Perfect for keeping a tooth safe ready for the tooth fairies visit, much easier for her to find where it is too!
What better for keeping a tooth safe and ready for collection by the tooth fairy than a little pocket on the back of this crochet tooth! I have been wanting to make a tooth holder for a while but couldn’t quite decide on what to make, that was until I thought of putting into a tooth. Perfect I thought a tooth within a tooth! This also keeps the tooth safe – nothing worse than loosing the tooth so it cannot get collected meaning no pennies! This also keeps the pennies safe in place for in the morning ready for spending!
I had a few different ideas on how to do his tooth and whether to make a pocket within the tooth itself or put one on the back of the tooth, and after quite a bit (in fact a lot!) of going back and forth between the two ideas I decided to put a separate pocket on the back.
I was also unsure whether to put a face on or not, so I decided to put one on to see how it would look if it didn’t look right I could unpick it. Thankfully as I hate unpicking I think the face really adds to the tooth and it makes me smile when I look at it so hopefully it will encourage some cheeky newly toothless grins too!
It’s really simple to make and only uses sc stitches. You could also change the colour if you wanted or change the facial expression, or not put a face on at all. The pocket could be made in a different coloured colour too if you want it to stand out a bit more – so many different options to choose from!
Crochet tooth holder pattern:
Materials:
- White DK wool.
- 4mm crochet hook.
Tooth – make 2 (front and back piece):
In white wool:
ch28.
Row 1: sc into 2nd ch from hook, sc along row.
Row 2: ch1 (does not count as a stitch), 2sc into same stitch, sc along row, 2sc into last stitch.
Row 3: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 2sc into same stitch, sc along row, 2sc into last stitch.
Row 4: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 5: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 2sc into same stitch, sc along row 2sc into last stitch.
Row 6-10: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 11-16: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, sc along row, sc2tog into last 2 stitches.
Row 17: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 18: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 2sc into first stitch, sc along row, 2sc into last stitch.
Row 19: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 2sc into first stitch 11sc, turn leaving remaining stitches unworked.
Row 20: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 11sc.
Row 21: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 10sc, sc2tog.
Row 22: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 7sc, sc2tog.
Row 23-25: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 26: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 5sc, sc2tog.
Row 27-28: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 29: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 3sc, sc2tog.
Row 30-32: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 33: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 1sc, sc2tog.
Fasten off.
To make the second leg:
In white wool:
Row 1: Skip 1sc from last sc of the first row of the previous foot and fasten on. ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 8sc, 2sc into last 2 stitches.
Row 2: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 2sc into first stitch, 9sc, sc2tog.
Row 3: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, sc along rest of row.
Row 4: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 7sc, sc2tog.
Row 5-7: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 8: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 5sc, sc2tog.
Row 9-10: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 11: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 3sc, sc2tog.
Row 12-14: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 15: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 1sc, sc2tog.
Fasten off.
Top tooth bumps:
Right bump:
Working on right side:
Join on in last stitch of foundation row.
Row 1: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 13sc, turn leaving remaining stitches unworked.
Row 2: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 9sc, sc2tog.
Row 3: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 7sc, sc2tog.
Fasten off.
Left bump:
Skip 1 stitch from 1st row of the right bump and join,
Row 1: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) 13sc.
Row 2: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 9sc, sc2tog.
Row 3: ch1 (does not count as a stitch) sc2tog, 7sc, sc2tog.
Back pocket:
In white:
ch15.
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc along row.
Row 2-11: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc along row.
Row 12: ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) sc along row and around the remaining 3 edges of the pocket. Slip stitch into the ch1 to finish.
Joining together:
Place the two sides wrong sides together, and ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch) and sc around the edges of the two sides to join, leaving a small gap to stuff (don’t fasten off). Stuff then complete the remaining dc around with a slip stitch into the ch1 to finish. Fasten off.
Attach pocket:
Place pocket onto back of the tooth, and sew to attach.
Face (optional):
If wanting a face, sew on using black wool.
Loop:
ch40. Fasten off, sew into back of the tooth at the top in the middle.
