Recycling Plastic Rings for Towel Holders

We are having a CAL (crochet-a-long) over in our Trash to Treasures group on Ravelry. We are crocheting kitchen towel holders.

Here is the plastic ring holder I recycled to use in this crafting project. This plastic holder is used in retail stores to hold together two hot sauce jars. I thought it would be a good ring to use for the base of my towel holder. Here is how I recycled the plastic holder.

Cut the rings apart with sharp scissors and trim the edges so they look like these below. The rings are 3 inches wide and make an excellent base for the towel holder pattern.

Crochet around the plastic ring using two strands of yarn held together. I generally did 3 single crochets in between each plastic flange on the ring. This provides a nice even coverage over the recycled plastic ring.

Now just follow the towel ring holder pattern that Delights created to finish off the holder.

Here are a few more towel holders I crocheted using the recycled plastic 3 inch rings. I like the sturdy plastic rings to hold a towel as they don’t sag when you hang a towel from them.

Also below is a towel holder I crocheted completely in plarn (plastic bag yarn) using a pony tail band for the ring holder. I cut the plastic bag into 1 inch wide strips and just followed the written pattern using a H 9 (5 mm) crochet hook. I only did 5 petals on the daisy as the plarn was too thick for a 6 petal flower.

You can check out the parade of crocheted towel ring holders over at Ravelry and join in on the fun too.