc-blo inc, 8 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, 7 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (80 st)

Round 11: ch 1, 2 sc-blo; *sc-blo inc, 9 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, 6 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (88 st)

Round 12: ch 1, 7 sc-blo; *sc-blo inc, 10 sc-blo*, rep 7 times, sc-blo inc, 2 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (96 st)

Round 13: ch 1, 4 sc-blo; *sc-blo inc, 11 sc-blo*, rep 7 times, sc-blo inc, 6 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (104 st)

Round 14: ch 1; *sc-blo inc, 12 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, 11 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (112 st)

Round 15: ch 1, 9 sc-blo; *sc-blo inc, 13 sc-blo*, rep ** 7 times, sc-blo inc, 3 sc-blo, join with a sl st. (120 st)

Photo instructions for a mini plant pot cozy Molly

Round 1

1. Start by making a magic (adjustable) ring. Then make 8 single crochets in it.

2. Pull the end of the yarn to tighten the ring. Then insert your hook in the top of the first single crochet.

3. Yarn over and pull the yarn through to make a slip stitch.

Round 2

4. Chain one.

5. Insert your hook in the first stitch grabbing just the back loop.

6. Yarn over.

7. Pull the yarn through. Now you have two loops on your hook.

8. Yarn over.

9. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook. You have just made a single crochet back loop only.

10. Then make two single crochets back loop only in the next stitch (this is a single crochet back loop only increase).

11. Make single crochet back loop only increases until the end of the round and then join with a slip stitch to the chain one that you made in the beginning of this round.

Round 3

12. Chain one.

13. Make a single crochet back loop only increase in the first stitch.

14. Then make a single crochet back loop only in the next stitch.

15. Follow the pattern until the end of the round. Join with a slip stitch to the chain that you made in the beginning of the round.

Round 7

16. This is how it looks when seven rounds are completed.

17. I made the base slightly smaller than the plant pot because later the cozy will get a bit wider.

Round 8

18. Chain one.

19. Make a single crochet back loop only in the first stitch.

20. Continue making single crochets back loop only until the end of the round. Then join with a slip stitch to the chain one that you made in the beginning of the round.