Here is one more design of Rakhi which is simple and beautiful.
Yarn 2 ply, hook 1.75 mm, weight 2 gm.
Pattern: R1: In a mag loop make dc 16, cl.
R2: ch1, hdc 1 in each st, cl. BO.
R3: with different color, [5-dc-puff, ch1 ti fix it, ch3, sc1 in ch1 (made to fix the puff), ch4, sc1 in same sp, ch3, sc1 in same sp, skip 1 st, in next st] 8 times, cl, BO.
This rakhi liiks very beautiful. You can sew beads and sew chord to tie rakhi.
The following video with English subtitles may help you.
How are you all? Here coming the month of festivals in Maharashtra. "Rakhi Pournima" the festival of brother and sister. Since last 3-4 years I am making crochet rakhi. See my previous rakhi by clicking this link,
This is one of the Toran I made long back. It's very simple to make and beautiful too.
Pattern:
Make 155 chs (whose length is 3 ft.)
R1: dc 1 in each st starting from 4th ch. (151 sts)
R2:ch 4, skip 2 sts and in [next st make shell 1 (means 2dctog, ch2, 2dctog), ch 2, skip 4 sts] rep till end, skip 2 sts, dc 1 on last st.
R3: ch 4, [shell on shell, ch2] rep,
Repeat this row till the required height of toran minus one. I make 5".
Then join green yarn in first dc on right side facing.
Next row:ch 2, in next ch 2 gap, [make (2dctog, ch 3, 2dctog), sc 1 in next ch 2 gap] rep, sc 1 in last dc,
Join red yarn on right side in between two green petals of previous row.
Next row: ch3, {(YO insert hook in the sp where red yarn is joint, YO get 2 long sts) 2 times, there are 5 sts on hook, YO and pass through all of them, ch 1 and fix it, first puff made, [(YO insert hook in the same sp, YO get 2 long sts) 3 times, YO and pass through all 7 sts on hook] 2 times, remove hook from working st, insert hook in the top st of first puff, pass the working st through thisch 2,sc 2 in same sp, sc 1 in next gap between two puffs, ch 3} repeat till end,
Join yellow yarn and make the following last row.
Last row, ch 1, [sc 2 in green chains behind the rose, sc 3 in next gap, one before green sc inprevious row, second sc on that green sc and third sc after that green sc st] repeat till end.
Then make tassels and join them as shown, Also if you want you can join beads.
The following video with English subtitles may help you.
The whole month passed away but no post..... sorry.
Here is one Toran, Door Decor I made. It is very simple to make and has big Lily flowers.
Yarn: Vardhamaan Millenium, Hook 3.5 mm.
Pattern: Make number of chains multiple of 3 plus 1.
I made 175 chs (which measures 37") +3 as a first double crochet.
R1: dc1 in each chain starting from 4th ch. (total 175 dcs)
R2: (dc1, ch2, skip 2 sts) rep till end, (58 windows made)
Note that first dc means ch3 hence make ch5 at the starting.
R3: with red yarn, dc 1 on each dc-st and dc2 in ch2 sp (175
sts)
R4: with green same as R2
R5: same as R3
R6: same as R2 (58 windows)
R7: ch5, (dc1 on dc-st, ch2) rep till end, lastly dc 1 on
last dc-st.
R8, R9, R10: same as R7.
Skip 3 windows, place marker in next, (skip 9 windows, place marker in next) 2 times, skip 10 windows, (place marker in next, skip 9 windows) 2 times, place marker, skip 3 windows.
Now we make Lily flower at each marker.
Join yellow yarn at ch2-sp of marker.
Row 1: tr4, first tr means ch4. (4sts)
Row 2: tr 2 in first and last st, tr 1 in two sts in between
(6)
Round 3: db tr 2 in first st, db tr 1 in two sts in between,
db tr 2 in last st, (8), TURN on Back side tr 3 in ch2-sp of green
window near marker’s sp, ch3, skip 1 window, tr 3 in next, join by sl st with
the first tr-st.
Round 4: sl st in 4 sts, TURN, tr1 in 4 db-tr-sts, tr1 in
gap, tr 1 in 3 db tr sts,, tr 4 in ch3-sp, tr 1 in 3 db tr sts, tr 1 in gap, tr
1 in last 4 sts. (20 st)
R5: ch4+3, tr 1 in 4 sts, ch4, skip 1 st, tr 1
in 4 sts, ch4, tr1 in 4 sts, ch4, skip 1 st, tr1 in 4 sts, ch4,
tr 1 in last st.
R6: ch3, join with green st of window as shown,
[(tr5,
ch3-picot, tr5) in ch4-sp, ch3, join by sc 1 in the space between 2nd and 3rd tr-sts, ch3] 5 times,
lastly join with green window st as
shown.
Pollen: with red make chs 23, hdc2 in third ch, sl st in
each of the remaining sts, make chs 20, hdc2 in third ch, sl st in each of the
remaining sts, sl st in bigger pollen, again make chs 20, hdc2 in third ch, sl
st in each of the remaining sts, sl st in opposite side st, BO with yarn end.
Sew these pollens at the green unworked ch2-sp on back side
as shown in the video.
Tassel: Take a card board of 9-10 inches wide. Wrap 15 times
and make 7 tassels. Join them as shown.
The following video with English subtitles may help you.
This is my new beautiful Toran design. It has Toran patti with grapes design and Big flowers are attached.
Yarn used Vardhamaan Millenium, hook 3.5 mm. Length 37.5” height
14” and weight 140 gm.
PATTERN:
Make chs multiple of 15 + 10
I made 165+10=175, then + 3 as a first dc.
We have taken 15 x 11 165 sts so we shall get 11 big flowers places. So that we get middle ONE easily otherwise also if we would have started with 15X12= 180 + 10 sts then we would get 12 big flowers, that means two middle and hence you can decorate mid of middle 2 flowers separately.
R1: dc 1 in each ch starting from 4th ch. (175) First dc is always ch3.
R2: (dc1 in 10 sts, ch5, skip 5 sts) rep till end, lastly
dc1 in 10 sts.
R3: [(dc1, ch3, dc1) in the middle 2 dcs out of 10 dcs (that
is on 5th and 6th dcs), ch3, (5dc-puff, ch2) 5 times in
ch5-sp, ch3] rep till end lastly (dc1, ch3, dc1) in the middle space out of 10
dcs, ch3, dc1 in last st.
R4: dc1 on first st, [ ch3, dc1 in ch3-sp, dc1 on 2 dc-sts,
dc1 in ch3-sp, ch3, (4dc-puff, ch2 in ch2-sp between two puffs of R3) 4 times]
rep till end.
R5: dc1, ch1, [dc1 in ch3-sp, dc1 on 4 dc-sts, dc1 in next
ch3-sp, ch 3, (puff in ch2-sp, ch2) 3 times, lastly ch3 instead of ch2] rep
till end.
R6: dc1, ch1, [dc1 in
ch3-sp, dc1 on 6 dc-sts, dc1 in next ch3-sp, ch 3, (puff in ch2-sp, ch2) 2
times, lastly ch3 instead of ch2] rep till end.
R7: dc1, ch1, [dc1 in ch3-sp, dc1 on 8 dc-sts, dc1 in next
ch3-sp, ch 3, puff in ch2-sp, ch3] rep till end.
R8: (dc1 in 10 dc-sts, ch5) rep till end.
Toran patti completed.
Join green yarn at one end. But in the video I have already
made half part so I join green yarn at the centre and do accordingly. If not
the you can work 4 rows continuously from one end to other end.
R1: (worked from centre to end) ch1, [sc1 on first dc-st, (ch2,
skip 2 sts, sc 1 in next dc-st) 2 times, ch3, sc 1 at the edge of grape design
including ch-sp, ch3] rep till end.
R2: (worked from end to centre) dc1, [ch4, (dc3, ch2, dc3)shell,
in the middle ch2-sp (out of 3sps), ch4, dc3 on the sc-st at the edge of
grapes] rep till end.
R3: (centre to end) (dc1 on each of the 3 dc-sts, ch4,
shell, ch4) rep till end.
R4: (end to centre) same as R3
R5: (centre to end) as R3
R6: (end to centre) as R3
Here onward we have to work two sides separately. Join yarn
at end stitch.
R1: ch3, (shell, ch4, dc3, ch4) rep till last but one dc3
group,
R2: sl st in the middle dc-st, make V (dc1, ch2, dc1) on middle dc-st, remaining part same as R3 means (ch4, shell, ch4 dc3) till end.
R3: same as R1 till last dc 3.
R4: same as R2
Repeat these two rows till there is last V made on dc 3 group.
We have 5 Vs on this side one in the middle and flowers on 5
other side’s V are already made.
So now let us see, how to make big flower in V. First flower we make at corner's V.
Join yellow yarn at V.
R1: (dc1, ch1) 6 times on one side of V, (dc1, ch1) 6 times,
in ch2-sp of V, (dc1, ch1) 6 times, on other side of V, cl by sl st, BO.
Join pink yarn in the space before first dc.
R2: sc1, (ch3, tr3 in ch1-sp, ch3-picot by sl st, tr3 in the
next ch1-sp, ch3, join by sc in the next ch1-sp) rep . One petal is made in 3
ch1-spaces. Repeat ( to ) 5 more times, cl.
Make such big flowers at each V. Oh!! see how they look! not neat ....
So we have to straighten them and fix them by sewing.
Sew them to each other at
one place, and it’s 2 petals with green portion so that flowers will remain
stiff and it’s petal will not be turned.
Sew tassels at the joint of two flowers as shown.
The following video with English subtitles may help you.