Adorable lanterns for cozy summer nights

These crocheted lanterns are bound to lighten up your summer nights this year. They are really easy and quick to make, so why not make some extra and gift your friends 😁 I chose soft pastel colours, but they will also look great in plain white, or any other colour you like.

What you need: Some leftovers of cotton yarn (50gr=160m), a crochet needle size 2,5 mm, an empty glass jar (mine are 10 cm tall, and diameter 6,5 cm) and a needle to secure the ends. You may use any size of jar, you wish. Just adjust the pattern to your size of jar. These small ones, that I used are perfect for tealights.

How you do it:
Step 1. Make a magic ring. If you don't know how, there's a good tutorial here.

Step 2. Make 6 sc in the ring, and tighten it.

Step 3. Make 2 sc in each stitch.

Step 4. Make 1 sc in the first st, then 2 in the second, and so on 1 round.

Step 5. Make 1 sc in the first and second st, then 2 in the third, and so on 1 round.

Step 6. Make 1 sc in the first and second and third st, then 2 in the forth, and so on 1 round.

Continue like this (1 more st between each time you increase for each round) until your work fits the base of your jar. Lay your crocheted patch under the jar to see if it fits.

Step 7. *Make 1 dc in each st.* Repeat from * to * the whole round.

Step 8. Make 3 ch (Will count as 1 dc), 1 dc.*2ch, skip 2 st, and make 1 dc in the next 2 st. *
Repeat from * to * throughout the round, and make 1 sl st in the 3rd ch from the beginning of the round.

Step 9. Make 1 dc around all ch from the previous round, and 1 ch above all dc from the previous round. (= 2 ch, 2 dc throughout the round), then 1 sl st to end it.

Step 10. Repeat step 9 until required length. Test this on your jar as you go along.

Step 11. The top border: * Make 5 dc between the pair of dc from the previous round, 1 sl st around the ch.* Repeat from * to * throughout the round. (On the orange one, I used 7 dc instead of 5, but I ended up preferring 5.)

Step 12. Secure the ends by weaving them back and forth a little on the inside of your work.

The yellow and green ones got a multi coloured string weaved around the last row before step 11. Simply take one thread of each colour yarn (apxm 1 meter), and twine them to make the string.

The orange and blue ones got a small heart around them.

How to make the cute hearts:

Step 1.
Make 6 ch st.
Step 2.
Make 1 sc in the 2nd st from the hook, and continue with 4 more sc.
 *turn, 1 ch, 5 sc* Repeat from *to* 4 times.You now have a 5x5 square.
Step 3.
Turn the square 45 degrees, and in the middle st on the side: crochet 5 dc
1 sl st in the corner. Then in the middle st on the next side, do another 5 dc
sl st along the side until you reach the corner.
Cut the yarn long enough to reach around your jar, and pull it through the slope.
Secure the end from the beginning on the backside of the heart.

Put a candle in, light it, and enjoy.😄