Did you ever wanted to have Pencil Shaped Pencil Holder? Well, this one is easy and fast to make. In fact it even has a zipper that lets you open an close the pencil shaped pencil holder very easily. Furthermore, it only uses single crochets all through out which means it is a perfect beginner project.
And have I mentioned that any child or teacher would love this?
Teachers especially, whether it is for back to school or as an appreciation gift, they would be thrilled.

You will need:

• Caron simply soft in black (color E), kelly green (color B), bone (color D) and sunshine (color C) (1 skein each) Redheart in petal pink (1 skein) (color A)
• 5.0mm hook
• scissors
• tapestry needle
• Don Franscisco’s Gourmet Coffee can (4 inches in diameter, 5.5 inches in height)
• Zipper that is 9 - 11 inches
• Paper cardboard (like the back of a letter sized notepad)
• Hot glue gun and Hot glue sticks

Final size of the Pencil Shaped Pencil Holder:

4.5 in diameter x 9.5 inches in height

 
Gauge:

4 sc x 4 rows = 1 square inch

Stitches used (US terms):

• single crochet (sc)
• single crochet increase
• modified eyelash stitch