Crochet mushroom house toilet paper holder pattern
This storybook design turns the holder itself into a tiny house: a cream cottage body, a green door and glowing windows, climbing vines and flowers, all under a big red spotted mushroom cap. Here, the roll opening cleverly doubles as the house front.
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- Finished size
- 23 cm tall × 18 cm wide × 18 cm deep
- Yarn
- Worsted #4, about 460 g
- Hook
- 4.0 mm
- Gauge
- 16 sc × 18 rnds = 10 cm
- Skill
- Beginner to intermediate
- Terms
- US crochet terms
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Finished size & materials
Finished size: 23 cm tall × 18 cm wide × 18 cm deep
| Yarn Color | Approx. Quantity |
|---|---|
| Cream | 220 g |
| Red | 120 g |
| Green | 55 g |
| Brown | 30 g |
| Yellow | 15 g |
| Pink / floral | 20 g |
Parts to make: House basket body ×1, door ×1, windows ×2, vine/floral set ×1, mushroom cap ×1, mushroom spots ×5.
Visual reference
The pattern
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Step 1: Wide House Basket Body and Toilet-Paper Opening
Work the wider 64-stitch basket in cream, exactly as for the Ghost (chain 19 foundation, increase to 64 at R4, BLO fold at R5, opening at R14 with ch 26 / skip 26). Keep the walls straight.
The front roll opening doubles as the house doorway opening, so the decorative door panel must be placed beside or below it — never across it. Finish with a slip-stitch top edge and do the roll fit check.
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Step 2: Door and Windows
Door (green): Ch 13. Row 1: sc 12. Rows 2–18: sc 12. For a rounded top, decrease 1 stitch at each edge on every row until 4 stitches remain. FO. Surface-stitch vertical brown lines if desired and add a tiny yellow knob.
Windows (make 2): Yellow square: ch 7, sc 6 for 6 rows. Brown frame: surface slip stitch around all edges, then add one vertical and one horizontal bar.
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Step 3: Mushroom Cap, Spots, and Florals
Mushroom cap (red): R1 6, R2 12, R3 18, R4 24, R5 30, R6 36, R7 42, R8 48, R9 54, R10 60, R11 66, R12–R14 66. Brim — R15: (10 sc, inc) ×6 = 72; R16 72. Do not heavily stuff; use a thin removable stuffing pad, or stitch the cap directly over the house top.
Spots and florals: Spots ×5 (cream): 6 sc in MR, increase to 12, FO flat. Leaves using the ch 8 leaf method. Flowers: 5-petal MR in pink, yellow, and cream. Crochet a vine cord of ch 35–45 and surface-sew it around the door and windows.
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Step 4: Final Assembly
Sew the door and windows first, then the vines and flowers. Attach the mushroom cap evenly around the top, keeping a 2–3 cm overhang. Add the cream spots. Insert the roll and check that the front opening remains unobstructed. Final target size: 23 × 18 × 18 cm.
Finishing & quality check
Use this same finishing order for every design in the collection:
- Block and shape the empty basket, and verify the roll opening.
- Attach the major head/top section, centered over the opening.
- Pin paired parts first; compare them from the front and side before sewing.
- Sew accessories and decorative parts only after the structural seams are secure.
- Insert the roll, adjust the shaping, weave in all tails, and perform the final size check.
Final quality checklist — before you call it done:
- Roll slides in and out freely
- Holder stands without tipping
- Paired parts are symmetrical
- No stuffing is visible
- All yarn tails are buried
- Eyes and decorations are secure
- Finished dimensions are within about 1 cm of target
Care & placement
- Place finished holders on a dry shelf or floor position beside the toilet.
- Keep them away from direct moisture, shower spray, wet floors, and sink splashes.
- Leave the roll opening unobstructed.
- Spot clean only. Reshape while damp and air dry completely.
- Hide all yarn tails inside the work, and reinforce load-bearing attachment points.
- For child-accessible decor, embroider eyes instead of using removable small parts.
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