Crocheted Sun Catchers Tutorial

Materials and Tools used:

Red Heart Super saver yarn, med. weight, (2 different colors: A = pink; B = light blue. Or choose your own colors).
Pony Beads (choose your own colors)
Crochet hook, size 5.5mm
Crochet hook, size 3.5mm
Yarn Needle

Pattern Instructions:

Use Color A yarn and 5.5mm crochet hook.
Leave a one inch tail and make an adjustable ring (magic ring) by making a slip knot.  Insert hook into the center of the knot and tighten or loosen knot depending on how big the ring should be, in this case, the ring is 3/8 inch in diameter.  Coil the beginning tail of yarn around the ring. [Ch4. (Tc 2 tog over ring and tail) 2 times.  Ch4, sc over ring and tail]. Repeat [  ] 4 times.  End with slst at the base of first Ch4.  Fasten off leaving a 10 inch tail.  Cut excess beginning tail.  Hide ending tail as shown on photo 1  to 3 and per instructions below.  Cut off  excess tail.

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How To Hide Ending Tail:

Thread yarn onto a yarn needle.  Turn motif wrong side up.  Insert needle on the immediate stitch below the ending knot (ending knot = the stitch that was pulled tight to close the round and prevent the stitches from unraveling). *  Insert needle on several stitches that are "over" the ring.*  Repeat *  * around the ring as shown on above photo 1 to 3.

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Photo 5 Shows the wrong side of the flower motif

Cut remaining tail so that nothing shows after cutting.  See photo 4 and 5. NOTE:  One flower motif is completed.

Photo 6 Shows right side of the flower motif

How To Make The Border Surrounding The Flower:

Attach yarn color B to left corner stitch of a petal, leaving a 1 inch tail. * Ch1, (dc over sc and tail) 2 times. Ch1, sc on the 3rd chain of next ch4.  Ch3, skip next 2 sts, sc next st.

*Ch1(dc over sc)2 times. Ch1 sk next 2 sts of next ch4, sc next st.*
Repeat * * around, except, after last ch3, slst instead of ch1, on top of ch1 at beginning round.
Slip Stitch on next st up to the 2nd ch of next ch3.  See photo7.


How To Make The Stem (The stem is made up of chains and beads)

Photo 7 Shows the completed border surrounding the flower motif.

*Chain 10.  Load Bead (LB) as per instructions below:


How To Load Bead

Remove big hook from loop.

Insert smaller 3.5mm crochet hook into the hole of a pony bead. See photo 8.

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Insert this smaller hook with bead on it into the loop that was vacated by the bigger hook (see photo9). Draw up this loop through the bead hole (see photo 10). Ch1 (photo11 shows yo to make this ch1).* NOTE:  One bead is loaded on the stem.



Change back into the bigger crochet hook 5.5mm to make the next set of chains, and repeat * *.

How To Make The Curtain Rod Loop ( The loop is where the curtain rod will be threaded if Sun Catchers are to be hung above windows:

Photo12 shows a pink yarn drawn onto 10th loop to serve as marker.

Photo 13 shows ch7 made after the mark.

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After making the required number of chains to meet the desired length, mark the 10th chain (see photo 12).  Ch7.  Yo 5 times (total of 6 loops on hook), see photo 14.  Insert hook where mark is placed, see photo 15, yo and draw a loop through the 7th chain where mark is, see photo 16, NOTE that there are total of 7 loops on hook.   *Yo and draw a loop through 2 loops on hook*, see photo 17.  Repeat *  * 6 times.  Photo 18 shows the completed Curtain Rod Loop.  Ch1.  Tighten stitch (fasten off) to close.  Cut yarn leaving a 10 inch tail.  Hide tail by weaving it within the stitches around the loop, see photo 19 and 20.  Tighten (fasten off) to close. Cut remaining tail off.  Remove yarn marker.

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HINTS:  The stem can be made in varying lengths by making more or less chain stitches.  The Curtain Rod loop may be omitted and use a nylon fishing line for hanging Sun Catchers.

Have fun making these Sun Catchers:) !  Please let me know if some part of the instructions need to be clarified.

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