Crochet Lotus Curtain Holder, Beautiful Lotus for Festive Decoration

 

Hello friends,

We made Rose Curtain holder, Sunflower curtain holder etc. Now this is Lotus Curtain Holder. I made it in two colors for video which is shared at last. But after making I feeled that in one color it looks better, so I made one more in White yarn and it looks wonderful.

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

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

Join dark purple yarn at any st.

R3: ch1, sc1 in same st, (ch3, skip 1 st, sc1 in next) rep till end, cl. We have 12 ch3-spaces.

R4: [in ch3-sp make (sc1, hdc1, dc1, tr1, ch2-picot, tr1, dc1, hdc1, sc1), sc1 in next ch3-sp] 6 times, cl.

R5: (back post sc on sc of R3, ch4) 12 times, cl.

In these 12 ch4-spaces we have to make 6 petals, but remember that new petal should be in between two petals of R4. So always only sc1 should be in the ch4-sp which is behind the petal and make new petal in ch4-sp which is in between two petals of previous layer of petals.

R6: Make ch, sc1 in the ch4-sp is behind the petal, [in next ch4-sp (sc1, hdc1, dc2, tr1, ch2-picot, tr1, dc2, hdc1, sc1), join by sc1 in next petal] rep 6 times, cl.

If you want to change color for next two layers of petal the join new color yarn, otherwise continue with the same.

R7: (back post sc on sc of R5, ch5) 12 times, cl.

R8: [in ch5-sp in between two petals of R6 make (sc1, hdc1, dc2, tr2, ch2-picot, tr2, dc2, hdc1, sc1), join by sc1 in next ch5-sp] 6 times, cl

R9: (back post sc on sc of R7, ch6) 12 times, cl.

R10: [in ch6-sp in between two petals of R8 make (sc1, hdc1, dc3, tr2, ch2-picot, tr2, dc3, hdc1, sc1), join by sc1 in next ch6-sp] 6 times, cl, BO.

Join green yarn at any sc-st of R9.

R11: (back post sc on sc of R9, ch7) 12 times, cl.

R12: [in ch7-sp in between two petals of R8 make (sc1, hdc1, dc3, tr2, db tr1, ch2-picot, db tr 1, tr2, dc3, hdc1, sc1), join by sc1 in next ch7-sp] 6 times, cl, BO.

Next for this curtain holder I am making bell shaped tassels as follows,

With green yarn, R1: in magic loop make tr 14, cl, BO. (First tr means ch4)

with dark purple, R2: dc1 in the gap between two trs, cl BO. (14)

with light purple, R3: (dc2) in each gap between two dcs, cl BO (28)

Now let's make the strip behind the lotus for curtain holder.

Make chs 45+2

R1: dc1 in each st starting from third (45)

R2: ch3 turn dc1 in each st, (45)

R3 and R4: same as R2.

Then sew the Lotus on this strip in the middle and attach bells as Latkan along with beads. Also sew button to fox the curtain holder.

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.