Every windowsill in my house ran out of room a long time ago, and that is why I fell for the crochet plant hanger. The moment a trailing pothos lifts off the table and floats in the light, a whole corner changes — the plant gets the sunshine it has been stretching for, my surfaces come back, and the room gains that soft, boho layer no shop-bought planter ever quite manages. Best of all, most hangers take an evening, a ball of cotton and a handful of basic stitches.
So here are twenty of my favourite designs for you, all genuinely free and all properly made to hold a real plant: netted baskets and woven lattice, macramé-look straps without a single knot, wall pockets on dowels and branches, teardrop baskets, and tiny pineapple and pixie hangers made just for air plants. I have noted the pot size, yarn and honest construction details for each one. Pick a sunny spot, and let's get your plants off the windowsill and into the air.
1. Scalloped Lattice Sides for the Classic Five-Inch Pot
If you want one dependable, goes-with-everything hanger, Sarah Maker's design is the one I would start with. It is made for a standard 5-inch tapered terracotta pot, worked in worsted weight cotton — she uses WeCrochet Dishie — with a 5 mm hook, and the clever part is the sides: rounds of chain arches filled with single crochet fans build a scalloped lattice that hugs the pot and shows its shape instead of hiding it. You finish with six hanging cords, and she gives you two ways to make them, a simple slip-stitch cord or a pretty braided one, each about 24 inches long. In natural ecru it is pure farmhouse; in a deep teal it turns properly boho.
Pattern: Crochet Plant Hanger Pattern by Sarah Maker — Get the free pattern
2. Woven Lattice Stitch in Two Handy Sizes
Heart Hook Home built this hanger around her woven lattice stitch, and the open, holey fabric it creates is exactly the boho texture I love against a plain pot. The free pattern on her blog comes in two sizes: the small fits pots of about 3.5 to 4 inches across and takes roughly 50 yards of yarn, while the large holds 4.5 to 5.5 inch pots with about 70 yards. She works it in Dishie cotton or a cotton blend with a 4 mm hook, starting from a solid double crochet base, then the lattice climbs the sides. The hanging chains are made long — 35 or 45 inches — folded through an optional key ring and attached to the opposite side, which halves them and makes levelling the pot wonderfully easy.
Pattern: Crochet Plant Hanger by Heart Hook Home — Get the free pattern
3. The Big Bohemian for Statement Eight-Inch Pots
Most hangers stop at little pots, so this generous one from You Should Craft fills a real gap: it is designed for big 8-inch pots, the size a mature pothos or fern actually lives in. The pattern uses about 115 yards of worsted cotton held double with an 8 mm hook, which makes the diamond mesh sturdy and surprisingly quick to grow. The cradle itself is only about 5 inches tall with an open mesh that lets trailing stems spill through, and the whole hanger measures around 32 inches long before the optional tassel. Three long chain loops form the straps, gathered and wrapped at the top in true macramé fashion, and you can thread wooden beads onto them before you gather. Repeat a mesh round if you need to fit a taller pot. Statement plant, statement hanger.
Pattern: Big Bohemian Hanging Planter by You Should Craft — Get the free pattern
4. Super-Bulky Boho With a Wood Ring and Tassel
When you want a hanger finished before the kettle boils, go chunky. This boho design from A Box of Twine is worked in Lion Brand Mac-Re-Me, a super bulky recycled cotton, on a 10 mm hook, so the rounds fly by and the finished piece genuinely looks like macramé cord work. A flat circle forms the base, four rounds of open mesh climb the sides, and then simple cords — chained to whatever length suits your window, about 12 to 15 inches in the sample — are slip-stitched to a 2-inch wooden ring. It fits a pot of 4 to 6 inches across and about 6 inches tall, needs only around 45 yards of yarn, and the optional tassel underneath adds a playful 8 inches. Group three at staggered heights in a sunroom corner and prepare for compliments.
Pattern: Boho Plant Hanger by A Box of Twine — Get the free pattern
5. Openwork Diamonds in Three Sizes
A Crocheted Simplicity gives you a whole matching family with this one: small for 3 to 3.5 inch pots, medium for 3.5 to 4 inches, and large for 6 to 6.5 inches, all in Lily Sugar 'n Cream worsted cotton. The baskets are worked in an openwork diamond stitch that alternates chain loops and single crochet groups, switching between a 5 mm and a 4 mm hook as you go, which keeps the diamonds crisp and the fabric light. My favourite thoughtful touch is the choice of three hanging rings — a wooden ring if you have one, a recycled milk jug ring if you do not, or a ring crocheted from yarn alone — so nothing stops you starting tonight. The small and medium each use less than one ball of cotton, and wooden beads threaded on the straps are optional decoration.
Pattern: Crochet Plant Hanger by A Crocheted Simplicity — Get the free pattern
6. Macramé-Style Woven Straps, No Knotting Required
Megan Meyer at Left in Knots wanted the woven look of a knotted hanger without actually knotting anything, and her solution is so clever. You begin with a simple single crochet cup — plain rounds that form the pot's seat — and then work the straps in rows, perpendicular to the cup, chaining up to a metal ring and weaving each new strap through the previous ones as you go. The result wraps the pot like the straps of a vintage macramé hanger. It takes about 75 yards of cotton yarn (her sample uses Caron Cotton Cakes) with a 5 mm hook, finishes around 15 inches tall before the plant's weight stretches it, and flexes to fit pots from roughly 3 to 5 inches across. A long trailing pothos shows the weaving off beautifully.
Pattern: Crochet Plant Hanger by Megan Meyer at Left in Knots — Get the free pattern
7. Ribbed Texture That Stretches to Fit
The Eryn hanger from Ashley Edmonds at Through The Loop Yarn Craft solves the odd-shaped pot problem with texture: its body is worked in front-post double crochet with chain spaces, which creates a ribbed, almost knitted fabric that stretches and settles around tapered or curvy pots instead of fighting them. The written pattern on the blog is sized for a pot with a 4-inch base and a 5-inch top, uses two strands of worsted yarn held together (about 40 to 100 yards) with a 6 mm hook, and finishes with two long chains — 80 chains each — threaded through an optional wooden ring and anchored on opposite sides. Try two colours held together for a marled effect.
Pattern: Eryn Plant Hanger by Ashley Edmonds at Through The Loop Yarn Craft — Get the free pattern
8. The Convertible Shelf-or-Hammock Hanger
Sonya Blackstone's Easy Boho design is the most versatile hanger on this list, because it is not only a hanger. Worked in doubled worsted cotton with a 6.5 mm hook, it comes in three sizes — small at 9 inches tall with a 3 to 4 inch shelf, medium at 13.5 inches, and large at 18.5 inches with an 8 to 10 inch shelf — and the top edge is crocheted around a metal ring, which leaves the front open. That open front is the genius part: slide a little wood round or tray into the bottom and you have a hanging shelf you can lift a plant out of for watering without any wrestling, or skip the tray and let the pot nestle in hammock-style. An optional tassel underneath finishes the boho look.
Pattern: Easy Boho Plant Hanger by Sonya Blackstone at Blackstone Designs — Get the free pattern
9. Size-It-Yourself Mesh for the Porch
Whistle and Ivy wrote this outdoor hanger as a formula rather than a fixed size, and that makes it the most forgiving pattern here. You crochet a simple double crochet and chain mesh circle, growing it round by round until it matches the bottom of whatever pot you have — tiny succulent or big porch fern — then repeat the last round a few times to climb the sides. There are no hanging chains to crochet at all: you cut three lengths of yarn, fold them in half, attach them through double crochet stitches with lark's head knots, pop the pot in, and tie one knot at the top when everything hangs level. She has made it in raffia string for a small pot and in macramé string for a heavier ceramic one, and gauge genuinely does not matter.
Pattern: Crochet Plant Hanger by Whistle and Ivy — Get the free pattern
10. A Faux-Macramé Wall Pocket on a Dowel
Not every hanger needs a ceiling hook — some of the prettiest live flat against the wall. This Whistle and Ivy design hangs from a short wooden dowel and holds a 4-inch pot in a pocket formed from a crocheted foundation square, with a lacy filet-style panel rising behind it and a thick tassel swinging underneath. The finished piece is about 9 inches wide and 14 inches long, worked in a thick-and-thin cotton like Billow with a 5.5 mm hook, and the written instructions are free in the post itself. Because the plant sits in a pocket rather than dangling, it is a kind choice for a porch wall or hallway, anywhere a swinging pot would get knocked. A jade plant or a string of pearls spilling over the pocket edge looks wonderful.
Pattern: Faux Macrame Crochet Wall Hanging Planter by Whistle and Ivy — Get the free pattern
11. Lucky Pineapples for Air Plants
Tamara Kelly at Moogly turned the world's friendliest fruit into the world's quickest plant hanger. These little pineapples are crocheted in back-loop single crochet with a super bulky yarn and a 9 mm hook, in three sizes — the small is just 1.25 inches tall, the medium 2 inches and the large 3 inches — and each one is topped with a tiny chain loop for hanging. They are made for air plants, which need no soil at all: you simply tuck the plant into the top of the pineapple and its leaves become the pineapple's crown. One honest note: the original Lion Brand Fast-Track yarn has been discontinued, and Tamara suggests Bernat Suede-ish as a substitute, though any super bulky will do. At 5 to 15 yards apiece, you can make a whole garland from one skein.
Pattern: Lucky Pineapple Plant Hangers by Tamara Kelly at Moogly — Get the free pattern
12. The Never Ending Star That Grows With Your Pot
This design by Kristyn Crochets begins as a five-pointed star and simply never stops: you keep working the star rounds and, partway up, swap one stitch so the points begin cupping upward into a basket that climbs the sides of the pot. The small size finishes about 25 inches long and fits 4 to 6 inch pots; the large reaches 36 inches and swallows pots up to 12 inches across, and the page includes clear instructions for stopping at any custom size in between. It is worked in bulky yarn with a 9 mm hook — the sample on the page uses Bernat Maker Home Dec — and the straps are crocheted directly over a 2-inch or 4-inch craft ring, so there is nothing to assemble. Kristyn has stepped away from blogging, so Nana's Crafty Home now kindly hosts the full pattern to keep it free for everyone.
Pattern: Never Ending Star Plant Hanger by Kristyn Crochets — Get the free pattern
13. Spider-Web Faux Macramé in Cotton Cord
Tonya Bush at Nana's Crafty Home wanted the macramé look without learning a single knot, so she reworked her spider web pattern into this webbed basket hanger. The basket is crocheted in rounds of double crochet and chains that open into a web, sized for a small 3 to 4 inch pot and finishing about 9 inches wide and 11 inches tall before the straps. She crochets it in 3 mm cotton macramé cord with a big 10 mm hook — soft on the hands, and the twist of the cord makes the finished piece look convincingly knotted — and the straps are simple chains slip-stitched over a 2-inch wooden ring. A beaded tassel or a little fringe along the edge leans it further into boho territory.
Pattern: Crochet Plant Hanger by Tonya Bush at Nana’s Crafty Home — Get the free pattern
14. The Braided-Look Macrochet Mini
Dana at Day's Crochet coined the word "macrochet" for her designs that mimic macramé braiding with crochet stitches, and this mini wall planter is the sweetest example. Two single crochet straps are worked from a wooden ring and joined to a tiny crocheted pot cup, so the finished piece hangs flat on the wall like a little woven sling, about 16.5 inches from the top of the ring to the tip of its tassel. It uses doubled worsted cotton — her sample is Peaches & Creme in ecru — with a 6 mm hook, and the tassel is finished with optional 10 mm wooden beads threaded at different lengths. It is sized for air plants and the tiniest succulents, which makes it a perfect wedding favour or market-day seller.
Pattern: Macrochet Mini Planter by Day’s Crochet — Get the free pattern
15. The Teeny Pixie Planter With a Bead and a Tassel
If the Macrochet Mini charmed you, meet its little sister. The Pixie Planter is a miniature hanging cup worked in continuous rounds of single crochet, shaped with gentle increases and decreases so it cuddles a mini pot of about 2.75 inches — the tiny clay pots from the craft store fit perfectly. Dana designed it for super bulky textile yarn, the squishy tubular kind, using just 25 to 35 yards and an 8 mm hook, though t-shirt yarn or doubled cotton works too. A chain-7 loop at the back does the hanging, and the front is finished with a little tassel anchored by a wooden bead. Folded flat it measures only 6.5 by 4.5 inches, so it is a true one-hour make.
Pattern: The Pixie Planter by Day’s Crochet — Get the free pattern
16. The Hanging Herb Holder With Six Sturdy Loops
Salena Baca designed this one for the American Crochet Association with the kitchen garden in mind, and it is built like it means business: the finished holder is 23 inches long with a 7-inch base, made to carry pots from 4 to 7 inches. The body alternates rounds of openwork chain spaces filled with single crochet, which keeps it light and airy around the plant, and then — the detail I love — the final round works six enormous chain loops, 100 chains each, which you gather together onto a simple 2-inch hook screw. Six loops spread the weight beautifully, so this is the hanger I would trust with a heavy terracotta herb pot by a sunny kitchen window. It uses a single skein of Bernat Handicrafter cotton with a 5 mm hook and only basic stitches in joined rounds.
Pattern: Hanging Herb Holder by Salena Baca for the American Crochet Association — Get the free pattern
17. Twisted Columns and Four Long Strings
Blue Star Crochet does something I have never seen anywhere else: after a spider-web base, the sides of this pot cover are worked as separate vertical strands of double crochet, and then each strand is deliberately twisted before being caught into place with single crochet, giving the whole piece a rope-like, spiralling texture. To turn the cover into a hanger — and I will be honest that it begins life as a cover — you simply work four long strings of 100 chains at the top edge, knot them together, and hang the whole thing in the window, which is exactly how she displays hers. It is made in DK cotton with a 4 mm hook for small-to-medium pots. She made hers in under an hour in crisp white, and the twisted texture throws the prettiest shadows in afternoon sun.
Pattern: Crochet Plant Pot Cover by Blue Star Crochet — Get the free pattern
18. The Teardrop Farmhouse Basket for Walls
Lisa Fox at Green Fox Farms Designs is known for her teardrop baskets, and this farmhouse version is the classic: a flat-backed basket that hangs from a wall hook by a short chain loop, so the plant sits high at the front and the greenery spills over the scooped edge. It is worked seamlessly in one piece with two strands of worsted yarn held together and a 6.5 mm hook — continuous single crochet rounds build the bowl, then rounds of half double crochet clusters shape the teardrop and narrow it toward the top. Because it hangs flat, it suits hallways and porch posts where a swinging hanger would be a nuisance. In truth it is a storage basket first in Lisa's pattern library, and she shows it holding everything from yarn to bathroom bits — but with a trailing plant tucked inside, it becomes one of the prettiest wall hangers I know.
Pattern: Farmhouse Hanging Basket by Lisa Fox at Green Fox Farms Designs — Get the free pattern
19. A Suzette-Stitch Pocket From One Simple Square
Agat Rottman at Made by Gootie proves you do not need to crochet in the round to make a hanging planter. Her Suzette Hanging Basket starts as one flat 12-inch square of Suzette stitch — that cushiony single crochet and double crochet pairing — worked in two strands of worsted cotton with a 6 mm hook. You fold three corners of the square into the middle, whip-stitch the seams, crochet a sturdy loop onto the remaining corner, and the square becomes a deep pocket that hangs flat against the wall, finishing about 12.8 by 8.5 inches. Agat suggests it for keys, craft supplies and plants alike, and a small potted fern or a bunch of dried flowers sits in it beautifully. If one pocket is not enough, she has a companion double version with two pockets worked corner-to-corner.
Pattern: Suzette Hanging Basket by Agat Rottman at Made by Gootie — Get the free pattern
20. Puff-Stitch Straps With Wooden Beads
We are finishing with the most macramé-like of them all, because Mae Crochets' hanger has no basket at all — just three gorgeous straps that cradle the pot between them. Each strap begins with a tier of puff stitches about 11 inches long, worked in DK cotton with a 4.25 mm hook, then continues into smooth Romanian cord tiers of about 4 inches, passing through 16 mm wooden beads on the way. The three straps join at a wooden ring at the top with a wrapped gathering knot, and their ends are whip-stitched firmly together underneath the pot, so the pot nestles into the sling the straps form. You need about 80 yards of yarn, and every cord length is adjustable as long as you keep the three tiers even. It suits an adventurous beginner, and the result looks like something from a boutique.
Pattern: Crochet Plant Hanger by Mae Crochets — Get the free pattern
Conclusion
And that is twenty hangers, my friend — lattice and mesh, ribbing and star points, wall pockets and pineapple minis, every single one free and every single one ready to lift a plant into the light. If you are brand new to hangers, start with the size-it-yourself mesh or the super-bulky boho; if you want a showpiece, the Big Bohemian or the puff-stitch straps will stop visitors mid-sentence. One practical tip: choose cotton or cord over stretchy acrylic for heavy pots, and hang the finished piece empty for an hour to let the straps settle.
Now tell me — are you team ceiling hanger with trailing vines, or team wall pocket by the window, and which of these twenty is going on your hook first? I read every comment, and I cannot wait to see your makes!
