Beautiful Crochet Diwali Special Diya Doily, Aasan for Laxmiji

 

Hello friends,

How are you? hoping doing well and busy in Diwali preparation. I made this Doily as an Aasan for Laxmiji. Previously also I made Diya Doily and Diya Samai Rangoli but those Diyas are 3 dimensional.

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This time the doily made has Diyas which are 2 dimensional. It's  diameter is 16.5". and weight 82 gm. For this project I used various types of yarn. Green and White are of Big Twist, Yellow used for Diya is Ganga Desire and Orange is Vardhaman Millenium. Hook is 3.5 mm, Beads 5mm and smaller Golden beads.

PATTERN: First let's make Diya. I had already made one Diya in 3 dimension and now it is in 2 dimensional. With Yellow yarn make,

R1: in magic loop make dc7, cl. ch1, sc2 in last dc, sl st at centre, for flame make ch3, incomplete dc 2, ch3, sl st at centre, sc2 in first dc.

R2: ch3 (as first dc), dc1 in gap, (dc2) in 5 dc-sts, lastly dc1 in gap, dc1 in last st, (total 14 dcs, 2 on each 7 sts) sl st 1 in 4 sts (horizontally), sl st at centre, sl st 1 in 4 st on other side, BO.

Join Orange yarn at centre, ch1, sl st 4 along right side of flame, ch1-picot, sl st 4 on other side of flame, sl st at centre. BO. 

Make such 9 Diyas.

Now let's start to make doily. With White yarn make,

R1: dc12 in magic loop, cl. (12)

R2: (dc2) in each st, cl (24)

R3: [dc1 in 1 st, (dc2) in next] 12 times, cl (36)

R4: [dc1 in 2 sts, (dc2) in next] 12 times, cl (48)

R5: [dc1 in 3 st, (dc2) in next] 12 times, cl (60)

Join Green yarn at any st,

R6: [dc1 in 4 st, (dc2) in next] 12 times, cl (72)

Now in next round we attachthose 9 Diyas, for that join Orange yarn at any st. We shall join them as shown below.

R7: ch1, [sc1 in 7 sts, join Diya in next st, (keep wrong side of doily part on wrong side of Diya and join.)] 9 times, cl.

Then join all Diyas with it's neighbour Diya by beads in between. Choose size of the beads as per your need. 

Now out of 14 dcs of R2 of Diya, first and last are hidden in between there are 12 dc-sts, skip 4 on both sides and we shall make sc1 on middle 4 sts. So join Yellow yarn at 5 visible dc-st

R8: [sc1 in 4 dc-sts of Diya, ch12] 9 times, cl. BO.

Join Green yarn at first dc on sc-st.

R9: [dc1 on 4 sc-sts, dc15 in ch12-sp] 9 times, cl. (179 sts) BO.

Join White yarn at any st.

R10: ch1, sc1 in same st, [ch7 skip 5 sts, sc1 next, ch2, skip 2 sts, sc1 next] rep till end, cl. Sl st in next ch7-sp.

(19 ch7-spaces and 19 ch2-spaces)

R11: [dc14 in ch7-sp, join by sc1 in ch2-sp] 19 times, cl, BO.

Join Orange yarn at the space between first and second dc (out of 14). In this last round we shall work in between these 14 dcs. There are 13 gaps between these 14 dcs.

R12: ch1, [sc1 in the space between 1st and 2nd dcs, (dc1 in next gap, ch3-picot by sc in between previous gap between 2 orange dcs) 11 times, sc1 in the last gap between 2 dcs, sl st on white sc-st] 19 times, cl, BO.

Then if you want to make Swastik symbol then make two pieces of chs 17 and glue them at centre to form a swastik symbol.

The beautiful doily / Aasan as shown in top most photo is ready.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Beautiful Crochet Aasan for Mahalaxmiji in Diwali, Ganeshji's Aasan

 

Hello friends,

We made so many doilies as Aasan for Ganeshji or Mahalaxmiji. But this time I made 3-dimensional Aasan. Such type of Aasan you may have seen on Instagram but they are just AI generated or made by pipe cleaners. So I am giving here full description that how to make this crochet Aasan step by step.

For this project I use Red Heart yarn Yellow and Green. Hook 3.5 mm, metal wire for stiffness of petals but the wire I have is 26 gauge (0.4 mm) which is very thin so I double the wire and then use it.

Also I need one round plastic or cardboard box and some beads. If you don't have such box, don't worry. You can use two round cardboards and stuff in to give it box like shape. Even you can used square box and cover it by simple granny square. But I have this box which is too wide, so my son cut it for me like this. It's diameter is 6" and height 2.2".

PATTERN: Let's make petals with Yellow make chs 31.

R1: from second ch make sc3, hdc3, {(dc5, (dc2) next}2 times, dc5, hdc3, sc3, in last ch make (sc1, ch1, sc1) place marker at ch1-sp, then on other side also make sc3, hdc3, {dc5, (dc2)} 2 times, dc5, hdc3, sc3. Join by sl st with the first st on opposite side.

After R1 we have 32 sts then ch1 then 32 sts on other side.

R2: ch1, sc5, {hdc5, (hdc2) next} 3 times, hdc5, sc4, in ch1-sp (sc1, ch1, sc1), on other side sc4, {hdc5, (hdc2) next} 3 times, hdc5, sc5. Join by sl st with the first st on opposite side.

R3: ch1, insert metal wire, sc1 in each st (36), at ch1-sp make (sc1, hdc1, ch1, sc1), again sc1 in each st from other side (36). No need to close by sl st because any way we are going to glue them.

Make such 9 petals. You can make all 9 of above pattern but I made 7 of this pattern and while making last two petals I skip R2 and make direct R3. Also I color each petal very lightly by pink with acrylic pen (my grandson gave it to me).

Then let's make cover for the box by Green.

R1: dc 12 in msgic loop, cl.  Note that our first dc will be always ch3.

R2: (dc2) in each st, cl (24)

R3: [dc1 in 1 st, (dc2) in next] 12 times, cl (36)

R4: [dc1 in 2 sts, (dc2) in next] 12 times, cl (48)

R5: [dc1 in 3 sts, (dc2) in next] 12 times, cl (60)

R6: [dc1 in 4 sts, (dc2) in next] 12 times, cl (72). Place on the box. if needed make more rounds.

After R6, place it on bax and see whether we should do sc-round or hdc-round or dc-round. Accordingly make it. I need just sc-round.

R7: ch1, sc1 in each st, cl (72)

R8: bpdc on each sc, cl (72)

R9, R10, R11: dc1 in each st, cl. (72)

Then again we check and found that one sc-round may be done, so..

R12: ch1, sc1 in each st, cl. BO.

Then we make some small flowers for decorating this. I use Oswal Rangoli yarn which is shading yarn

R1: in magic loop make (ch4, tr2, ch4, sl st in magic loop) 5 times, cl, BO.

Attach a small bead at centre either by sewing or as shown in video.

Make such 15-16 flowers.

Then glue all 9 petals around the box as shown. For proper shape I have to fold petals little bit (see in the video) to cover the mess up we glue flowers all around the width of the box.

The beautiful Aasan is ready. You can use it for Ganeshotsav also.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.