TEA LIGHT HOLDER 2
Navratri is a
festival of nine nights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navratri when we ladies get a chance to show off our
craft and decorative skills, have friends and family come home and enjoy some
different foods. This is closely
followed by Diwali, our festival of lights https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali.
During both these festivals, we decorate our
homes with lights. In the old days, we
used mud lamps – now with the advent of tea lights and candles, these are the
simpler, easier, and cleaner lamps that we use.
In my earlier blog I wrote about how my friend
Prabha had tested this tea light candle holder, using a regular tea light candle and reading that my
dear (lawful.. well, she married my brother, so ..)
sister sent me the link for these lovely battery operated flameless candles,
which I thought I should add here, just in case.
Thanks so much dear Anu for taking the
trouble to check this out for me.
http://www.amazon.com/Everlasting-Tealights-Battery-Operated-Flamess-Candles/dp/B001GDXGCO
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While I was working on my varied tea light holders, someone in another crochet group shared a photograph of a tea light candle holder that looked something like this.... and I thought I’d experiment and see what I’d get.
This is my second creation for tea light holders.
Materials used : Indian
Polyester yarn with a 4 mm crochet hook.
Difficulty level : Intermediate
to advanced skill level
Abbreviations used : (Using U.S terminology)
lp(s) : Loop(s) sc
: Single crochet
dc : Double crochet sp
: Space
sl-st : Slip stitch ch : Chain
st(s) : Stitch(es) hk : Hook
yo : Yarn Over MC
: Main Colour
CC : Contrast Colour
Sc-blo
: Single crochet back loop only
Stitches used : (Using U.S terminology)
Starting slip knot : Here’s how you start with a slip knot. https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw
Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : This is a neat new way to start your work without a slip knot. https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs
Instructions
Please note that I start all my rows with a ch 1, turning chain for ease.
Please check the top of this blog for easy video tutorials on all stitches used in today's pattern.
Please read through all my notes before you pick up your hook, so you know just where we're heading in our pattern.
So before we jump into the pattern, let’s see what we’re going to do here.
This is a pretty straight forward pattern. We start with a magic circle and the base of
our little holder, and work till we get a round base that we’re happy with… i.e
the size of the tea light candle holder we’re going to put inside. Ensure that the round we’re making here is a
little larger than the tea light, to prevent the flame from jumping out and
creating a fire hazard.
We will then continue to create the top and
sides of our little container holder.
This part is the constant for all our tea light holders.
As we turn to work the sides of our holder, we
will be working one round in back loops only.
Very conveniently, the other loop (i.e un-used
front loop) will be the one we will re-attach our yarn onto to work the lower
round portion of our tea light decoration.
Easy enough, right? So let’s move on..
Instructions : (Using U.S terminology)
Our pattern repeat is 6
(If you want six spokes, start with 6. If you want eight spokes, start with a magic circle and 8 hdc in that circle)
(If you want six spokes, start with 6. If you want eight spokes, start with a magic circle and 8 hdc in that circle)
Magic circle : To refresh your skill, please view this easy video https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro
Half Double Crochet : Hdc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk) ;
yo, draw through all 3 lps. One hdc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/sDiELJdB2Dg
Chainless start for Half Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 start, and this is what I do to start my row of hdc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/lWXpl1KdbZ8
What is a slip stitch : Here is a neat video tutorial at https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw
Start with a
magic circle and 6 hdc in that circle.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Pull lightly to close.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Pull lightly to close.
Base Round 1 :
2 hdc in the 1st hdc and each hdc till end.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Base Round 2 :
hdc in the 1st hdc ;
2 hdc in the next hdc ;
* hdc in the next hdc ; 2 hdc in the next hdc * ;
rep *to* all the way around.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
2 hdc in the next hdc ;
* hdc in the next hdc ; 2 hdc in the next hdc * ;
rep *to* all the way around.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
To create a nice rim, and a deciding line where
we can attach the rest of our pattern to, let’s work one round in single
crochet, using back loops only or sc-blo.
Single crochet back loop only (sc-blo) : Here is an easy video tutorial
Base Round 3 :
sc-blo in the 1st hdc and each hdc till end.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
We will now work one round without increase that
will work the sides of our tea light holder.
Side Round 4 :
hdc in the 1st sc and in each sc all the way around.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
For regular tea light holders, just Side Round 4
should suffice.
However, depending on how high you want the
sides for your lamp holder, continue without any increase till you have the
height you are happy with.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
We’ve completed the little ‘basket-like’ portion
of our tea light holder. This is where
we’ll place our little tea light.
We will now work on the decorative or floral
part of our holder. So we need to go
back to that sc-blo row, and re-attach our yarn.
We will now be working in the front loops of
that sc, and our instruction for that first round, will just read work in sc.
For convenience, I have termed earlier rounds as
Base and Side.
These instructions will
just be numbered Round 1.. etc.
What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY
Round 1 : sc in the 1st
sc ;
*ch 3, sk next 2 sc, sc in the next sc* ;
*ch 3, sk next 2 sc, sc in the next sc* ;
rep *to* in each sc till
end.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk);
[yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo
Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0
Round 2 : dc in the 1st
sc ;
*(2 dc ; ch 3, 2 dc) in the next ch-3 sp ;
dc in the next sc* ;
dc in the next sc* ;
rep *to* all
around till end.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
We will use our decorative picot stitch in this
round.
Our picot is a (ch 3, sl-st into the 1st st).
How to work a picot stitch : Traditionally for a ch-3 picot, you work (ch 3, sl-st in 3rd ch from hook). For a ch-5 picot, you will do (ch 5, sl-st in 5th ch from hook).
Here’s a great video https://youtu.be/8s3zVaBcn4s
Round 3 : sc + picot in
the 1st dc ;
*{ch 3, sc + picot in the next ch-3 sp ;
(hdc, dc, trc + picot , dc, hdc, sc + picot) all in the same ch-3 sp} ;
ch 3, sk next 2 dc , sc + picot in the next dc* ;
(hdc, dc, trc + picot , dc, hdc, sc + picot) all in the same ch-3 sp} ;
ch 3, sk next 2 dc , sc + picot in the next dc* ;
rep *to* all around till end.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Using this pattern, I have made two projects,
and they are slightly differently
sized, due to the thickness of the thread / yarn. So I’m going to experiment yet again to see if
I can increase the diameter in that last round.
All that said, these are still absolutely
stunning little tea light candle holders.
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