Ball Band Toilet Paper Cover

I was reminiscing recently about my childhood and I remembered my mother crocheting toilet paper hats or covers. She used cotton rug yarn to crochet the hat in the round and added a gross grain ribbon as the hat band. Mom sewed a plastic flower (no silk flowers in those days) to the hat band to finish off her hats. They were really cute. She gave them to everyone and people even asked her to make them for them when they redecorated their bathrooms so they would match their decor. I haven't thought about these in years....


Lately, I've been getting really tired of seeing my extra roll of toilet paper totally undressed! I thought to myself why not make a "ball band cover" for the toilet paper roll. I just love anything "ball band"! That's what I did. Guess this is kind of the modern version of my mother's covers. I knit it in the round so there are no seams and I'm very happy with the way it turned out. In fact I just cast on another one for my downstairs half bath. It was very quick to knit it up. Now I 'm thinking of buying a silk flower as an accessory (in honor of my mother), but that will have to wait for my shopping trip next week. Happy knitting :)