A crochet water bottle holder can use a firm strap, a granny stitch body, an interlocking crochet texture, or an openwork leaf stitch. These eight original patterns state their bottle fit, materials, and construction so you can select a useful everyday sling.
A sturdy hook and a tapestry needle for securing the strap ends are really all these need beyond your yarn.
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Items you’ll need:
- Crochet hooks
- Cotton yarn
- Tapestry needles and stitch markers
- Embroidery scissors
- Blocking mat and pins
Water bottle holder patterns to explore
1. Easy Crochet Water Bottle Holder
Amanda Saladin’s holder is meant for beginners and is worked in worsted weight cotton, with a round double crochet body and a thermal stitch strap. It fits a normal 16.9 oz water bottle and also fits her 20 oz stainless steel bottle. She chose a strong cotton that is easy to care for, and says you can use any worsted yarn, use several colors or just one. The page has a section on customizing the cozy, which helps if your bottle is a different shape.
2. Granny Stitch Water Bottle Holder
Ashlea’s granny stitch holder needs only about 100 yards of yarn in total, and she says the slings work up very fast. Her sample uses CotLin, and she suggests Dishie cotton, Lion Brand Truboo, Premier Cotton Fair, Hobbii Friends 8/6 Cotton or Shine Sport as alternatives, so it is a good scrap-yarn project. The finished holder is about 9.5 inches around and 9 inches tall, worked with a 4.5 mm hook.
3. Interlocking Crochet Water Bottle Sling
Veronika Cromwell’s sling is a chance to try interlocking crochet without a huge project. You start with an adjustable half double crochet base, alternate interlocking crochet with plain double crochet rounds and finish with a single crochet strap. It uses aran/worsted yarn and a 6 mm hook. She suggests Paintbox Simply Aran and Cygnet Aran, and there is a video tutorial on the page. The page frames it as a way to go beyond basic stitches without feeling overwhelmed.
4. Circle Leaf Water Bottle Holder
Briana Kepner’s Circle Leaf holder comes in two sizes: a smaller one that she made for a plastic bottle and a larger one for an aluminum tumbler (7.85 and 9.6 inches around). She says the large is the one she reaches for every time she leaves the house. It is made in about two hours with worsted cotton (Cottage Cotton in the sample) and a 4.5 mm hook. She points out that cotton doesn’t stretch out over time like acrylic, so the holder stays snug.
5. Crochet Water Bottle Holder
Sandra Stitches holds two strands of Drops Loves You 8 cotton together with a J/10 (6 mm) hook, which gives the fabric enough structure to hold a full bottle. It fits an 8.5 inch circumference bottle, and you decide how long to make the strap. She recommends cotton for a holder that gets a lot of use, and the ad-free printable PDF is available if you want to support her. Check your bottle’s circumference before starting.
6. Stainless Steel Water Bottle Sling
Tamara Kelly’s Moogly sling was made for hiking, park trips and zoo outings, and it has an offset filet body of alternating double crochet and chain spaces. It needs 100 to 200 yards of worsted weight kitchen cotton (Lily Sugar’n Cream is recommended) and a 5.5 mm hook. Bottles about 6 to 8 inches tall use the base pattern; taller ones (8 to 10 inches) repeat rows 8 to 12 once more. She also notes the strap stretches a few inches with a full bottle, so make it slightly short.
7. No Stretch Strap Water Bottle Holder
Janet Pippin’s holder is about the strap: a no-stretch technique folds a double crochet stitch in half and hooks through both bottom chain loops, so the strap doesn’t grow with the weight of a full bottle. It is made in #4 worsted yarn on a US 7 (4.5 mm) hook, with a 22.5 inch strap and a flat holder body of 6.5 inches.
8. Jute Force Canteen Carrier
Kirsten Holloway swaps yarn for jute twine, about 100 yards of 1.5 mm jute on a 5 mm hook with a 4 mm hook for the edging. She explains that jute can be used as cordage in an emergency camping or backpacking situation, and that the holder can be unraveled if needed. Her first version stretched because she used a larger hook and single crochet for the handle, so this version uses a smaller hook and tighter tension. If your hands get red and itchy, she suggests hemp or cotton cord instead.
