Crochet Diya Showpiece, Diya Holder, Candle Holder, Diwali Decoration Ideas, Mahalaxmi's Aasan

 

Hello friends,

In this week I made this beautiful Showpiece. You can use it as Diya Decor if you keep Diya at centre or in Christmas you can keep Candle at centre, it will be candle decor. Other than Diwali or Christmas you can use it as Vase decor. If you simply make petals and two plane rounds as shown in video then it will be best Mahalaxmi's Aasan for Diwali. It's very simple to make and best Diwali gift for your friends.

PATTERN: I use Vardhaman Millenium yarn and 3.5 mm hook. First let's make base.

R1: in magic loop make dc 12, cl. (Note: first dc means ch3)

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

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

R4 Extra: in front loop of each st make dc 1, cl (36)

R4: Join green yarn at any unworked back loop. [dc1 in 2 sts, (dc2) next] 12 times, cl (48)

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

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

R7: [dc1 in 5 sts, (dc2) next] 12 times, cl (84)

BORDER: Join white yarn at any st. ch1. [sc3, ch3-picot] rep till end, cl. 

If you want you can have same border to the central part where we shall keep Diya. Otherwise you can sew beads instead of this border.

Then make one plane piece with same color from R1 to R7 except R4 Extra round. Glue it to Cardboard of same size. Now let us make petals to decorate.

With white yarn make chs 10. Then from second ch make,

R1: sc1, hdc1, dc1, (dc2) in 2 chs, dc1, hdc1, sc1 then in the last ch make (sc1, ch1, sc1) at this ch1-sp place marker, then from other side also make sc1, hdc1, dc1, (dc2) in 2 chs, dc1, hdc1, sc1. Sl st in the first st on opposite side, BO.

R2: Join base color for border. ch1, sc1 in each st till marker (11scs). In ch1-sp of marker make (sc1, ch1-picot, sc1), then again sc1 in each st from other side also. No need to join with first st on other side as it is being glued under cover.

Make such 15-16 petals.Glue all these petals around the plane round we made with cardboard. If you make round of same size with Yellow or with same color as other side of cardboard then you can use it as Laxmi Aasan for Diwali.

Now we shall make Diya (since we are making it as showpice and not simply Diya Holder. This time we make different Diya, it's PANCHARATI (means praying God with 5 flames. Hence we made this Diya with 5 flames.

Diya: R1: In magic loop, dc12, cl.

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

R3: [hdc1 in 3 st, (hdc2) next] 6 times, cl (30)

R4: Living bread design out make, dc1 in each st, cl (30)

R5: [sc1 in 3 sts, hdc1, (dc2), hdc1] 5 times, cl. Five flame positions fixed. BO.

Join Orange yarn in the space between 2dcs, 

Flame: ch3, dc1, ch1-picot, ch3, sl st in same space, BO. Make such 5 flames.

Now place some card board rounds in the middle part and level it then place this Diya at centre and if you want permenant then glue it. Also glue this on that petals round.

Lastly we shall make some Green leaves along with stem to decorate the middle portion. With Green yarn make [chs 5+3, dc1 in 4th ch, ch3, sl st in 4th ch. Again ch3, dc1 in same place, ch3, sl st. Then make one tight chain keeping yarn under these 2 leaves and hook upside to fix them] rep this till the required length. 

Then either sew it or glue it. I prefer sewing because by glue gun, the glue is hot and stem is so small that it may not be possible not allowing it to twist and glue properly.

Wow!! it really looks amazing!! I hope that you will love to make this. So start and send me photo. The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Crochet Aakash Kandil Diwali Special, Lamp Shade

 

Hello friends,

Diwali is on the way so we are preparing for Diwali decoration. I made this crochet Aakash Kandil (Aakash Diya).Every year I had made different designs in Aakash Diya.

All videos can be seen on my youtube channel Kalopasak in the following playlist of Diwali Decoration,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqiHH5u9dU&list=PLOJmkDMw2v7EBuXF-83rSWm3haQnb66no&pp=sAgC

Other than Aakash Kandil also there are number of Diwali special showpieces, Dolies etc. 

This year Lotus design is very viral. Everything subscribers want in Lotus design hence I made this Aakash Diya also using lotus design. Lotus made is same as that made in Toran design. My post on 9th of this month. Link is here,

https://alkaandart.blogspot.com/search?q=lotus+toran

This Aakash Diya has height 15" without cord and cord them selves are 6"-7" each. I used only one ring of 9.5" diameter. Yarn used is Red Heart but you can use Ganga Desire like thick yarn. If you want to use thin yarn then use another ring for down side so that it will remain stiff. 

PATTERN: LOTUS: Make 5 Lotus Flowers as that pattern. With Yellow make chs 10.

R1: from second ch, sc1, hdc1, dc1, (dc2) in next 2 sts, dc1, hdc1, sc1, in last ch make (sc1, ch1, sc1), place marker at ch1-sp, then from other side also make sc1, hdc1, dc1, (dc2) in 2 sts, dc1, hdc1, sc1, lastly sl st in first st on opposite side.

R2: Join other color at first st. ch1, sc1 in each st till marker (you have to make 11 scs), at marker make (sc1, ch1-picot, sc1) then on other side also make sc1 in each st (11), BO.

We need 7 such petals for one Lotus. So make 35 petals and glue them as shown.

To fix it more, sew a big bead at centre so that all petals are attached.

Now let's start from wrapping ring itself. 

R1: with red yarn cover the whole ring by single crochets, cl.

R2: (dc1 in 2 sts, ch2, skip 2 sts) rep till end, cl. (We have 33 groups of 2dcs)

R3: Sl St till ch2-sp, (dc2 in ch2-sp, ch2) rep till end, cl.

Repeat R3 till the height is 5"-6".

Next R: ch1, (sc1 on 2 dc-sts, sc2 in ch2-sp) rep till end, cl (132 sts). BO.

Now we have 5 lotus and 132 sts ( we round up to 130). That is each lotus have 26 sts. Hence place marker after each 25 sts. 

Now join green yarn at marker's place.

BORDER R1: ch1, sc1in 3 sts, [skip 3 sts, (dc7) in next, skip 3 sts, sc1 in 6 sts] rep till end, lastly sc3, cl.

R2: [(dc2) in each dc out of 7 dc-sts, sl st after 3sc-sts] rep till end, cl.

In all we have 10 green semi circles. Alternatively we fix lotus. Then for Latkan make 5 Tassels with base color yarn and some beads as per availability. Also we make five other latkan with small crochet flowers.

LATKAN: With green yarn make chs 7 for stem + chs 7 for leaf

R1: LEAF: from second ch, sc1, hdc1, dc2, hdc1, sc1, sl st at base then ch7+ ch3, in 4th ch make dc1 (this is base for flower), again chs 7 +7 make leaf, [again ch7 +3, dc1 in 4th ch, ch7+7, lastly leaf, sl st in each of the 7 sts of stem, ch4, join by sl st at flower-base, sl st 7, make ch7 and leaf from other side] 2 times, lastly sl st in ch7 made initially.

FLOWER: R1: in magic loop, (ch3, dc1, ch3, sl st in magic loop)  5 times, cl. Sew bead at centre. 

Then glue or sew one white and one corel color flower at two flower-base made.

BELT: Make chs 45, Sl st in back belt of each st. It comes out to be 10". Make such 4 cords.

Then we also make green border for the top of the ring. Make (chs 13 + ch7 and leaf on it) 10 times.  Also make 10 small flowers for this border.

Glue all parts 5 lotus, 5 latkan each in between two lotus, 5 tassels one under each lotus and then glue top lace by Glue Gun and lastly sew 4 cords to hold the Aakash Diya.

The beautiful Aakash Kandil (as shown in first picture) is ready.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.