Coat Hanger Tidy

This knitting pattern shows you how to knit a simple coat hanger tidy to place small items in the closet.

What you need

Child’s sized coat hanger
Size 5 (3.75mm or UK9) Knitting Needles
Double worsted (8 ply yarn)
4 decorative buttons

Instructions

Keep hair clips, stockings and much more in this fun organizer. You can also use it for hanging on doorknobs of bedrooms.

Using 8 ply, Double Worsted, DK yarn and 3.75 needles pink

Cast on 68 stitches

Stocking stitch 8 rows

Knit 2 rows (for fold line)

Stocking stitch 22 rows.

Change to green stocking stitch 2rows

Change back to pink  stocking stitch 6 rows.

(Knit row ) 10 pink 1 green 8 pink 1 green 8 pink 1 green

8 pink 1 green 8 pink 1 green 8 pink 1 green 10 pink

(Purl row)

9 pink 3 green 6 pink 3 green 6 pink 3 green

6 pink 3 green  6 pink 3 green 6 pink 3 green 9 pink

(Knit row )

8 pink 5 green 4 pink 5 green 4 pink 5 green 4 pink

5 green 4 pink 5 green 4 pink 5 green 8 pink

(Purl row)

7 pink 7 green 2 pink 7 green 2 pink 7 green 2 pink

7 green 2 pink 7 green 2 pink 7 green 7 pink

Change to pink stocking stitch 6 rows

2 rows green

16 rows pink

2 rows knit ( for fold line)

Change to red sticking stitch 68 rows

(Button hole row) knit 8 cast off 2 k 14

to last 8 stitches k8

Purl 8 turn cast on 2 turn p14 to the last 8 stitches p8

Stocking stitch 4 rows

Change to moss stitch

Row 1 – k 1 p1

Row 2. – p1 k1

Repeat theses 2 rows twice more .

Cast off.

Stitch on buttons with wool to complete your bag.