Add a playful twist to your holiday table with the Elf Pants Wine Bottle Holder, a whimsical crochet design that’s sure to spark smiles and festive cheer! 🧝♂️🍷 With its striped legs, tiny belt, and adorable suspenders, this bottle cover looks like Santa’s helper took a tumble into your gift basket. Whether you’re hosting a party or wrapping up a bottle for someone special, these elf pants bring a dash of humor and handmade charm to the season.
This pattern is perfect for crocheters who love mixing fun and function. You can customize the colors to match your holiday theme, add jingle bells for extra flair, or even stitch up a whole lineup of elf-inspired holders for your festive gatherings. Whether you’re decorating your home or gifting with a giggle, the Elf Pants Wine Bottle Holder is a merry way to celebrate the holidays—one cheeky stitch at a time! 🧶🎄
🧝♂️ Crochet Elf Pants Wine Bottle Holder Pattern
Make your holiday table the talk of the season with this playful Elf Pants Wine Bottle Holder! Each leg holds a bottle of wine, making it as functional as it is festive. With its curly red shoes, candy-cane striped socks, green pants, belt with gold buckle, and red suspenders, this is the perfect handmade Christmas project.
✨ Skill Level
Intermediate – requires shaping, color changes, and assembly.
📏 Finished Size
- Fits two standard 750 ml wine bottles
- Height (including suspenders): ~32 cm
- Shoe length: ~14 cm with curled toes
🧶 Materials
- Worsted or chunky yarn:
- Red (shoes, suspenders, sock stripes)
- White (sock stripes, shoe pom-poms)
- Green (pants)
- Black (belt)
- Gold/Yellow (buckle)
- Crochet hook: 4.0–5.0 mm (adjust to yarn)
- Stuffing (for shoes)
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Stitch markers
🪡 Abbreviations (US Terms)
MR – Magic Ring
sc – Single crochet
inc – Increase (2 sc in same st)
dec – Decrease (sc2tog)
ch – Chain
sl st – Slip stitch
hdc – Half double crochet
dc – Double crochet
🧵 Pattern Instructions
👞 Elf Shoes (make 2, red)
- MR 6 (6)
- inc ×6 (12)
- (sc, inc) ×6 (18)
- (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
- (3 sc, inc) ×6 (30)
6–10. sc around (30)
👉 Curl Shaping:
11. sc 20, turn (work only on front stitches).
12. sc 18, turn.
13. sc 16, turn.
14. sc 14, turn.
15. Continue decreasing every row until ~6 sts left.
👉 Work in the round on these stitches, tapering to a narrow tip. Stuff lightly, curl tip upward.
Pom-Pom: Make with white yarn, sew to shoe tip.
🧦 Striped Socks
Switch to white yarn at shoe opening.
- sc around (30).
👉 Alternate 1 round red, 1 round white for narrow stripes, repeat for 12 rounds.
FO.
👖 Pants Legs (green, make 2)
- Attach green yarn above socks.
- sc around (36).
3–18. sc around (36).
👉 Legs should be ~15 cm tall. FO first leg. Keep working on second leg.
🧩 Pants Body
- With second leg still on hook: ch 4, join to first leg with sl st.
- sc around first leg (36), sc in chs (4), sc around second leg (36), sc in chs (4) = 80 sts total.
3–8. sc around (80).
👉 Body height is short (only 5–6 rows) so belt sits high, as in the photo.
🖤 Belt (black)
Attach black yarn around waist.
1–3. sc around (80). FO.
🟨 Belt Buckle (gold/yellow)
- Ch 14.
- Row 1: sc across (13), ch 1, turn.
- Row 2–3: sc across (13). FO.
👉 Sew into a rectangle over belt front. Stitch corners into shape. The black belt should show through center.
🎀 Suspenders (make 2, red)
- Ch 55 (adjust for bottle height).
- Row 1: hdc in 2nd ch and across.
- Row 2: hdc across. FO.
👉 Suspenders should be thick and ribbed.
👉 Sew ends to front waist with small red crocheted buttons (MR 6 sc). Cross straps at back and sew to waist.
🧩 Assembly
- Sew shoes securely to sock bottoms.
- Place wine bottles in each pant leg.
- Add belt buckle to front center.
- Attach suspenders, crossing at the back.
- Shape shoes so curls face outward.
🌟 Finishing Touches
- Use glitter yarn for the belt buckle for extra shine.
- Make striped socks taller for more “candy cane” flair.
- Pair with a Santa Pants Wine Holder for a fun duo set.
🎉 Final Words
Your Elf Pants Wine Bottle Holder is ready to spread Christmas cheer! With curly red shoes, candy-cane socks, green pants, suspenders, and a golden belt buckle, it’s both festive and functional. This playful design is perfect as a holiday table centerpiece or a unique handmade gift — just add wine bottles and let the elf magic do the rest.
