This is a crochet tutorial for a “faux macrame” plant hanger. I’ve always loved the boho look of macrame planters and wanted to try to achieve this same look with crochet! This is just a simple, fun, beginner project that uses chain stitches .. and that’s it! Just chain stitches. All you’ll need is 70yds of fingering weight yarn and a wooden ring or something similar to attach your strands to. (You could also use a metal S hook if you have one of those laying around!)

This pattern contains a ton of photo tutorials to help you make this exact planter and also includes instructions on where you could adjust for other sizes.

Plant Pot Sizes
I used a 5” pot for the photos, but you can fit a wide range of plant pot sizes (since the yarn will take the shape of whatever size planter you put in there).

Yarn
I used Knit Picks / WeCrochet Comfy Fingering, held 8 strands at once (working with 4 strands folded in half).
You could also try Knit Picks / WeCrochet Comfy Worsted Weight, but use only half the number of strands listed in the pattern when using worsted weight yarn. For example, when told to lay 4 strands flat and fold in half to give 8 strands, read this as “lay 2 strands flat and fold in half to give 4 strands”.

This hanging planter uses just 70 yds of fingering weight yarn. You can make 3 planters with just 1 ball of Comfy Fingering which is only $3.99 per ball.. not a bad deal!!

To substitute yarns, I would recommend to use a cotton or linen yarn. You could use synthetic fibers too - I would just avoid “fuzzy” yarns for this project.

Gauge
There is no gauge because there are no rows or stitches to measure. There are only two small groups of chain stitches. You can choose your yarn, hold it 8 strands at once, and work a few chain stitches with a few different hooks to see which hook size you like the look of best. I used a 5.5mm. If you use heavier yarn than Comfy Fingering, you may want to use a larger hook and, similarly, if you use a yarn lighter than Comfy Fingering, you may want to use a smaller hook. There’s really no messing this up - use your judgement here.