Never Lose Your Phone Again: Learn How to Crochet Your Own Stylish Phone Lanyard!

I sometimes worry that my phone could be easily lost or stolen from me, so I decided to make this sweet crochet lanyard so I can wear my phone and tuck it into my bag or pocket at the same time! This lanyard uses loose crochet and thin thread to add length. Kinda cute and also practical! Please note that this is a beginner crochet tutorial that contains affiliate links.

You’ll need the following tools and materials to make this phone lanyard:

1: Some yarn. I used two yarns held together, purple bamboo yarn and thin beaded thread.

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2: A crochet hook. I used one that was 3.5mm in size. If I made this again I would use a crochet hook that was slightly smaller. The size crochet hook you will need depends on the thickness of your yarn.

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5: A pair of scissors.

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Here are all the steps you need to follow to make your crochet phone lanyard:

1: Hold the two yarns together.

2: Create a slip knot with the two yarns held together.

3: Slide the open knot over the crochet hook and then tighten it around the hook.

4: Take the long thread and loop it around the hook close to the hook end and in front of the slip knot loop you just tightened. You can see a video of this technique here.

5: Now take the first loop and pull it over the second one and off the crochet hook.

6: Continue steps 4 and 5 to create your crochet chain. Keep making loops until you have a chain long enough to fit across your body like a cross body bag. You can use your favourite cross body back to measure a length you like.

7: Once your crochet chain is long enough, cut the yarn so that you have a shorter length of yarn.

8: Take the last loop off of the crochet chain and loop the end of the yarn through it, pull it tight to create a knot and finish the crochet chain.

9: Knot the two ends of the crochet chain together.

10: Slide the excess yarn through the jump ring at the end of the phone loop and then create a couple of knots.

11: Use the needle to weave the ends of the yarn into the crochet chain. Trim any excess.

Now your crochet phone lanyard is finished and ready to use! Make one to protect your phone during your travels, or to keep it safe at home! I’ll be wearing mine across my body to protect my neck and help keep track of my phone.

If you want some other phone strap tutorials, you can find some here:

1: Turn a chain necklace into a phone wrist strap.

2: Transform some string into an amazing beaded phone strap.

3: Make your own sparkly rhinestone wrist strap for your phone.

4: Construct a simple chain phone strap.

And if you want some lanyard inspiration, here are some additional tutorials you can try:

1: Turn some funky beads into a handy lanyard.

2: Use some scrap yarn to make a colorful crochet lanyard.