FO: Flower Jar Cozy

Another quick stash buster!

This was worked up in some scraps from the Neat Ripple I made. It's Jarol Heritage DK yarn. I used blue for the main body as it was the one I had most of. I started with foundation single crochet until it was long enough to wrap around the jar, then worked rounds of single crochet (UK double crochet) to cover the height of the jar. I might have done a couple more rounds but I ran out of yarn and I think it looks ok. Since I used 30 stitches per round (didn't plan it, it just happened that way) I decided to use the same stitches for the petals as the Blooming Flower Cushion by Attic24. This works over 5 stitches. I thought a petal worked over 3 stitches would make too many petals.

Better view of the flower

To add a bit more interest to it, I went on a hunt through my button jar and discovered some flower buttons and ladybird buttons. I sewed some of these onto the blue.

Here's the finished item!

FO: Candle Cozy

I whipped this little item up yesterday afternoon with some scraps leftover from the ripple blanket. I've had the candle in glass jar for ages and spotted it yesterday up on a high shelf and thought "I could crochet a cover for that". I started with a row of foundation single crochet rather than the usual chain as it's easier to get the right size. If you've not done foundation single crochet before then this tutorial on the Futuregirl craft blog is fantastic, with really clear pictures.The rest is just rounds of US single crochet, finishing with a round of US half double crochet.