Before having children I loved lighting candles and displaying them around the house. There is just something calming about the gently flickering lights…Now I just make-do with the artificial, battery operated variety…not quite the same but much safer…Safer for Darla and Drew but not so safe for the lovely glass, porcelain and very breakable candle holders that I normally put those safe battery operated candles inside!
Here is my Holiday Solution – rather than just place the little candles all around without any sort of decoration I created this very quick and very easy crochet embellishment for them.
This fun and easy Crochet Christmas Decoration can be used in 3 Ways – which makes it one of my favorite embellishments during the Holiday Season! You can make this as a candle holder. You can make this as a Christmas Tree Decoration or Christmas Ornament – you can even add a little bell to make it jingle! You can also make it and wear it as a Christmas Brooch! Or you can do all three!
My favorite way to gift this is by using it as a pretty embellishment / bow on Gifts and then providing a different option (brooch back/safety pin, ribbon for hanging, or battery operated candle) depending on who I am giving the gift to!
How will you use this project? Totally up to you 🙂 I’ve included charted instructions at the end of the post and written instructions too.
Happy Holidays!
♥Rhondda
Crochet Wreath Brooch with Bow Pattern
Free Holiday Crochet Pattern – 3 Options!
You Choose: Holiday Crochet Candle Holder Pattern, Christmas Tree Ornament Pattern and Wreath Brooch with Bow Pattern
Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver (Medium Weight Yarn) in Red, Green and White.
Hook: 4.0 mm (G) Crochet Hook
Hook: 4.0 mm (G) Crochet Hook
This pattern is written in U.S. Terms.
st(s) – stitch(es)
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – triple/treble crochet
tr3tog – triple/treble 3 together
Base
1. Ch-20, 1 sl st into the first stitch to make a ring.
2. Ch-4 (counts as 1 dc and one ch-1), 1 dc into the second stitch from the hook, chain 1; *1 dc, ch-1 into the next stitch*, repeat from * to * around, ch-1, sl st into the top of the initial ch-3.
3. *1 sl st into the first ch-1 space, (1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc) into the next ch-1 space* repeat from * to * around. Sl st into the first hdc and finish off.
Bow
1. Ch-4, work 9 dc into the fourth ch from the hook, turn
2. Ch-4 (counts as 1 tr), tr3tog,ch-4 (counts as 1 tr), sl st to the next dc, sl st to the next dc.
Ch-10.
You will now be working back along the chain-10 as follows: Skip the first 3 ch sts, 1 tr in each of the next 2 sts, 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, 1 sc in the last st.
1 sl st to the next dc.
Ch-10.
You will now be working back along the chain-10 as follows: Skip the first 3 ch sts, 1 tr in each of the next 2 sts, 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, 1 sc in the last st.
1 sl st to the next dc.
Ch-4, in the next dc, tr3tog (the last tr will begin in the top of 3rd chain from the initial ch-4 of R1), ch-4 and sl st into the top of the 3rd chain.
Finish off, leaving approximately 60-cm of extra yarn to use to wrap around the centre portion of the bow.
This was initially designed to fit around the base of the battery operated candle – but there are many other uses for it – just by changing yarn colours, assembly and embellishments…
For example you can use it as a Christmas Ornament:
Or a brooch:
Or you can use the bow by itself to embellish items like hair clips, hair bands…as a tree decoration…you are only limited by your imagination…
Have fun and Happy Holidays!
Here are the charted versions –
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