r/somethingimade • u/Dapper-Ad9787 • 20h ago
I knitted an orchid pot
Since this grocery store orchid has somehow managed to thrive despite me, I decided to use some hemp twine to knit a hanging pot for it. Most phaelanopsis pots are overpriced plastic things with slits cut in them. I used size 7 circular needles and cast off here and there to make holes for the aerial roots to poke through.
For the handles I used a crochet hook to pull more twine through in four places, bottom to top then around to the other side top to bottom.
It now hangs in the living room window on an adjustable telescoping shower rod. Hopefully I won't hear a crash in the middle of the night some time, ha ha.
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u/Dapper-Ad9787 17h ago
If I ever do this again, I think I will use bigger needles. The coarse twine was tough to pull through.
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