Crochet a Festive Cosy for Your Phone, Tablet, Gift Card or Pocket Tissues

Last updated: 05 December 2025

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Candy Cane Pocket Tissue or Gadget Cosy

If you’re looking for a super cute, festive little make, this Candy Cane Pocket Tissue Cosy is perfect for quick gifts, stocking fillers or something cheerful to keep in your own hand bag over the holidays. It works up really fast, uses a tiny amount of yarn and has that fun retro Christmas vibe.

This is also one of those small projects that you can easily customise. Change the starting chain and the number of rounds and you can turn it into a cosy for phones, tablets, gift cards or any other small items.

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Why You'll Love this Project

If you love quick little makes, especially during the busy Christmas season. This little cosy is fast, super cute and great for using up scraps. It’s especially fun to play with colour combinations and embellishments to get that classic festive look.

What's Special about this Stitch?

The linked double crochet creates a dense, neat fabric that feels sturdy without being too bulky. It’s perfect for small items that get handled often, like tissue packs or little gadgets like your phone or tablet and crochets up fast.

Choosing your Colour Pallet

Traditional red, white and green are a classic combination for Christmas, but you can also have fun with different colours, we went for retro vibe for ours. You can easily change out the colours and embellishment's to fit any season.

Is this Pattern Beginner Friendly?

Yes. Once you get the hang of the linked double crochet, the rest is simply working in a spiral. The video tutorial helps guide you through each part of the pattern if you are unsure of anything and the stitch markers help you keep track of stitches.

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Materials

Hook: 5.00 mm

Yarn: Yarnsmiths Cotton Aran (you can make 2 tissue sized cosies with 1 50g ball.

Other items: Yarn needle, Scissors, Stitch Markers, Buttons

About the Yarn

The original cosy is made using Yarnsmiths Cotton Aran, a 100% cotton yarn with around 80m/87yds per 50g ball. It gives a sturdy, neat finish that’s perfect for small everyday items like this. If you can’t find this yarn, alternatives include Dishie Yarn, Yarn & Colours Epic Aran and Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran.

Special Stitch

Linked double crochet.

Insert your hook into the horizontal bar of the previous stitch and pull up a loop.
Insert your hook into the next stitch and pull up another loop.
Yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through the remaining two loops.

Candy Cane Cosy Video Tutorial

Here is the full video tutorial so you can crochet along step by step:

Pattern Details

Abbreviations US terms (UK Terms)

ch – chain

hdc – half double crochet (half treble crochet)

ldc – linked double crochet (linked treble crochet)

pm – place marker

sc – single crochet (double crochet)

sl st – slip stitch

st(s) – stitch(s)

Gauge: Not essential for this project

Pattern Notes:

Read the pattern all the way through before starting.
The cosy is worked in the round, crocheting across both sides of the foundation chain.
Do not join after each round we will be working in a spiral.

Candy Cane Cosy Written Pattern

Make your starting chain as wide as your pocket tissues (or gadget) and then add one extra chain (we chained 9 for ours).

Working in the back bumps

Round 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch until last ch, 3 sc in next st. Now work across the bottom of foundation chain. Sc in each st across, 2sc in 1st st (this is the st that already has 1 sc in it).

Round 2 hdc in 1st st, pm, ldc in next and each st around. Remember to move marker up after each round.

Repeat round 2 until cosy is long enough to reach the top of your tissues, or gadget (approx 10 rounds for tissues), ending on the st before marker, hdc in next st.

Button & Loop

Sc in each st around until you reach the middle of the back of the cosy, ch 15–20 sts for the button loop
Adjust the number of chains if making a gadget cosy, just make the chain long enough to reach where you would like the button to be.
Sl st to last sc, sc in remaining sts, join with sl st to 1st st
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Sew on your festive button.

Customisation

You can easily adapt this pattern to fit phones, e-readers, tablets, or anything else you want to cover. Just make your starting chain the same width as the item you want to cosy. If you want to use a different weight yarn, that’s totally fine — just use the hook size recommended on the yarn ball band.

For items that need a bit more padding, like gadgets, try using a chunky or thicker yarn for extra protection and a sturdier finish.

For smaller items like a gift card, try using DK or fingering weight yarn and make your starting chain just a little shorter than the width for a snug fit.