![Use an old plastic ring off a six pack to create these super adorable crocheted christmas wreaths. It is a perfect beginner project since it goes fast and doesn't use any complicated stitches. Use an old plastic ring off a six pack to create these super adorable crocheted christmas wreaths. It is a perfect beginner project since it goes fast and doesn't use any complicated stitches.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hus0KJAb13w/WbLY_z9xnfI/AAAAAAABlFw/_FynVEGy9Co7m6c6LYwd-GI7ttVg0uCfwCHMYCw/Croched-Soda-Ring-Christmas-Wreath.jpg?imgmax=1600)
For years and years and YEARS I have been trying to learn crochet. I have always admiring my crafty friends who could whip up the most adorable crochet projects. I’ve take at least three in-person classes and watched countless youtube videos, but I just never got the hang of it.
![beginnings.jpg Beginnings](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oKfUv0T3FFc/WbLZGcdCHuI/AAAAAAABlGk/o4iCfg3ZiEUP73Pc1TQ2MOf8fuYM0wAoACHMYCw/beginnings.jpg?imgmax=1600)
That was UNTIL recently I signed up to take Kim Werker’s “Crochet: basics & beyond” on Craftsy. She went so slowly and explained WHY you need to do certain stitches and what they all mean. For some reason, a light just went on!
And now I’m OBSESSED. (Seriously.. On craft store trips I’ve been hanging around the yarn aisle for way too long!)
My mom was a casual crocheter and one of the projects I remember her making when I was a kid were these little six-pack soda ring wreaths. She would add bells and hang them on door knobs and they would jingle. I knew I wanted to make them too.
![crochet-christmas-wreath.jpg Crochet christmas wreath](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s4dd4RLe3S4/WbLZAdlEfRI/AAAAAAABlF0/Ra35cPjvZ6kA-47yHF8Nci26WUfjBXtIQCHMYCw/crochet-christmas-wreath.jpg?imgmax=1600)
I scoured the internet and couldn’t find anyone who had the pattern. There were crocheted wreaths, but none on soda can rings. The closet thing I could find was Whiskers and Wool’s ring wreath ornament:
![Christmas Wreath re.jpg Christmas Wreath re](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QJGlUMBYOTo/WbLZHCGPwZI/AAAAAAABlGo/SrKYXlwLhxgUmb0UOGD6G41lW6he3z5lACHMYCw/Christmas%2BWreath%2Bre.jpg?imgmax=1600)
So I used her pattern and made my own version on up cycled soda can rings.
![crochet-wreath-on-soda-ring.jpg Crochet wreath on soda ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wg9CP0Zu5hY/WbLZBYdlOYI/AAAAAAABlF8/bNdkD74hIhgAg8YRpXitEyR4xznUvidFQCHMYCw/crochet-wreath-on-soda-ring.jpg?imgmax=1600)
I love this project since you don’t really have to buy anything as long as you have green yarn in your stash. Plus it is a pretty easy pattern. Using only single and double crochet.
![Plastic-soda-ring-crochet-craft.jpg Plastic soda ring crochet craft](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bkzlba4cKmc/WbLZDlWCK7I/AAAAAAABlGM/CbqhjBRaaeMZobPJVMTX11seQkrI0DixACHMYCw/Plastic-soda-ring-crochet-craft.jpg?imgmax=1600)
The key to using the plastic rings is cutting any of the protrusions off. You need a pretty clean circle or else you will have bumps on your wreath.
![plastic-soda-ring-crocheted-wreath-craft.jpg Plastic soda ring crocheted wreath craft](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HOeyelxKfMU/WbLZEEiULzI/AAAAAAABlGQ/UoorwMH_Q5gVUnpM3ukxbEcwxpHoN7zqgCHMYCw/plastic-soda-ring-crocheted-wreath-craft.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Since I’m a beginner I like patterns that walk me though step by step, which is what I’ve included below. If you are a pro at reading a pattern, here is the original.
To begin, cast on with a slip stitch and chain one.
![casting-onto-plastic-ring.jpg Casting onto plastic ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2B4YvuMvyko/WbLY-kfyb7I/AAAAAAABlFo/SUDrwNqJOvkcqo0uyf0QJQjPRbhIWMMsACHMYCw/casting-onto-plastic-ring.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Single crochet around the entire ring. (I needed 36 stitches to cover my ring) You can use any multiple of 4. So you could use 32 or 40.
![crocheting-onto-plastic-soda-six-pack-ring.jpg Crocheting onto plastic soda six pack ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w-iil7BmTko/WbLZDB53M0I/AAAAAAABlGI/PZqvREix7iQ6C175ZqxDirOHUNR9bzZ_wCHMYCw/crocheting-onto-plastic-soda-six-pack-ring.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Slip stitch the ring closed and chain 1 to begin the next row.
Single crochet one (in the same stitch), chain three (skipping a stitch) and single crochet one. You are forming “holes” that you will crochet into in the next row.
![crocheting-around-plastic-6-pack-soda-ring.jpg Crocheting around plastic 6 pack soda ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DDa1Qe_YhbE/WbLZCd7qMRI/AAAAAAABlGE/jbWOh5XhthkusRThscE1MfX3TBIsMqWHwCHMYCw/crocheting-around-plastic-6-pack-soda-ring.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Now you being the repeats. Chain 2 (skipping a stitch), single crochet 1, Chain 2 (skipping a stitch) single crochet 1. Do this all the way around and end the circle with a slip stitch.
![simple-crocheted-wreath-ornament.jpg Simple crocheted wreath ornament](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J96buUStrMg/WbLZEk9K8EI/AAAAAAABlGU/sLF5yIeHcDk-UXEAEvgIsJaFNt_u4Sz-QCHMYCw/simple-crocheted-wreath-ornament.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Finally, (this is my favorite part) you add the “petals” along the wreath.
Stitch 5 double crochets in the little “hole” that was formed under the first chain 2, then slip stitch into the next chain 2 hole (skipping the single crocheted stitch between the chains.) Try are only crocheting into the holes.. not into any of the stitches themselves.
![simple-double-crochet-wreath-on-plastic-six-pack-ring.jpg Simple double crochet wreath on plastic six pack ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rdS77qIuGs8/WbLZFnduKNI/AAAAAAABlGc/8kpCrTkDev8qaUK6kTyocwGcWwMf2VsCgCHMYCw/simple-double-crochet-wreath-on-plastic-six-pack-ring.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Repeat this pattern (double crochet 5, single crochet 1) until you complete the circle. Slip stitch in the final chain-2 hole to finish the pattern.
![crochet-wreath-on-plastic-6-pack-ring.jpg Crochet wreath on plastic 6 pack ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XC0JWP8cINY/WbLZA__9_DI/AAAAAAABlF4/vte68AgX-lgRyCUGwPt5oI5C-OFUiVj_QCHMYCw/crochet-wreath-on-plastic-6-pack-ring.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Tie off and weave your ends.
![weaving-in-crochet-ends-on-wreath.jpg Weaving in crochet ends on wreath](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5SASElJmX2Q/WbLZGDcEjdI/AAAAAAABlGg/yKuduY6vaFoF_xHBQj8J8F1tiwVLjY-SgCHMYCw/weaving-in-crochet-ends-on-wreath.jpg?imgmax=1600)
![christmas-wreath-crocheted-on-plastic-drink-ring.jpg Christmas wreath crocheted on plastic drink ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lDxzNzOj258/WbLY_XyU8zI/AAAAAAABlFs/sA4oBytQyJ0B4gmEh29cSLSKPAdLM9YwgCHMYCw/christmas-wreath-crocheted-on-plastic-drink-ring.jpg?imgmax=1600)
Doni’s original pattern called for weaving red yarn into the chain-2 holes and tying with a bow, which is super adorable too.
![simple-crocheted-wreaths.jpg Simple crocheted wreaths](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xQe95PhWFqg/WbLZFGTjt-I/AAAAAAABlGY/OzS7VgALgU8yaZVJuFxZltq-7KzHTAedwCHMYCw/simple-crocheted-wreaths.jpg?imgmax=1600)
It is quite the transformation, from trash to treasure!
![Crocheted-Wreath-made-on-plastic-soda-ring.jpg Crocheted Wreath made on plastic soda ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M72u0Aqq3ko/WbLZByIshNI/AAAAAAABlGA/8EXh5w6iBk8fq6EhhGZAUytrU58xcF8PQCHMYCw/Crocheted-Wreath-made-on-plastic-soda-ring.jpg?imgmax=1600)
If you haven't mastered crochet.. I can't recommend this class enough! It was a game changer for me!