Alpine Cloth Napkin Holder Pattern

We started using cloth napkins to cut down on waste. We love them! They are soft and work so well. When we’ve gotten them all dirty, just wash and use again! Buy once and done! But I had a problem: no napkin holders in the stores local to me would hold a cloth napkin. So I decided to make one. The Alpine Cloth Napkin Holder was created out of necessity and I think that a lot of times, those can be the best patterns.

Alpine Cloth Napkin Holder

As I mentioned earlier, I had a need. All these lovely cloth napkins and nothing to put them in for holding them. Stacking them just seemed unorganized and ugly. None of the napkin holders I came across in several stores local to me had anything that would they would fit into. If they did fit, it would only hold 2 or 3 napkins at a time! This just would not do.

I measured my napkins and set about the task of creating something to hold these napkins.

cloth napkin holder

While working this pattern, you might start to feel like it’s going to be too big. My tester thought the same thing but she trusted in the pattern and hers came out perfect!

cloth napkin holder crochet pattern

She even had room for her coasters!

Materials Needed

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#6 Bulky/Chunky weight macrame yarn or t-shirt yarn, about 150-200 yards. I used Paintbox Yarns Recycled T-Shirt Yarn
10mm hook Like this one from Furls: Iris Odyssey
Tapestry Needle

Scissors

Stitch Markers

My tester used Lion Brand Hometown USA (#6 yarn) with a 9mm hook to meet gauge and you can see hers came out perfect (see pic above). Point is, you don’t have to use a T-shirt yarn or cotton yarn to make this–just any #6 Chunky yarn will be great.

Abbreviations

St(s)–Stitch(es)

Ch(s)–Chain(s)

Sk—Skip

FO—Fasten off

TC—Turning chain

Rep—Repeat

*–indicates where to start repeat

YO—Yarn over

Sl St—Slip Stitch

Dc—Double Crochet

Blo—Back loop only

Fpdc–front post double crochet

Gauge

5 rows and 8 stitches = 3.5” square of stitch pattern.

This is the alpine stitch pattern.

  1. Step 1: chain 9, sc in 2nd ch from hook and across
  2. Step 2: Ch3 (counts as dc), turn, dc in next st and across
  3. Step 3: Ch1, turn, sc in each st across
  4. Step 4: Ch3 (counts as dc), *fpdc around next dc from 2 rows down, dc in next st; rep from * until 2 sts remain, dc last 2 sts
  5. Step 5: Ch1, turn, sc in each st across
  6. Step 6: Ch3 (counts as dc), turn, *dc in next, fpdc around dc from 2 rows down; rep from * to last stitch, dc in last st.
  7. Step 7: Ch1, turn, sc in each st across
  8. Step 8: repeat steps 4-7 until completed size.

 

 

Pattern Notes

Written in US terms
Ch1 does not count as a stitch
Ch2 does count as a DC
Pattern is worked in rounds after the foundation row and first 5 rows of the pattern are done.

cloth napkin holder

Alpine Cloth Napkin Holder Pattern

Row 1: Ch20, sc in 2nd ch from hook and across (19)

Rows 2-5: Ch1, turn, sc in 1st st and in each across (19)

Rnd 1: Ch1, *sc in the side of same st, sc in each row down the side (5 total sts); sc in 1st st of the bottom (this means that there will be 2sc in the corner space), sc across to end; rep from * to end, working your last sc in the same as the first one done, join with a sl st. We are now working in rounds. (48)

For Rnd 2: Ch2 (counts as DC), dcblo in each st around, join to first st with a sl st. (48)

 

 

 

Rnd 3: Ch1, sc in same as join and in each st around, join to first sc with a sl st (48)

Rnd 4: Ch2 (counts as DC), *fpdc around next dc from one row below, sk the dc behind the stitch just worked, dc in next st; rep from * around, join with a sl st to ch2 (48)

For Rnd 5: Ch1, sc in 1st st and in each around, join to 1st sc with a sl st (48)

Rnd 6: Ch2 (counts), *dc next st, fpdc around next dc from one row below; rep from * around, join to ch2 with a sl st (48)

 

 

Rnd 7: Repeat round 5

Finally, Rnd 8: Sl st in each st around, FO, weave in ends.

cloth napkin holder

 

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Thank you for trying my pattern! Please tag me @wheatstatewoolco on Instagram with pictures of your finished project so I can see all the pretty napkin holders!

~Sara