Free Crochet Christmas Lantern Pattern
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Decorate your home for the holidays with this festive Christmas lantern crochet pattern, featuring a charming handmade design that adds a cozy, warm glow and a touch of Christmas magic to your holiday decor.
Welcome to my Christmas MCAL! Over the course of the crochet-along, I’ll be releasing a collection of free crochet patterns featuring festive and cheerful Christmas patterns. Each pattern will include a live tutorial, making it easy to crochet along while making handmade heirloom Christmas decorations!
The fourth free pattern is a crochet Christmas lantern, designed to add a warm and festive handmade touch to your holiday decor. Featuring a charming lantern design that creates a cozy Christmas atmosphere, this crochet project is a beautiful way to decorate your mantel, entryway, tabletop, or any space in your home with a little extra holiday magic.
This crochet Christmas lantern is such a beautiful way to add a warm and festive handmade touch to your holiday decor. It’s a project you’ll be excited to bring out year after year to create a cozy Christmas atmosphere in your home. You can stick with traditional Christmas colors or choose shades that complement your holiday decorating style to make your lantern truly your own.
Whether you want to crochet a festive decoration for your own home, create a thoughtful handmade Christmas gift, or simply enjoy working on a holiday project alongside a community of crocheters, the Crochet Christmas MCAL makes it even more fun.
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So, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to crochet this fun project.
Free Crochet Christmas Lantern Pattern
Materials you will need
- WeCrochet Brava Yarn (100g) – Worsted (#4) yarn
- White (1 skein)
- Wine (1 skein)
- 4.0 mm hook
- Scissors
- tapestry needle
- Wooden dowels (¼ x 6 inches)
- Polyfill
- Plastic canvas
- 2×3” Real Wax Flameless Candle
Gauge
5 sts x 5 rows = 1 square inch
Size
4 x 9.5 inches
Stitches used in the pattern
Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE (US crochet terms and abbreviations)
- st/sts = stitch/stitches
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- dc = double crochet
- Inc = increase
- Dec = decrease
- Flo = front loop only
- Blo = back loop only
- Bobble stitch = 3 unfinished hdc in the same st, yo, pull through all loops
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Free Crochet Christmas Lantern Pattern – Written Instructions
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Start from the bottom up. Add the dowels at the end. Top is a lid with plastic canvas inside.
Roof (top down)
In White:
R1: MR, 6sc (6sts)
R2: (2inc, 1sc) x 2 (10 sts)
R3: (inc, 2sc) x 3, inc (14 sts)
R4: (inc, 3sc) x 3, inc, sc (18 sts)
R5: (inc, 4sc) x 3, inc, 2sc (22 sts)
Change to wine:
R6: (inc, 5sc) x 3, inc, 3sc (26 sts)
R7: (inc, 6sc) x 3, inc, 4sc (30 sts)
R8: (inc, 7sc) x 3, inc, 5sc (34 sts)
R9: (inc, 8sc) x 3, inc, 6sc (38 sts)
R10: (inc, 9sc) x 3, inc, 7sc (42 sts)
R11: (inc, 10sc) x 3, inc, 8sc (46 sts)
R12: (inc, 11sc) x 3, inc, 9sc (50 sts)
R13: (inc, 12sc) x 3, inc, 10sc (54 sts)
R14: (inc, 13sc) x 3, inc, 11sc (58 sts)
R15: (inc, 14sc) x 3, inc, 12sc (62 sts)
R16: (inc, 15sc) x 3, inc, 13sc (66 sts)
R17: In BLO, 1 sc in each (66 sts)
R18: 1 sc per st (66 sts)
R19: In BLO, (9sc, dec) x 6 (60)
R20: (8sc, dec) x 6 (54)
R21: (7sc, dec) x 6 (48)
R20: (6sc, dec) x 6 (42)
In FLO of R17, with white (sc, ch, 5dc bobble, ch) x 33 (33 bobbles, 33 sc, 66 ch)
Cut a circular plastic canvas piece, then cut a triangle into it, so you can “fold” it like a cone, insert it into the lid.
Base (bottom up)
In Wine:
R1: MR, 6sc (6sts)
R2: inc x 6 (12 sts)
R3: (inc, sc) x 6 (18 sts)
R4: (inc, 2sc) x 6 (24 sts)
R5: (inc, 3sc) x 6 (30 sts)
R6: (inc, 4sc) x 6 (36 sts)
R7: (inc, 5sc) x 6 (42 sts)
R8: (inc, 6sc) x 6 (48 sts)
R9: (inc, 7sc) x 6 (54 sts)
R10: (inc, 8sc) x 6 (60 sts)
R11: (inc, 9sc) x 6 (66 sts)
R12: In BLO, 66 sc (66sts)
R13: 1 sc per st (66sts)
R14: 1 sc per st (66sts)
Add cardboard or plastic canvas circle for stability
R15: In BLO, (dec, 9sc) x 6 (60 sts)
R16: (dec, 8sc) x 6 (54 sts)
R17: (dec, 7sc) x 6 (48 sts)
R18: In BLO, 48 sc (48 sts)
R19: (dec, 6sc) x 6 (42 sts)
R20: 1 sc per st (42 sts)
R21: In BLO, (dec, 5sc) x 6 (36 sts)
R22: (dec, 4sc) x 6 (30 sts)
R23: (dec, 3sc) x 6 (24 sts)
R24: (dec, 2sc) x 6 (18 sts)
R25: (dec, 1sc) x 6 (12 sts)
R26: (dec) x 6 (6 sts)
Fasten off
In White
R27: in FLO of R21, 36sc (36sts)
R28: (5sc, inc) x 6 (42 sts)
R29: 1 sc per st (42 sts)
R30: (6sc, inc) x 6 (48 sts)
R31: In BLO, 48 sc, sl st to beginning st (48 sts)
Pillars/ Window Frame
R32: (Ch 16, turn, sc in 2nd ch from hook, 14 sc, sl st into next st, 7 sl st) x 6
Fasten off
R33: join to top of pillar, (sc in end of chain, sc in side of sc, ch 6) x6
R34: sc in each stitch and chain, sl st to beginning st, fasten off (48sts)
In FLO of R18, with white (sc, ch, 5dc bobble, ch) x 24 (24 bobbles, 24 sc, 48 ch)
Using both colors wrap them around the wooden dowel (height of the white section before the pillar/frame), then continue wrapping around the dowel AND the white frame. Glue on the top to secure. Do for all pillars.
Optional decorate with holly leaves and snowflakes (I got them from Hobby Lobby).
Add the flameless candle on the inside. Add the lid on the top.
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