This project involves recycling those plastic six pack rings you get from cans into useful towel holders. The rings are cut apart and trimmed with scissors. You may not have noticed but once the rings aren’t around the cans anymore, they aren’t completely round. Using the shape as a towel holder worked out great. It has a natural bend in the ring which accommodates a folded towel over the ring.

Of course I wanted to keep this a recycled crocheted project, so I used t-yarn or tarn to make this towel holder. T-yarn is the yarn created from recycled t-shirts and cut very thin into strips to cover this plastic ring.

Once you crochet a few rounds, you can slide your towel handle around on the plastic ring. The last photo shows about where you want to place your center over the curve in the plastic so your holder is centered. I used a thin tea towel to insert in the ring as it fits better than thicker towels.

Here is the free crochet pattern below. Enjoy!

T-Yarn Towel Ring Holder

Materials needed:
2-3) ozs of white T-shirt cut into 1/4 inch wide strip and stretched to curl into t-yarn
Here is my t-yarn or tarn tutorial on how to make yarn from recycled t-shirts.
1) plastic ring cut from a plastic six-pack holder
1) 5/8 inch button
Small amount of fingering or thread yarn for trim

Hook:J (6 mm) size metal hook

Description: T-yarn Towel Ring Holder
Holder measures 4 inches wide and 7-1/4 inches long when buttoned

Directions:
Row 1
Attach your t-yarn with Sl St around trimmed plastic ring. Sc loosely around the ring and join with Sl St to beg Sc. (Approx 34-36 Sc)

Row 2
Ch2 *Hdc in next 5 sts, then 2 Hdc in next st*. Repeat between * around, ending with Hdc in any remaining sts to finish round. Join with Sl St to top of Ch 2 beginning.

Row 3
Ch 2, Hdc in next 7 sts. (8 sts counting the Ch2)
Move sts around so your handle is at center of natural curve in the ring. Just slide the sts over the ring to get it centered.

Row 4 – 15
Ch 2, Turn. Hdc in ea st until handle measures 5 inches or desired length. (8 sts across)

With RS facing, Ch 7.

Row 16
Turn and Sl St across chain and Sl St across the 8 sts of handle, and then Ch 7.

Row 17
Turn and Hdc in 2 st from hook and in ea st of chain and handle and across to the other end.

Row 18
Ch 2, turn. Hdc in ea st across to end.

Row 19
Ch 2, turn. Work 1 Hdc dec over the first 2 sts, then Hdc in ea st to last two sts. Work 1 dec Hdc over the last two sts.

Repeat Row 19 until you have just 7 sts remaining.

Buttonhole Row
Ch 2, turn. Work 1 dec Hdc over next 2 sts, Hdc in next st, Ch 1, skip next st, Hdc in next st, then work 1 dec Hdc over last two sts.

Next Row
Ch 2, turn. Hdc in ea st and in the Ch 1 space for buttonhole.

Last Row
Ch 2, turn. Work 1 dec over 2 sts, FO.

Trim:
I used some blue fingering yarn to trim around my triangle front. Just attach your yarn with a Sl St and Sc around the outside evenly.

If you have any questions or find discrepancies in this pattern, please email me using contact tab above.
Abbreviations:

BLO – Back Loops Only
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Dec – Decrease
Ea – Each
FO – Finish Off
FLO – Front Loop Only
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Plarn – Plastic Bag Yarn
Rnd – Round
RS – Right Side
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Sm – Same
St(s) – Stitch(es)
T-Yarn – T-Shirt Yarn
Tog – Together

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