How to make crochet colorful decorative

Perfect 🌸 step-by-step guide so you can recreate exactly what’s in the photo.
This crochet project makes a colorful decorative sleeve around a cardboard tube (can be used as a pencil holder or small vase cover).

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🧶 Materials Needed:

• Yarn: 2 colors (green + pink as in photo) – medium weight (No. 3 or No. 4)
• Hook: 3.0 mm – 4.0 mm crochet hook
• Cardboard tube: from tissue roll or similar
• Scissors
• Yarn needle for finishing ends

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🪡 Crochet Steps in Full Detail

1️⃣ Base Round (Green)

This forms the bottom edge of your tube cover.

1. Make a slip knot, then chain (ch) 36–40 depending on your tube’s size.
   👉 Test the chain around your tube — it should fit snugly but not tight.
2. Join the ends with a slip stitch (sl st) to form a ring. Be careful not to twist it.
3. Round 1:
   • Chain 2 (counts as first half double crochet – hdc).
   • Make 1 hdc in each chain around the ring.
   • Join to the top of the starting chain-2 with a slip stitch.
     ✅ This creates the solid green base row (as seen at the bottom of the photo).

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2️⃣ Second Round (Start the Pink Pattern Section)

Now we switch to pink yarn for the lacy pattern.

1. Attach pink yarn in any stitch with a slip knot.
2. Chain 3 (counts as 1 double crochet – dc).
3. Skip 1 stitch, then make 2 dc in the next stitch.
4. Repeat this pattern all around:
   ➤ Skip 1 stitch, 2 dc in next stitch
5. Join with a slip stitch to the top of the starting chain-3.
   ✅ This creates the first open pink row with small gaps between clusters.

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3️⃣ Third Round (Pink continues)

You will now build the next layer into the spaces between the clusters.

1. Chain 3 (counts as dc).
2. In the next space between 2-dc clusters, make 2 dc.
3. Continue around the ring: make 2 dc in each space (between clusters).
4. Join with a slip stitch.
   ✅ This gives a nice “brick pattern” effect (dc clusters stacked between each other).

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4️⃣ Fourth Round (Optional – More Height)

Repeat the same pattern for one or two more pink rounds to make the tube cover taller:

• Chain 3
• 2 dc between clusters
• Join with slip stitch at end

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5️⃣ Finishing the Top Edge

1. Once your cover is tall enough, you can:
   • Either finish cleanly by cutting yarn and weaving in ends, or
   • Add a decorative edge:
     • Example: Single crochet in each stitch around
     • Or picot edge: (1 sc, chain 3, 1 sc in same stitch, skip next stitch, repeat)
2. Weave in all loose yarn ends with the yarn needle.

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6️⃣ Assembly

1. Slide the crochet sleeve over the cardboard tube.
2. Adjust so it sits evenly at the bottom.
3. Optional: glue or tape the bottom edge inside to hold it in place.
4. Decorate with flowers, ribbons, or buttons if desired 🌼

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💡 Tips

• If your tube is narrower or wider, adjust the starting chain length.
• For a thicker texture, use double crochet (dc) for the base row instead of hdc.
• Try color combinations like cream + blue, yellow + white, or red + gray for different looks.

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