String of lights with crocheted houses
Anleitung No. 2649Christmas spirit is here! This beautiful light chain is decorated with crocheted houses and is sure to find a great place in your home.
This is how the fairy lights are designed:
LM = air stitch
dc = solid stitch
tr = double crochet
To crochet a house proceed as follows:
Row 1: Cast on 11 LM+ cast on 1 LM as turning stitch
Row 2: 11 dc + 1 LM as turning stitch
Row 3: 11 dc + 2 LM as turn stitches
Row 4: 11 tr + 2 LM as turning stitches
Row 5: 3 tr, 2 LM, 1 tr, 2 LM, 3 tr + 2 LM turning sts.
Row 6: 3 tr, 2 LM, 1 tr, 2 LM, 3 tr + 1 LM as turn stitch
Row 7: 11 dc + 1 LM as turning stitch
Row 8: 2 dc crochet together, 7 dc, 2 dc crochet together + 1 LM turning stitch.
Row 9: 9 dc + 1 LM as turning stitch
Row 10: Crochet 2 dc together, 5 dc, crochet 2 dc together + 1 LM turning stitch.
Row 11: 7 dc + 1 LM as turning stitch
Row 12: Crochet 2 dc together, 3 dc, crochet 2 dc together + 1 LM turning stitch.
Row 13: 5 dc + 1 LM as turning stitch
Row 14: Crochet 2 dc together, 1 dc, crochet 2 dc together + 1 LM turning stitch.
Row 15: 3 dc + 1 LM as turning stitch.
Row 16: Crochet 2 dc together, crochet 2 dc together (NOTE: the middle dc of the previous row is worked twice here!
2 times here!) + 1 LM as turning stitch.
Row 17: 2 dc + 1 LM as turning stitch
Row 18: Crochet 2 dc together.
Crochet a chain of air stitches around the fairy lights (pass the thread alternately to the right and left of the fairy lights).
Thread a button onto the thread at the top of each house and then sew the house to the chain of lights using the needle.
Trim and sew any excess thread ends.