Alka and Arts: Crochet Toran, Bandhanwaar, Door Decor, Door Hanging

Hello friends,

Here is the new design for Toran, Bandhanwaar which I made last month. It looks really beautiful.

I used India Hobby yarn which has very bright abd beautiful colors and which is thin and smooth. It's Length 42” weight 145 gm

PATTERN:

Make a ring of ch 5.

R1: dc3, ch3, dc3, ch3, dc3

First dc is always ch3 so starting of each row is sl st 3 till ch2-sp of shell, ch3 turn,…

R2: (dc3, ch3, dc3) shell in first ch3-sp, ch2, (dc3, ch3, dc3) in last ch3-sp.

R3: shell, ch2, dc 1 on third dc (of shell), ch2, dc 1 on first dc of shell, ch2, shell.

Note that when 3 windows are made, means it's a time to make flower.

R4: shell, ch2, dc 1 on third dc, ch1, get a long st, 3 dc-type long sts means incomplete puff at the same place, incomplete puff of 4 dc in next dc-st, incomplete 4dc-puff in next dc, YO pass through all 23 sts, ch1 to fix it (this is 3-puff-tog) three petals made, ch1, get long st, 3dc-puff at the centre of 3 puffs joint (this is 4 th petal), dc on third dc-st of last shell., ch2, shell.

R5: shell, ch2, dc 1 on third dc of shell, ch2, dc1 on next dc, ch2, 4dc- puff at the centre of 4 petals made, (5^th petal made) ch2, 4dc-puff at the centre again, (6^th petal made), ch2, dc on next dc (edge of 4^th petal), ch2, dc on next dc, ch2, shell.

Look at the 3 windows after shell, means it's a time to make new flower at 2 places.

R6: shell, ch2, dc on third dc, ch 1, incomplete puff in ch1, incomplete puff on first dc, incomplete puff on next dc, YO pass through all, ch1 to fix it, ch1, puff in that (4 petals made), dc on edge of 5^th petal of first flower, ch2, dc on edge of 6^th petal, ch1, 3puff-tog at this st and on next 2 dcs, ch1, puff at this st, dc on third dc of shell, ch2, shell.

R7: shell, ch2, dc on third dc of shell, ch2, dc on next dc, ch2, 5^th petal of puff at centre, ch2, 6 th petal of puff at centre, ch2, dc on the edge of 4^th petal, ch2, dc on the first petal of next flower, ch2, 5^th petal at centre, ch2, petal 6 at centre, ch2, dc on 4th petal edge, ch2, shell.

Again 3 windows after shell means make new flowers. Here there are 3 places where we have to make flowers.

R8: shell, ch2, dc on third dc, ch1 incomplete puff, incomplete puff on next dc, incomplete puff in next dc, YO pass through all sts, ch1, puff at centre, dc on edge of 5^th petal of previous row, ch2, dc on edge of 6^th petal, incomplete puff, incomplete puff on first dc, incomplete puff on next puff, 3puff-tog, ch1, 4^th petal at centre, dc on edge of 5^th petal of previous row, ch2, dc on edge of 6^th petal, incomplete puff, incomplete puff on first dc, incomplete puff on next puff, 3puff-tog, ch1, 4^th petal at centre, dc on third dc of shell, ch2, shell.

R9: shell, ch2, dc on third dc, ch2, 5^th petal at centre, ch2, 6^th petal at centre, ch2, dc on 4^th petal edge, ch2, dc on next dc, ch2, 5^th petal at centre, ch2, 6^th petal at centre, ch2, dc on 4^th petal edge, ch2, dc on next dc, ch2, 5^th petal at centre, ch2, 6^th petal at centre, ch2, dc on 4^th petal edge, ch2, dc on next dc, ch2, shell

I made 7 triangles like this. 4 green and 3 pink, place alternately. I join them by grenn yarn. So join green yarn at ch2-sp of one shell of the green triangle so as to work on RS.

R1: dc1 in ch2-sp, skip first dc of of 3 dcs and make dc 1 in remaining 2 dc-sts, dc 2 in each ch2-sp, lastly dc1 on 2 dc-sts, dc1 in ch2-sp of last shell. (36 dcs for one triangle). Repeat this for second pink triangle. And so on….

R2: dc1 in each st by green

R3: same as R2 by pink yarn.

R4: and R5: same as R2 by green yarn.

R6: By green, dc1, (ch2, skip 2 sts, dc1 in next) till end, lastly dc 1 on last st. (There are 84 windows). For flower design we need multiple of 4 windows.

R7: dc1, ch2, [dc on next dc, Incomplete puff here, incomplete puff on next dc, incomplete puff on next dc, 3 puff-tog, complete puff at the joint of 3 petals] rep till end.