Mission Bell Wall Hanging

Mission Bell Wall Hanging by Lisa Ferrel

Project Overview

The Mission Bell Wall Hanging is an intermediate-level crochet decoration designed by Lisa Ferrel. This downloadable PDF pattern creates a charming wall hanging featuring dimensional bell shapes that combine a large central bell with two smaller accent bells. The finished piece measures approximately 18 inches wide, making it an ideal decorative accent for walls, doorways, or seasonal displays.

What Is Being Made

This project produces a decorative wall hanging composed of three crocheted bell components. The design includes one large bell as the focal point and two smaller bells that complement the main structure. The bells are assembled together with a wooden dowel and wooden bead to create a finished hanging piece suitable for home décor.

Primary Techniques and Construction Methods

The Mission Bell Wall Hanging employs fundamental crochet techniques executed in the round to build dimensional, three-dimensional bell shapes. The construction method uses circular increases and decreases to shape the bells from flat circles into rounded, bell-like forms. The pattern demonstrates how strategic increases create fullness and expansion in the piece, while decreases shape and define the bell structure.

The large bell is constructed through multiple rounds of single crochet with strategic increases that double stitches at specific intervals. This expansion technique creates the bell's rounded body. The pattern uses back loop only stitching in later rounds to create textural definition and structure. The smaller bells follow a similar construction method but with fewer total rounds and stitches, creating proportionally smaller accent pieces.

Stitches Used

• Single Crochet (sc) – The primary stitch throughout the entire project, worked in continuous rounds to build the bell structures
• Double Crochet Increases (2 sc in next st) – Used strategically to expand the bell width and create rounded shapes
• Decreases (dec) – Employed in shaping rounds to taper and define the bell form
• Chain Stitch (ch) – Used to begin rounds and create foundation chains
• Slip Stitch (sl st) – Used to join rounds and create seamless circular construction
• Back Loop Only Single Crochet – Applied in specific rounds to create textural variation and structural definition

Materials and Tools

This project is worked in super chunky yarn weight, which allows for quick project completion and creates bold, dimensional bell shapes. The super chunky weight contributes to the project's intermediate difficulty level, as working with thicker yarn requires appropriate crochet hook sizing and technique adjustment.

Beyond yarn, the assembly requires additional materials including a wooden dowel to serve as the hanging support structure and a wooden bead that functions as both a design element and a weight distribution component for the wall hanging. A 50-inch length of yarn is cut and folded to create the suspension mechanism, with both strands threaded through the bell centers and the wooden bead to complete the assembly.

Difficulty Level

Rated as intermediate, this pattern assumes basic crochet competency including proficiency with single crochet, increases, decreases, and working in continuous rounds. The intermediate classification reflects the multi-component assembly process and the shaping techniques required to create the dimensional bell forms, rather than complex stitch patterns.