Tissue Box Covers

Posted on May 28, 2006 by whatnottocrochet

Of any kind really…including this one! I have never quite got the point of them…why would you want to cover up your tissue box? Is it that hideous that it needs to be covered? Or is it just an excuse to crochet something simple?

And yes, it is off Annie's Attic again…just to save you the click… :)

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39 Responses to “Tissue Box Covers”

  1. HydraFemme, on May 28th, 2006 at 4:37 pm Said:

    Now appearing at the gift shop at your local nursing home, as well as your church bazaar. . .

  2. Julie, on May 28th, 2006 at 5:20 pm Said:

    ……..i really dont know what to say……

  3. Donna, on May 28th, 2006 at 5:42 pm Said:

    I can remeber mt granny having these. But, then again she had a cover for everything.
    A fuzzy cover on the toilet seat, toilet lid and toilet tank cover.
    A cover for the toaster, the blinder, and a dress on the dish liquid.
    I can even remember a TP cover and all the doileys that covered every chair arm and table.
    No wonder I have issues….

  4. Abby, on May 29th, 2006 at 12:09 am Said:

    tissue covers –what a waste of time! Give me a break!

  5. Petra, on May 29th, 2006 at 12:59 am Said:

    This is very hideous….the only thing I like about it are the colors. But I would never use them like this. I do find this pattern very funny. I guess it’s free for a reason.

  6. susan, on May 29th, 2006 at 2:10 am Said:

    yes I’m another one that never really got the covers for tissues or loo rolls or sauce / wine bottles or those little covers for purse-pack tissues… there must be simple, quick ideas suitable for bazaars etc that are NOT either totally pointless or hideous or both

  7. severina, on May 29th, 2006 at 10:01 am Said:

    I believe this is a signal to call Dr. Kevorkian…

  8. Jeanene, on May 29th, 2006 at 12:26 pm Said:

    This is ugly. Very true.

    That said, I have made things along these lines. Each toilet in my house has a simple runner across the toilet tank with a toilet roll cover (single color scheme here - blue runner with white roll cover, etc) The main reason is that there is no place to keep an extra roll of TP anywhere else close by. No flowers or other type stuff.

    I did made one of those animals with the huge skirts to cover a roll for my grandmother (her’s was a cat) but that fits in an old lady’s house.

    The ONLY reason I could see making one of these things (but not one this ugly) is so that it matches the color of the room and is NON-INTRUSIVE. Say a soft, solid color so that no matter what pattern the tissue company comes out with, it always matches the room.

  9. buttercup, on May 30th, 2006 at 12:47 pm Said:

    i need an intervention. i have a sushi tp roll cover. i think it’s cute.

    but that’s all.

    my quick and easy thing to do for rummage sales are fun-fur catnip mice. a good disposal method for fun fur. gives me happiness watching the cats attack it.

  10. Danielle, on May 30th, 2006 at 1:25 pm Said:

    Interesting concept, covering hideous with hideous.
    Wow, that Annie’s Attic is a wealth of piss poor designs.
    Amazing.

  11. Norah, on May 31st, 2006 at 12:53 am Said:

    The only tissue cover I ever saw that I liked was one that looked like a turtleneck sweater (the tissue would come out of the turtleneck part). And even I would probably not actually make it….

  12. auntchrissy, on June 1st, 2006 at 12:22 pm Said:

    ha ha! I was just thinking the other day I should crochet some covers for all the stray rolls of TP sitting around the house which I use in lieu of Kleenex - maybe I could adapt this one somehow … ;-)

  13. LINDZ, on June 1st, 2006 at 1:25 pm Said:

    MY MUM HAS ONE OF THOSE!

  14. LINDZ, on June 1st, 2006 at 1:27 pm Said:

    SHE DIDN’T MAKE IT THO’. IS THAT CHEATING?

  15. Bec, on June 11th, 2006 at 10:03 am Said:

    It’s like those toilet paper dollies, no one will ever know you use toilet paper or tissues if you crochet something to cover them.

  16. Maria, on June 12th, 2006 at 7:04 pm Said:

    Sad to say, but I crocheted a tissue box cover for my invalid grandfather when I was about 12 years old. He liked the darn thing so much that he always had it with him on or near his wheelchair. It’s in every picture of him we took after I gave it to him as a gift. And it wasn’t even as nice as the one in the picture.

    My point? I don’t know. Except maybe these silly things make good gifts for invalid grandparents.

  17. Meara, on June 22nd, 2006 at 10:10 pm Said:

    This particular design is ugly. My grandmother always had a TP cover that looked like a doll with a huge southern belle dress on - and I loved it! I haven’t made one for my bathroom, but I will someday :) As for the tissue box cover - I like the idea that you can always have a tissue box to match your room rather than the ugly patterns/colors the companies use for their boxes. JM2C ;)

  18. LindaK, on July 14th, 2006 at 11:34 am Said:

    I agree with you on the reason to crochet one. It is just something easy, it is tempting, but WHY? I think there is a pattern somewhere, to coverup everything in the entire house, so you could live in a totally crocheted home! I think I will crochet around my DH while he is asleep, then he will always be warm and quiet!! I will make sure I make a large hole where his mouth is to feed him. LOLOL!!!

  19. Mary13, on July 31st, 2006 at 2:17 pm Said:

    with those colors it looks like puke.

  20. Mary13, on July 31st, 2006 at 2:18 pm Said:

    they are very useful though ;)

  21. phil, on August 28th, 2006 at 4:16 pm Said:

    Hi

    Came accross this and for all its ‘kitch’ i have to say I WANT THE PATTERN.

    note to readers, happily ‘married’ 36yo queen who has just brought first home with ‘husband’ and wants to camp up the home (husband not aware of plan!)

    anyone who could help me would be first on the list to recieve one if i manage to make it!

  22. Lupe Tice, on October 10th, 2006 at 9:10 pm Said:

    Meara,
    Do you have a pattern for dolls that cover toilet paper that look like they have the southern bell at the bottom? I have been looking for that pattern, but haven’t been able to find it. I would love to have it . Let me know if you can help me.

  23. Nemi, on November 16th, 2006 at 2:50 pm Said:

    Honestly, I need tissue box covers because I usually wind up squishing the boxes into weird shapes, and they look ew. Tge covers can be used to cover my clutzy dumbness.

  24. Le Precoce Feroce, on November 29th, 2006 at 8:33 pm Said:

    All:

    Here’s a pattern for a toilet paper dolly. I’ve never crocheted before, but I’m trying one now as a gag gift.

    http://trishcrochet.50g.com/toilettissue.html

  25. Hot&CoolMom, on December 28th, 2006 at 7:20 pm Said:

    Buttercup, I’ve seen the sushi cover and I think it’s cool. Have also seen a white thread boutique tissue box cover — understated and attractive — and it was something I’d rather look at than a cardboard box.

  26. HopkinGreen, on April 12th, 2007 at 6:12 pm Said:

    I found this site when I was looking for “toilet roll covers” (I was trying to figure out what the point of them was… ;)

    I never had the Kleenex box things either. I think my grandmother did though.

    But seriously, what is the deal with toilet roll covers?

    http://www.tradewindknits.com/tmexhibt.html

    I mean, is it just for the spare roll? Or is it for the one that is in constant use? I’m confused…

    We always keep any spare rolls in the cabinet or on a shelf. The one that is “in use” is on the dispenser doohickey. I don’t have any particular urge to dress up any of my spare rolls as hats or dolls, but apparently some people feel this need. Even in fantastically overly-made up houses that I’ve visited, I’ve not noticed anyone’s toilet paper roll covers. I wonder if it’s a cultural thing that I haven’t encountered yet…

    The kids have a tendency to smash tissue dispensers… so I can kind of see having a reinforcing “box” to put on it…but it would probably have to be made of something sturdier than crochet to survive the kid’s usage of it… Not that I’m particularly worried. When its no longer cold season, the tissue boxes go away anyway.

  27. bluesaffron, on May 3rd, 2007 at 6:47 am Said:

    I love this cover. Little details like this around the house let your personality shine through. If you had a cover like this, in pastel colours for Spring, or black and white for the Fall or Christmas glitter when the time is right at your office desk…you would like it.

  28. Micki, on May 3rd, 2007 at 10:29 pm Said:

    WOW, I LOVE the tissue covers. I must admi, the one shownisn’t the best one I have ever seen, but someone liked it I am sure!

  29. Devin Lane, on May 7th, 2007 at 1:33 pm Said:

    I really like it! I am looking around for tissue box covers to make and I might go and check out this free pattern :)

  30. d henry, on May 24th, 2007 at 10:03 am Said:

    I’m still looking for a tissue box cover that I saw a long time ago. It was at a JC Penney catalog office located at a Thrift Drug Store. It housed a rectangular tissue box (180″s size). It was a quilted house, and the tissues came out of the roof. It was really sweet. Have yet to see its twin.

  31. OneTacoShortACombinationPlate, on June 2nd, 2007 at 10:26 pm Said:

    The only thing that has eternal life besides heaven. Just when I thought they all died in the resale graveyard, someone actually wants to make one.

  32. Deb, on July 25th, 2007 at 10:19 pm Said:

    Wow. And to think, I saw one made out of “Crazy Daisies”.

  33. lisalu, on September 4th, 2007 at 9:31 pm Said:

    Hey, Annie, that crap is in your attic for a REASON!

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  35. Crafty Nature, on November 10th, 2007 at 11:54 am Said:

    I don’t really think a tissue cover is a nessicary thing but i do think the colors and pattern are pretty.

  36. Tahki-chan, on December 9th, 2007 at 8:50 pm Said:

    Looks like granny squares to me…ugh. I’d rather have one that looks like sushi :D

  37. Amanda, on January 26th, 2008 at 11:07 am Said:

    My goal is to cozy everything I can, to include door knobs. I will also have crocheted towel hanger thingies in my kitchen, and a plastic bag keeper. I like the grandmotherly kitsch of it all…
    No dolls, though. I didn’t even play with them when I was little, so I’m not going to decorate my house with them. :)

  38. Georgiann, on March 20th, 2008 at 6:41 pm Said:

    I like them to hold together the tissue boxes that my children have crushed, lol.

  39. Raquel, on April 6th, 2008 at 2:16 am Said:

    Well, to those who wonder why anyone would want to cover a box of tissues I’ll tell you that I actually stumbled onto this site while searching for a pattern for a tissue box (but the rectangular ones) because I cannot always get a box in the color to match the room, especially the L/R where I must keep one because I have nasal allergies and it would be so much easier to pick a box of any color. But sadly, so far most patterns I see for just about everything are not at all to my liking because they’re either too old fashioned, too bulky, clunky, bizarre and/or tacky. I guess if I don’t find one I can always try making one by myself even if it takes me way longer since I’m really not an “expert”…

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