Crochet Door Hanging (Toran) Specially for Diwali (Part 2)

This is the beautiful lower part of that door hanging which is explained in this second part. Now its length is 41" and width 11". Weight is 260 gm (including beads with weight 80 gm. Pattern: In the main strip of door hanging (which we have seen in part 1, my last post), there are 188 sts. Now divide them in 4 parts, each of 47 sts and place markers. We shall make 4 semi circle pattern in these 4 spaces of 47 sts. Now in a dark colour yarn thread medium size beads 24 for each pattern, or total 96 beads for the whole. Mark the centre of one of the 47 sts, at forth st from this centre join yellow yarn.

R1: Remove central marker and make dc 10 in that st, join by sl st at the third st on other side from the central st, ch4, skip 3 sts, sc 1 in next. R2: ch1 turn, (tr1 in dc-st, ch1) 10 times, join by sc 1 in forth st.

From next row we work on right side only. Join dark colour at forth st from where the yellow st ends. R3: ch1, bead 1, ch1, (petal 1 on tr-st, ch1, bead 1, ch1) rep 10 times,ch1, bead 1, ch1, join by sl st at forth st on the strip. Here after we always work on right side.

R4: Join yellow yarn at forth st from the right working end. ch3, petal 1 in each gap,lastly skip 3 sts join by sl st, BO.

Again join dark colour at 4 th st on right side of first worked st. R5: ch3, (petal1, ch1, bead 1, ch1, petal 1) all in same ch3-sp, rep. till end, lastly ch3, skip 3 sts, join by sl st, BO.

R6: Join yellow yarn at 4th st on right of the first worked st of previous round.ch3, [petal 1 in ch3 gap of previous round (the gap which is in between two beads), ch3, petal 1] all in same gap, repeat till end, ch3, join at the 4th st by sl st, BO.

R7: Join same yarn again on right side, sc3 in each ch3-sp, at the end sl st in next st, BO. Make three more semicircles like this. Then you can decorate this either by big beads or by pom-pom. Because it's for Diwali, I am going to decorate it by sewing big beads after last round so that it will also remain stiff due to it's weight. Pom-pom: Take 5.5" card board, wrap yellow yarn 12 times and make pom-pom by fixing it with dark colour yarn. Also make dark colour pompom and fix it by yellow yarn. Sew pair of these two pom-poms at 5 places as shown in fig 1 on wrong side.

The beautiful door decor (door hanging) is ready for Diwali as in fig 1.. The following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.