Vasenbezug Cover in Schachenmayr Sun City - S8789 - Downloadable PDF

Vasenbezug Vase Cover Crochet Pattern in Schachenmayr Sun City – Free Downloadable PDF (S8789)

This free downloadable crochet pattern from Schachenmayr provides instructions for creating a beautifully fitted vase cover (Vasenbezug) worked in the popular Schachenmayr Sun City yarn. The finished cover is designed to sit snugly over a vase with gentle tension, hugging the shape and transforming a plain vase into a colorful decorative accent piece. The finished size is approximately 12 cm in diameter (38 cm circumference) and 25 cm tall, making it a lovely home décor project that works up relatively quickly.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a crocheted vase cover intended as a decorative home accessory. The cover is worked slightly smaller than the vase's actual circumference so that it stretches over the vessel and stays in place with natural tension. The design features a colorful striped pattern using six different shades of Schachenmayr Sun City, creating a vibrant, summery aesthetic that suits the yarn's name perfectly. The cover is shaped at the top using decreases worked from a crochet chart, giving it a neatly tapered finish that follows the contour of the vase.

Techniques Used

• Working in the round: The cover is begun with a foundation chain joined into a ring with a slip stitch, and all subsequent rounds are worked continuously in the round, which creates a seamless tubular fabric ideal for covering a cylindrical or slightly tapered vase.
• Stripe sequence: A defined stripe sequence (Streifenfolge) is followed throughout, cycling through the six colors in a set order to create the characteristic banded look.
• Shaping with decreases: From round 18 onward, decreases are worked according to a crochet chart (Häkelschrift), shaping the top of the cover to follow the narrowing neck of the vase.
• Hook size change: From round 16 onward, the hook size is reduced from Nr. 4 to Nr. 3.5, which helps tighten the fabric at the upper portion of the cover for a better fit around the vase's neck.
• Finishing: All yarn ends are woven in neatly (Fäden vernähen) before the cover is pulled over the vase.
• Adapting to other vase shapes: The pattern includes a helpful tip (Tipp) for calculating the correct stitch count for vases of different circumferences — multiply the circumference in centimetres by 1.6 to get the stitch count, ensure it is divisible by 3, then cast on 3 or 6 stitches fewer to achieve the desired tension.

Stitches Used

• Luftmaschen (chain stitches): Used for the foundation chain; 57 chains are cast on loosely for the standard size.
• Kettmaschen (slip stitches): Used to join the foundation chain into a round.
• Grundmuster (main stitch pattern): The body of the cover is worked in a defined main pattern repeated across rounds 2 through 4, which is then repeated throughout the piece.
• Decrease stitches: Worked from round 18 according to the crochet chart to shape the top of the cover.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Schachenmayr Sun City (aran weight), 50 g each in the following six colors:
  • Fb 00202 natur (natural)
  • Fb 00272 maigrün (may green)
  • Fb 00265 pool (pool blue)
  • Fb 00134 cyclam (cyclamen pink)
  • Fb 00274 billardgrün (billiard green)
  • Fb 00224 lachs (salmon)
• Crochet hooks: Milward