Thanks to a fellow Craftster who posted her crocheted toilet paper she made for her sister! I decided to make a toilet paper scarf for my teen daughter. She loves scarves!! She received many comments when she wore this to school!
The roll is plastic needlepoint canvas and I did needlepoint on one side that would become the inside of the roll, and then used a brown yarn to crochet a "sheet" that covered the outside of the roll.
I think 18 "sheets" make up this scarf. It loosely wraps around her neck and then both ends hang at her waist.
The roll
Thanks for looking and comments are appreciated!
7/3/08....Wow! I can't believe there are 6 pages of comments and over 5300 views! Thanks everyone for the great comments and compliments! To those who wonder WHY anyone would make a toilet paper scarf??...well, WHY NOT?! It was made for my teen daughter and she's happy and that's all that matters!
Here's the very simple pattern. The original pattern was not mine but fellow Craftster Coffeenomore, or Coffeeandcrochet as she is known on Crochetville. (Many thanks to Coffee for sharing this on Crochetville!) I changed the length of the initial chain and the number of rows per "sheet" and the roll directions are my own. Here it is (my version):
E or F hook
1. Ch 16 (or enough to fit the width of the roll you are using)
2. sc in second ch from hook and in each sc across ch 1, Turn.
3. sc for 13 more rows, ch 1 at end of each row, Turn.
4. Now you are ready to do the row to create your "perforation" (to tear off a sheet!)
5. Perforation row: sc, ch1, sk 1, across. ch 1, turn.
6. Next row, then sc on across just like before for 14 rows-this completes another sheet.
7. Then do your perforation row and so on until it is the length you want.
I did 18 "sheets."
For the roll, I used a piece of plastic canvas that I actually needlepointed with brown yarn for what would be the INSIDE of the roll. For the outside, I simply crocheted a "sheet" but in brown and to fit the outside of the roll and then sewed it on around the outer edges and where the two longer edges meet. (You could sew a "sheet" to cover the inside of the roll, instead of the time-consuming needlepoint!)
Just above the brown seam on the roll, (this covers the nasty seam) place the first sheet and sew across on the roll using the cream colored or off white yarn.
You're done!
