Crochet Diya Showpiece Two Versions with Petals 5 and 6, Crochet Diya Doily, Tablemat

 

Hello friends,

I have made so many Diya Decors or Diya Show pieces as well as Diya Holders every year for Diwali. This year also I posted number of such decorative items, just search as Diya showpiece, you can find them. This one I made is very very simple and it can be easily made. I made two types of Diya showpieces. One with 5 petals (White in above picture) and other with 6 petals (Reddish). Another use of that 6 petal pattern is that we can make beautiful Doily with that as the top right part of the above picture.

I made this with Ganga Desire yarn and 3.5 mm hook.

PATTERN: Flower with 6 petals,

With Yellow R1: dc12 in magic loop, cl (12). First dc is ch3.

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

R3: [dc1, (dc2) next] 12 times, cl (36), BO.

Join orange yarn at any st.

R4: ch1, sc1, [ch6, db tr1 in next 2 sts, sc1 in 4 sts] 6 times, cl.

R5: [in ch6-sp make (sc1, dc3, tr3), db tr1 on both db tr-sts, on 6ch-sp on other side make (tr3, dc3, sc1), sc1 in middle 2 sc-sts] 6 times, cl.

R6: [skip first sc-st, sc6, dc3, on the gap between 2db-tr make ( dc3, ch2, dc3), then on other side dc3, sc6, then next petal]6times, cl. BO.

Join red yarn at second sc-st (skip first sc-st)

R7: sc11, in ch2-sp make (sc2, ch1-picot, sc2), then on other side make sc11, skip last st] 6 times, cl.

Diya: with Red,

R1: dc12 in magic loop, cl (12)

R2: (dc2) in each st, cl (24) 

R3: in back loop only dc1 in each st, increase 1 st at last for better shape (25) cl.

R4: dc1 in each st, increase 1 st at last (26), cl, BO.

Flame: with Yellow,  ch7, then from second ch make 

R1: sc1, hdc1, (dc2), hdc1, sc1, in last ch (sc1, ch3-picot,  sc1), then on other side also sc1, hdc1, (dc2), hdc1, sc1, sl st in last st on opposite side. BO.

Then sew it properly to the Diya.

Sew this Diya at the centre of Flower. Decorate it with beads as shown or as you wish.

The beautiful Diya Showpiece is ready. 

Now if you want to make doily then we have to make such 7 flowers with Diya in each. We shall join two points of second flower with first. When you make second flower then don't complete the last round only make border to 4 petals. Then make sc 1 in 11 sts, sc2 in ch2-sp, join with ch1-picot of first flower as shown in video (just pass the working loop through ch1-picot then sc2 in the same ch2-sp. Then sc1 in 11 sts of other side of petal. Now sc11 of last petal, sc2 in ch2-sp, join with the top of the adjecent petal, sc2 in ch2-sp, sc11, cl, BO. 

Join other flowers also at two points each of central flower. Also join the flower with it's adjecent flower similarly. The beautiful Doily is ready.

Then I also tried for 5 petal flower. For that with Yellow make,

R1: dc15 in magic loop, cl.

R2: (dc2) in each st, cl (30), BO.

Join orange yarn at any st. All rounds exactly same as above (R4 above will be R3 and so on) only repeating 5 times.

R3: ch1, sc1, [ch6, db tr1 in next 2 sts, sc1 in 4 sts] 5 times, cl.

R4: R5: [in ch6-sp make (sc1, dc3, tr3), db tr1 on both db tr-sts, on 6ch-sp on other side make (tr3, dc3, sc1), sc1 in middle 2 sc-sts] 5 times, cl.

R5: [skip first sc-st, sc6, dc3, on the gap between 2db-tr make ( dc3, ch2, dc3), then on other side dc3, sc6, then next petal] 5 times, cl. BO.

Join red yarn at second sc-st (skip first sc-st)

R6: sc11, in ch2-sp make (sc2, ch1-picot, sc2), then on other side make sc11, skip last st] 5 times, cl.

Beautiful 5 petal flower is ready.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Crochet Star / Flower Shaped Bag as per Trending Fashion

 Hello friends, 

Since Diwali is at the door, I am making various Home Decorative items or Useful for Diwali Decoration. But along with Home we have also to dress-up and get our outfits ready for Diwali. 
So here is a very beautiful Bag, looking luxurious and which is as per modern trend and of course adding your ideas you can make it more glorious and iconic bag.

It is Star shaped or more precisely you can say Flower shaped. You can increase it's volume by increasing it's width. You can attach fashionable bag charm and beautiful Flower at centre.

Being in USA, I used bright color in Red Heart yarn, hook 3.5 mm and some beads. It's maximum width is 13.5" and minimum 8.5".
PATTERN: With light brown make
R1: dc15 in magic loop, cl. (15) (first dc is always ch3)
R2: (dc2) in each st, cl (30)
R3: [dc1 in 1 st, (dc2) next] 15 times, cl. (45) BO.

Join orange yarn at any st.
R1: ch1, sc1 in same st, [ch2, skip 3 sts, (dc3) in next, ch2, (dc3) in nect ch2, skip 3 sts, sc1 next] rep 5 times, cl.

R2: [in ch2-sp make sc1, hdc1, on 3 dc-sts make dc1 on each, shell (dc3, ch2, dc3) in ch2-sp, dc1 on 3 dc-sts, in ch2-sp hdc1, sc1, make sc1 on joining sc but not in stitch but by splitting V of sc of R1] rep 5 times, cl. (We have 6dc+ch2+6dc)

R3: [skip first sc-st, sc1 on hdc-st, hdc1 on first dc-st, dc1 on each of the 5dc-sts, shell on shell, dc5, hdc1, sc1, skip last st,  make sc1 on joining sc but not in stitch but by splitting V of sc of R1] rep 5 times, cl. (We have 8dc+ch2+8dc)

R4: [skip first sc-st, sc1 on hdc-st, hdc1 on first dc-st, dc1 on each of the 7dc-sts, shell on shell, dc7, hdc1, sc1, skip last st,  make sc1 on joining sc but not in stitch but by splitting V of sc of R1] rep 5 times, cl. (We have 10dc+ch2+10dc)

R5: [skip first sc-st, sc1 on hdc-st, hdc1 on first dc-st, dc1 on each of the 9dc-sts, shell on shell, dc9, hdc1, sc1, skip last st,  make sc1 on joining sc but not in stitch but by splitting V of sc of R1] rep 5 times, cl. (We have 12dc+ch2+12dc)

R6: [skip first sc-st, sc1 on hdc-st, hdc1 on first dc-st, dc1 on each of the 11dc-sts, shell on shell, dc11, hdc1, sc1, skip last st,  make sc1 on joining sc but not in stitch but by splitting V of sc of R1] rep 5 times, cl. (We have 14dc+ch2+14dc).

R7: [skip first sc-st, sc1 on hdc-st, hdc1 on first dc-st, dc1 on each of the 13dc-sts, shell on shell, dc13, hdc1, sc1, skip last st,  make sc1 on joining sc but not in stitch but by splitting V of sc of R1] rep 5 times, cl. (We have 16dc+ch2+16dc)

Make such two pieces.

Side Band we work row wise.

 R1: Join Orange yarn at back side of second stitch of any petal (not in back loop of stitch but back of back loop). ch1, sc1 in each back side loop till the ch2-sp on top of the petal, skip ch2-sp, start making sc1 in back side from next st till lowest middle 3 sts, skip these 3 sts. Repeat this for 4 petal, leave last petal for opening of bag.

R2: ch1 turn, sc1 in each stitch (now normal sc in st) all the row.

R3 & R4: same as R2.

Then join second part by scs in back stitch of second part and one stitch of the R4 of side band we made.

Even you can join second flower / star by simply tapestry needle. I join by tapestry needle.

BELT: At the end we make ch1, sc1 in 5 sts (one st in each sc-row), 

R2: ch1 turn, sc1 in each st

Repeat this row till the height is 16".

Then for decoration either make crochet flower and attach at centre also a beautiful Bag charm. I had beads which I glued as shown. Ofcourse it looks amazing.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.