Crochet Lotus Toran, Door Decor, Ganapati Decoration Ideas, Bandhanwar

 

Hello friends,

How are you? Must be busy in Ganesh Festival, coming Dashara and Diwali. Must be in search of new ideas for decorating your home. So here I made one Decorative piece for Janmashtami, Ganeshotsav, Diwali, Christmas like festivals. Before this I made Lotus showpiece which I had posted on 26th August. In which I had given patterns for two Lotus Appliques. 

https://alkaandart.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2026-08-26T22:10:00-07:00&max-results=7

But for this Toran I made a new design for Lotus applique which is little broader that 2nd type but with similar pattern and it looks so beautiful.

So this is perfect for Toran. Then Toranpatti and finally decorating by beads. I don't have small pink tassels here (I am in USA far from my routine residence). So you may decorate it more beautifully. I used Vardhaman Millenium (from India) and 3.5 mm hook.

PATTERN: Let's make Lotus with Pink yarn. For one petal make chs 10.

LOTUS: 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: 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.

Make such 7 petals for one flower and glue them properly by Glue Gun. Make as many flowers as you want. I made only 4, but for complete Toran you will have to make 7 lotus. Sew bead or button at centre.

Then we shall see how to make Leaf with Green yarn.

LEAF: R1: in magic loop make ch3, tr 3, dc4, tr1, dc4, tr3, ch3, sl st in magic loop.

R2: sc2 in ch3-sp, (dc3) on each tr-sts, dc1 on 3 dc-sts, (dc2) in last dc-st, on tr-st make (dc3), then on other side also (dc2) on first dc-st, dc1 on 3 dc-sts, (dc3) on each tr-st, sc2 in ch3-sp, cl.

Glue them to each lotus as shown (or sew it).

TORANPATTI: Make chs 17.

R1: From 4th ch make dc 1 in each ch, (17)

R2: [ dc1 in 4 sts, skip 4 sts, in next (dc1, ch1, dc6), ch1, skip 4 sts, dc1 in last 4 sts.

R3: dc4, ch2, in ch1-sp of previous row make (dc1, ch1, dc6), ch1, dc4.

Repeat R3 till the height is 22".

Next row: dc4, ch4, sc1 in between (means dc4 on one side, dc2, ch1, dc1 on other side), ch4, dc4 on last 4 dc-sts.

Last row: dc4, dc1 in each of the 4 chs, dc1 on sc-sts, dc1 in each of the 4 chs, dc1 on 4 dc-sts (17 sts).

Join green yarn at any corner,

Border: (dc2, ch2, dc2) at corner, dc2 in each dc-row, repeat all over, cl BO.

BUD: Make 5 buds. With green, R1: dc6 in magic loop, cl BO.

Join pink yarn at any st

R2: ch1, sc2 in each st, cl (12)

R3: (sc1 in 2 sts, 2sctog) 3 times, cl (9)

R4: (sc1, 2sctog) 3 times, cl (6)

R5 and R6: sc1 in each st, cl (6) BO with yarn end and with yarn end sew all 6 sts together. 

Lastly fix the position where to attach these lotus.

Then decorate the Toran by beads and these buds if possible by tassels also. (When I made this I am in USA so I don't have much decorative things here but you may decorate it more beautifully.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.

Crochet Diya Holder, Lotus Aasan for Idol, Beautiful Hanging Showpiece, Festival Decoration

 

Hello friends,

This hanging Lotus Diya Cover or Latkan or Showpiece I specially made for Diwali Christmas type Festivals. I made separate petals and just join them by glue Gun so it becomes very simple. It looks so beautiful hence I know that you are so eager to make it. We also need one card board piece, some beads for making Latkan and Hanging Mala for this showpiece. The Latkan one I attached at bottom is ready made.

PATTERN: PETAL: Make chs 12.

R1: from second ch make, sc1, hdc1, dc2, (dc2) 2 times, dc1, hdc2, sc1,

 in last ch make (sc1, ch1, sc1)  place marker in ch1-sp,

 then on other side also sc1, hdc2, dc1, (dc2) 2 times, dc2, hdc1, sc1, sl st in last st on opposite side.

R2: ch1, sc1 in each st till marker (13 scs), at marker make (sc1, ch1-picot, sc1), on other side also sc1 in 13 sts. (DON'T CLOSE with opposite side's st, keep bottom flat)

Make such 20-25 petals (as dense as you want). I made only 17 petals.

Now with Green yarn make.

R1: dc 12 in magic loop, cl (12). 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) BO. Make two pieces.

Then cut a card board of same measure as green round. Place it in between two green rounds and sew by tapestry needle.

Now with Yellow yarn and make middle piece.

R1: in a magic loop, ch1, sc6, cl (6)

R2: ch1, sc2 in each st, cl (12)

R3: ch1, [sc1 in 1 st, (sc2) in next] 6 times, cl (18)

R4: ch1, [sc1 in 2 sts, (sc2) in next] 6 times, cl (24)

R5: ch1, [sc1 in 3 sts, (sc2) in next] 6 times, cl (30)

R6: ch1, [sc1 in 4 sts, (sc2) in next] 6 times, cl (36)

Place the petals from outer round to inner then yellow round on them.

Then glue purple petals as shown in 2 or 3 rounds (as much as petals you had made). Lastly glue Yellow round piece at the centre. From back side it will look as in second picture.

The beautiful show piece is ready. Place Diya at centre.

Make or get ready made Malas and attach them to our lotus. It is ready to hang. Also attach aLatkan at the bottom. It will look wonderful as,

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity

Crochet Lotus Type Doily, 21" wide without metal wire

 

Hello friends,

This is best doily for festival decoration, particularly on Janmashtami place Shri Krishn Bhagawan on it. On Ganeshotsav you can place Ganeshji's idol, on Laxmiji's idol in Diwali. You can also use them as Tablemat. It is a best Gift you can give any one.

I had already made number of Lotus doilies of different sizes, shown below. Also I had tried to make different designs on base. See the following,....

Diameter of first 5.5", second 8", third 9", forth 14" and last one is 25". But I note that none of my subscribers made this large doily.

Read my post on 5th May 2021. https://alkaandart.blogspot.com/search?q=lotus+doily

Many of my subscribers requested me to make big lotus doily without metal wire. So I am in search of the yarn which remains stiff without wire and finally I got it. It is Ganga's Pound of Happiness which is thick and hence the petals remain stiff. The white and blue above is also made by thick yarn (in USA) and so remains stiff. But for my subscribers the yarn should be easily available in India and hence Ganga. So now I made this green Lotus doily which is with 13" base and 21" diameter outside. It's weight is 351 gm (being thick yarn)

PATTERN: Make a ring of chs 8.

R1: (tr1, ch1) 14 times, cl (First tr is ch4)

R2: (tr 1 on tr-st, tr3 in ch1-sp) 14 times, cl (56)

R3:  (tr1, ch2, skip 1 sts) 14 times, cl (28 ch2-spaces). Sl st till ch1-sp.

R4: (tr2 in ch2-sp, ch2) 28 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp

R5: (tr3 in ch2-sp, ch2) 28 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp.

R6: (tr4 in ch2-sp, ch2) 28 times, cl. Sl st till ch2-sp.

R7: same as R6.

PETAL: R1: (dc3, ch2, dc3) shell, in each ch2-sp, cl. (We have 28 shells so there will be 14 petals because 14 shells will go down and 14 go up and form 14 petals.

R2: (Shell in each ch2-sp, dc1 on each dc-sts (here 6)) 28 times, cl.

NOTE: that after R2: number of dcs in between 2 ch2-spaces is 12 

After R3: number of dcs in between 2 ch2-spaces will be 18.

After R4: number of dcs in between 2 ch2-spaces will be 24.

After R5: number of dcs in between 2 ch2-spaces will be 30.

After R6: number of dcs in between 2 ch2-spaces will be 36. (Second picture below)

After each round number of dcs in between two ch2-spaces will increase by 6. and total number of sts will increase by 28x6=168 sts

Hence it is clear that after R7: number of sts between two ch2-spaces will be 42 and we have to make it's 3 parts, means each part is of 14 sts. Now while working R7, we shall make ch1 after each 14 sts (that will be the mark, where to join petals).

R7: [shell on shell, after ch2-sp we have 3 dcs so work dc1 on 11 sts, ch1, dc1 in 14 sts, dc1 on 11 sts] rep 28 times, cl.

Join pink yarn (of same thickness) at any ch2-sp of shell.

R8: ch1, [(sc2, ch1, sc2) in ch2-sp of shell, sc1 in each st till ch1-sp, sc1 in ch1-sp, sc1 in each st, sc1 in ch1-sp... like this complete one part (out of 28) then working next join at ch1-sp as shown in the video.

Each time we join second ch1-sp with ch1-sp of previous part and so o, but while working last part we have to join 2nd ch1-sp with previous part as usual and join 1st ch1 sp with the first part (out of 28 parts).

After completeing border it wiil look very very beautiful as in image 1 at the top.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.