Crochet Pencil Case • Raam Crochet

Crochet Pencil Case using one color and single crochet to make it. It doesn’t take time to make and is actually really practical for gathering and keeping your pencil and a lot of other things like your crochet hooks. We’ll be working in round for the case and in row for the lid. You’ll need a button with suitable size for the case.

Designer: Nada
Skill level: Easy/Intermediate
Size: Free
Materials:
Any kind of medium thickness yarn with suitable crochet hook
In the pics you see I used 3 mm thick yarn with 5 mm crochet hook
Button
Needle

Terms:
MR – Magic ring
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
sc2tog – 2 single crochet together
BL – back loop only

Notes:
You can adjust the length of your case by making more or less rounds as you’ll see in the pattern.

Directions:
The Case: We’ll be working in rounds.

R 1: MR, 6 sc. (6 sc)
R 2: 2 sc each sts. (12 sc)
R 3: *2 sc, sc* repeat until the end of the round. (18 sc)

R 4: Sc BL each st. (18 sc)
R 5 – 23: Repeat R 4 or until you reach the length you want. Sl st next st. Do not FO. (18 sc)

The Lid: We’ll be working in rows.

Row 1: Ch 1, turn, sc next 7 sts. (7 sc)
Row 2 – 5: repeat Row 1. (7 sc)

Now we’ll be making the buttonhole.
Row 6: Ch 1, turn, sc next 2 sts, ch 3, skip next 3 sts, sc next 2 sts. (4 sc)

Row 7: Ch 1, turn, sc next 2 sts, 3 sc next chain space, sc next 2 sts. (7 sc)

Row 8: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc next 3 sts, sc2tog. (5 sc)
Row 9: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc next st, sc2tog. Do not FO. (3 sc)

Now we’ll be working sc around the outer edge of the lid and case as shown below.

– Ch 1, turn, sc next 3 sts.
– Ch 1, sc evenly down the side of the lid.
– Sc evenly across the upper edg of the case as shown in the pics. (11 sc)
– Sc evenly up the other side of the lid.
– Ch 1, sl st next st.
– FO leaving 5 to 6″ long tail to sew the button in place.