Friday 6 November 2015

FLORAL TEA LIGHT HOLDER 7

Sweet Nothings Crochet free crochet pattern blog ; photo of the beautiful silver n gold floral tea light holder 7Sweet Nothings Crochet free crochet pattern blog ; photo of the beautiful silver n gold floral tea light holder 7
FLORAL TEA LIGHT HOLDER 7

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.

This is a flower pattern that I’ve wanted to make for a long time (found on Pinterest) .. and here I’m going to try and adapt it to make a flower inspired tea light holder.  The original flower is in white and yellow, with green leaves, but in keeping with the festive season and bling, I'm going to use yellow and silver ! 

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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

What is a slip stitch : Here is a neat video tutorial at https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw

What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY

Magic circle : To refresh your skill, please view this easy video https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro

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


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.
In my patterns I work with the principle of stitch count and body measurement.  This means that you need to work the stitch count in pattern, till you get the measurement (length and/or width) that you need for your project. 


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..

I’ve decided to use a bright yellow for the centre of the flower (or the basket) and white for the petals. 

Our stitch count is in multiples of 6. 

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

Start (using yellow or orange) with a magic circle and 6 hdc in that circle.  Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.  Pull lightly to close.

Base Round 1 : 2 dc in the 1st hdc and each hdc till end.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st.

Base Round 2 : 2 dc in the 1st dc and in each dc all the way around.  
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st. (24 sts)

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 dc and each dc 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 white yarn, or whichever yarn you want for your flower petals.   
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.


Petals for flower
Single Crochet : Sc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (2 lps on hk); yo, draw through both lps.  One sc made.  Check out the video at https://youtu.be/ghACqBpA-3k

First stitch for Single Crochet : This is how I like to start my row of sc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/6pVYRfsf4_M

Start (using white in any sc at the base of basket just made) with 9 ch. Turn.

We start our round of petals with any sc, and then will work all our petals in one continuous movement.
Please read the Note before doing the round

Row 1 : (sc in the 2nd ch from hook ; 
hdc in the next ch, dc in the next 4 chs, hdc in the next ch, sc in the last ch ; 
sc in the same sc on the base of basket) ;
*Sc in the next sc
ch 9 , Turn ; 
rep (to) once* ; 
rep *to* in each sc all around.

Note : We have 24 sts at the base of our basket, so as per pattern, we will get 24 petals all around.  In case you find these are too many petals, then skip every other sc.  This means that for Round 1, instead of sc in the next sc at the end of completion of the first petal, you work an sl-st in the next sc and work the sc in the next sc. This way you will be skipping every alternate sc’s and get a total of 12 petals.

Fasten off and weave in ends.

One absolutely stunning little tea light candle holder done.


I thought about attaching a set of leaves, but found that for the tea light holder, we need a firm base, and attaching the leaves made it wobbly.  The tea light holder is already a worrying fire hazard, so why add to trouble, right J

What I loved about this pattern is the infinite possibilities to arrange the petals and make the same flower look totally different.  So go create, and enjoy

Sweet Nothings Crochet free crochet pattern blog ; photo of the beautiful silver n gold floral tea light holder 7 with tea light candle in it

Sweet Nothings Crochet free crochet pattern blog ; close up photo of the beautiful silver n gold floral tea light holder 7

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