Alka and Arts: Crochet Aakash Kandil, Aakash Diya, Lantern, Jhumar, Lamp Shade

Hello friends,

Diwali is just on the door and all my friends are busy in preparing for this great festival of light, a very special festival in which one of our ENERGY (LIGHT), out of 5 supreme energies (Panch mahabhut), is worshipped. Such type of lamp shades called Aakash Diva or Aakash Kandil are seen to be hanging in the front yard of every home. Generally we used to bring such paper Aakash kandil and decorate our house but this year I decided to make it by my own and here is the result.

I hope that you will love to make this. Once the pattern is known, it is very easy to make.

For this you will need, 4 ply yarn 120 gm, crochet hook 3.5 mm, steel rings two with diameter 8" or 8.5" and two with diameter 3" or 3.5". You will also need 42 pearls 12 mm size and elongated plastic beads as shown.

Pattern:

R1: Wrap small ring by sc 98. Number of scs should be even multiple of 7.

R2: (shell in 1 st, skip 6 sts) rep, cl (14 shells)

Shell means 3dctog, ch4, 3dctog.

R3: (shell on shell, ch1) rep till end, cl.

R4: same as R3.

R5: (shell on shell, ch2) rep till end, cl.

R6: same as R5.

R7: (shell on shell, ch3) rep till end, cl.

R8: same as R7.

Attach big ring with (6sc in 4ch-sp, 5 sc in ch3-sp) rep till end.

Middle design:

R1: Ch1, (sc 5 in 6sc group means inside shell, ch5, dc4 in next 6sc group, ch5) rep till end, cl.

R2: sl st till second sc then (means skip first sc-st, sc 1 in 3 sts, skip last sc-st, ch5, dc3 in ch5-sp, dc on dc, ch2, dc on last dc-st, dc3 in space, ch5) rep till end, cl.

R3: ch4 as a treble on middle sc-st, (ch3, dc3 in space, dc on dc, ch4, tr1 in ch2-sp, ch4, dc on dc, dc3 in space, ch3, tr1 on middle sc-st) rep till end, cl.

R4: sl st in gap, (dc 3 in sp, dc on dc, ch4, sc1 before tr, sc 1 on tr-st, sc 1 after tr, ch4, dc on last dc-st, dc 3 in sp, ch2) rep till end, cl. (first dc means ch3).

R5: ch3 for first dc, [ch5, sc 5 (one to left and one to right of 3 sc in previous round) ch5, dc on dc, dc 2 in ch2-space, dc on dc] rep till end, lastly dc 3 in gap, cl.

R6: ch3 on last dc-st (as first dc), dc 3 in gap, [ ch5, sc 1 in middle 3 sc-sts (skip first and last sc-st), ch5, dc4 (dc 3 in gap, dc on dc), ch2, dc 4 (dc on dc, dc 3 in gap)] rep till end, cl.

R7: ch3, dc3 in space, [ch4, tr1 in ch2-sp, ch4, dc4 (dc on dc, dc3 in space), ch3, tr on middle sc-st, ch 3, dc4 (3dc in gap, dc on dc) ]rep till end, cl.

R8: sl st 3, dc4 (1 on dc, 3 in sp, ch2, dc 4 (3 in gap1 on dc), ch5, sc1 before tr, sc 1 on tr-st, sc 1 after tr, ch5, dc 4( 1 on dc, 3 in gap), ch2, ) rep till end, cl. (first dc means ch3).