Mangal Kalash Part 1: Kalash (Puja Item / Rukhawat Item)

Fig 1

Friends,
Last week in India we have one festival known as "Akshay Trutiya". Akshay means never ending, so prosperity, happiness and success should never end. Mangal Kalash, shown in fig 1 is places for SANKALP. It is also the day of remembering our dead beloved persons.
For details, plase read,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshaya_Tritiya

Fig 2

On this auspicious day, I made this "Crochet Mangal Kalash" which is very important in every special worship of God. Kalash or Kalasham is a metal pot (copper, silver etc) filled with water which holds coconut and mango leaves as shown in fir 2 (by courtesy of Wikipedia).
In this post I will write about Kalash only. Coconut and Mango leaves will be in next post.
Material: For this I used Caron One Pound yarn with light yellow colour (though it looks white in photo 👿). Crochet hook 3.5 mm (though recommended is 5 mm) so that it should not get loose.
 or it should remain tight.
Pattern: R1: In a magic loop , ch 1 and sc 6, close by slip[ stitch in first sc. (6 sts)
R2: ch 1, sc 2 in each st, cl, (12 sts).
R3: ch 1, (sc 2 in one st, sc 1 in next st) repeat, cl, (18 sts)
R4: ch 1, sc 2 in one st, sc 1 in each of the next 2 sts) repeat, cl, (24 sts).
R5: Ch 2, (hdc 2 in one st, hdc 1 in next 3 sts) rep, cl, (30 sts). See fig 3, base is ready.

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Fig 4

R6: Work this round in back loop. ch 3, (dc 2 in one st in back loop, dc 1 in each of the next 5 sts all in back loop) cl, (35 sts), fig 4.
R7: ch3, (dc 2 in one st, dc 1 in each of the next 6 sts) rep, cl, (40 sts)
R8: ch3, (dc 2 in one st, dc 1 in each of the next 7 sts) rep, cl, (45 sts). See fig 5.
R9: ch3, (hdc 2 in one st, hdc 1 in each of the next 8 sts) rep, cl, (50 sts)

R10: Work only in back loop.

Fig 5

Fig 6

ch3, (dc 2 in one st, dc 1 in each of the next 9 sts) rep, cl, (55 sts). Fig 6.
R11: ch3, (dc 2 in one st, dc 1 in each of the next 10 sts) rep, cl, (60 sts)
R12: ch 2, hdc 1 in each st, cl (60 sts)
R13: Work only in back loop. ch 2, (dc 1 in 4 sts, 2dctog next) rep, cl (50 sts)
R14: ch 2, (dc 1 in 8 sts, 2dctog) rep, cl (45 sts)
R15: ch 1, (sc 1 in one st, 2sctog next) rep, cl, (30 sts)

Fig 7

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Fig 9

R16: ch 2, hdc 1 in each st,, cl, (30 sts)
R17: Same as R16, (30 sts)
R18: ch 1, (sc 1 in each of the next two sts, sc 2 in next) rep, cl, (40 sts)
R19: ch 2, (hdc 1 in each of the next 3 sts, hdc 2 in next) rep, cl, (50 sts)

The following video may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.