This is a great little project to use up some of that left over fingering weight yarn or maybe some embroidery floss that you have laying around.
Materials:
For single color holder:
9 yards Fingering weight yarn (or 1 skein embroidery floss)
For multi color holder:
3 yards fingering weight yarn in 4 different colors (or 1 skein each of 4 different colors of embroidery floss)
Crochet hook size B (2.25 mm)
To test your gauge you can just finish the first round and then check to see if it is about the same circumference as the bottom of your lip balm, if it is pretty close then you are good. If it is way too big then size down your hook and if it is way too small then size up your hook.
Solid Color Lip Balm Holder:
Chain 3:
Rnd 1: 11 hdc in 3rd ch from hook, join with sl st. (12 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 2, 2 hdc in same stitch as ch 2, skip 2, [3 hdc in next st, skip 2] 3 times, join with sl st to the top of the ch 2. (12 sts)
Rnd 3: Ch 2, turn, 2 hdc in the last space made before join on previous rnd, [3 hdc in space between next two hdc groups] 3 times, join with sl st to the top of the ch 2. (12 sts)
Rnds 4-9: Repeat rnd 3.
Rnd 10: Ch 1, 1 sc in each stitch in rnd, join with sl st to ch 1. (12 sts)
Rnds 11-13: Repeat rnd 10.
Loop Strap: Ch 25
Row 1: Slip stitch in 2nd chain from hook, 1 slip stitch in each remaining chain on the strap. Join with slip stitch to the next stitch over from the start of the chain stitches.
Fasten off leaving a 10 inch tail, before weaving in ends, fold loop strap in half and attach the loose end of the strap with small yarn needle and your 10 inch tail.
When loose end of loop strap is firmly attached weave in remaining ends.
Multi color Lip Balm Holder
I have written out the directions to make this lip balm holder into the multi color lip balm holder in the pictures. But I only took pictures while I was making the solid color one. But I have inserted the pictures down here as well where they apply so you don't have to scroll to the top of the page.
With main color chain 3
Rnd 1: 11 hdc in 3rd ch from hook, join with sl st, fasten off. (12 sts)
Rnd 2: With color 1 and starting in any stitch in rnd ch 2, 2 hdc in same stitch as ch 2, skip 2, [3 hdc in next st, skip 2] 3 times, join with sl st to the top of the ch 2, fasten off. (12 sts)
Rnd 3: With color 2 and starting in any space between two hdc groups, ch 2, 2 hdc in the same space, [3 hdc in space between next two hdc groups] 3 times, join with sl st to the top of the ch 2, fasten off. (12 sts)
Rnd 4: repeat rnd 3 with color 3
Rnd 5: repeat rnd 3 with color 4
Rnd 6: repeat rnd 3 with main color
Rnd 7: repeat rnd 3 with color 1
Rnd 8: repeat rnd 3 with color 2
Rnd 9: repeat rnd 3 with color 3
Rnd 10: With color 4 and starting in any stitch in rnd, ch 1, 1 sc in each stitch in rnd, join with sl st to ch 1. (12 sts)
Rnds 11-13: repeat rnd 10.
Loop Strap:
Ch 25
Row 1: Sl st in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sl st in each remaining ch on strap. Join with slip stitch to the next ch over from start of ch sts.
Fasten off leaving a 10 inch tail, before weaving in ends, fold loop strap in half and attach the loose end of the strap with small yarn needle and your 10 inch tail.
When loose end of loop strap is firmly attached weave in remaining ends.
We also have this pattern available in a free pdf file download. Here is a link to that.