Recycled Plastic Water Bottle Holder
I just recently completed this water bottle carrier or holder. It’s another item off my to-do list. This carrier holds a 1 liter bottle of water. I crocheted a wider and longer strap so this may be worn as a sling bag over your shoulder and across your body. The strap is 40 inches long so you have a nice comfortable length to carry this bottle. I found this worked well as this 1 liter bottle is a bit heavy when full. Also because the bag is crocheted using recycled plastic bags, you don’t have to worry about it getting wet from the condensation from the cold bottle. Don’t know how to make plastic bag yarn? — here is the tutorial link.
Here is the free pattern that I share with all my readers. Take care and blessings to all.
Free Water Bottle Holder Pattern
Material: Plastic bags cut into 1” strips – 1 Ball of plarn
Hook:
Metal “N” hook
Water Bottle Holder Size:
Bag - 5-1/2” wide, 7” long, with 4-1/2” round bottom
Strap – 40” long & 2” wide
With plastic bag yarn, Ch 4, Sl St to join in first st of chain to form ring.
Round 1
Ch 2 (counts as first Hdc), work 9 Hdc in ring (10 Hdc), join with Sl St at top of Ch 2.
Round 2
Ch 2, work Hdc in same stitch, then work 2 Hdc in each st, join with Sl St at top of Ch 2. (20)
Round 3
Ch 2, Hdc in same st, *Hdc in next st, 2 Hdc in next st*. Repeat between * to end, join with Sl St at top of Ch 2. (30)
Round 4
Ch 2, work Hdc in same st, work 1 Hdc in next 2 sts, *2 Hdc in next st, Hdc in next 2 sts*. Repeat between * to end, join with Sl St at top of Ch 2. (40)
Rnd 5
Ch 4, *Sk next st, Tr in next st*, repeat between * to end, join with Sl St at top of Ch 4.
Rnd 6
Ch 4, work a Tr around the complete st between ea Tr of last rnd. (Insert hook from front to back around complete chain in sp between Tr’s). Join with Sl St at top of Ch 4.
Tip: Check the fit for your water bottle. Adjust your sts as needed, tighter or looser as needed to get the fit you need.
Rnd 7 -11
Ch 4, Tr in ea sp between Tr’s. Join with a Sl St to top of ch 4.
Row 12 - Strap
Ch 2, Hdc in same st. Hdc in next sp, Hdc in next Tr st, Hdc in next space, and then Hdc in next Tr st. Turn.
Row 13 - 75
Ch 2 (counts as 1st Hdc), Hdc in ea st, turn. (6 sts in strap)
Repeat to 75 rows or to desired length of strap.
Attach to opposite side with a Sl St to match other side. Work Sc from backside across sts to attach strap to holder matching opposite side. FO and weave in end to secure strap to bag.
If you have any questions or find discrepancies in this pattern, please email me using contact tab above.
Abbreviations:
Ch - Chain
Hdc - Half Double Crochet
Dc - Double Crochet
Dec - Decrease
FO - Fasten Off
Inc - Increase
Plarn - Plastic Bag Yarn
Rnd - Round
Sc - Single Crochet
Sl St - Slip Stitch
Sk - Skip
St - Stitch
Tr - Treble Crochet
This pattern is copyrighted by Cindy at My Recycled Bags {dot com} and may only be used for private individual use. No commercial sales or use is permitted. Links to this pattern are acceptable. ©2007
Filed under: Plastic Bag Crafts on July 28th, 2007
This is an awesome project!!! Thanks for the pattern!
Thank you so much for sharing all your pics and patterns with all of us.
You do great work and I really enjoyed your web pages. Thank you and God bless.
Wow! That’s great!
This is WAY too cool! Now I really, really wanna learn how to crochet! I have a rug book, and one of the rugs is crocheted (is that a word?) from plastic bags! (((((HUGS))))) sandi
I have been making plastic yarn for awhile now, but haven’t found a pattern to try it out one. I like this one because I love walking with my water bottles.
Once I’ve made it I’ll post a photo on my blog and be sure to credit you for the pattern.
Well done!! I love this idea and will definately add it to my to-do list. Your creativity amazes me everytime.
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Hah! That’s great. I have a feeling those are Kroger/Kessel bags! Those are the same color bags our stores have. Awesome.
Kerstin,
Actually these brown bags are from my local Safeway store. I get many of these bags from friends and the recycling bin at Safeway to make my wicker-look projects.
Isn’t it strange to make a recycled waterbottle holder from plastic bags? I mean, you advertise all of this recycled stuff, but water bottles are pretty terrible for this planet.
@ Svetlana,
Water bottles are reusable and we use our water bottles over and over again. We rarely buy bottled water. We have wonderful well water and just refill our bottles at home. Yes, water bottles can be bad for our planet but you can reuse them or recycle them. It is my intent to help people make useful items from trash and I think it this water bottle holder can still promote my theme. Thank you for your comments and I hope this explains why I made this product.
the waterbottle in your photo is not meant to be reused, the plastic breaks down very easily and you end up drinking the particles. Although the bottles are made from very valuable PET that can be easily recycled, only bottles form the same company can be recycled together since the PET formulas differ from one manifacturer to another. Nobody separates the bottles into different companies for recycling. There was a method developed to recycle different PET plastics together, but the plant closed after a short time and noone uses this method. The bottles are currently downcycled, into speed bumps and park benches, and the products they are made into are simply discarded after use. Anyway, I think I’ve been studying too much, sorry… you really should invest in a bottle that is meant to be reused though.
@Svetlana,
The water bottle in the picture was given to me at a training class and I used it as a prop in my photo. Yes this one is lightweight and we have since recycled it. We do reuse the heavy plastic bottles for water. They are marked pete 1. Are those okay to reuse over and over? Also we have several Nalgene bottles we use. You sound like you know way more about this than I do so I hope you can advise me and our readers here. Thanks so much for comments.