Häkelanleitung Kerzenhalter

Häkelanleitung Kerzenhalter by Ternura Amigurumi

Project Overview

This downloadable crochet pattern from independent designer Ternura Amigurumi provides instructions for creating a decorative candleholder measuring 12cm in height. The finished piece is designed to hold a glass container and can be embellished with ribbon for added aesthetic appeal. This intermediate-level project combines fundamental crochet techniques with increases and decreases to build a structured, dimensional form suitable for home décor applications.

What Is Being Made

The Kerzenhalter (candleholder) is a functional crochet accessory designed to cradle and display a glass container. The pattern creates a structured base that expands through strategic increases, culminating in a decorative top edge featuring an openwork stitch pattern. This design allows the candleholder to serve both as a practical vessel holder and as an ornamental piece for interior decoration.

Crochet Techniques Used

• Magic Ring Foundation: The pattern begins with a fadenring (magic ring or magic circle), a technique that creates a closed center point without a visible hole, ideal for amigurumi-style projects
• Increases (Zunahmen): Multiple rounds employ increases distributed strategically throughout to expand the diameter of the piece, creating the widening candleholder shape
• Decreases (Abnehmen): Decreases are incorporated to shape and refine the structure as needed
• Openwork Edging: The final rounds feature a decorative pattern combining double crochet stitches with chain spaces and chain skips, creating an airy, lacy border
• Chain Slip Closure: Each round is closed with a slip stitch (Kettmasche) to the first chain of the round, ensuring neat, finished edges

Crochet Stitches Used

• Luftmasche (lftm): Chain stitch, used for foundation rings, increases, and openwork pattern elements
• Feste Masche (fM): Single crochet, providing dense, sturdy fabric
• Ganzes Stäbchen (Stb): Double crochet, the primary stitch used throughout most of the pattern to build height and structure
• Kettmasche (KM): Slip stitch, used to join rounds and create finished edges

Materials Required

This pattern accommodates multiple yarn weights, allowing crafters flexibility in their material selection. Suitable options include DK weight, lace weight, sport weight, thread weight, and worsted weight yarns, enabling the project to be adapted to various yarn stashes and desired finished densities.

• Macramé Thread: The primary material specified in the pattern, with a thread thickness of 1mm, offering a delicate, refined appearance
• Crochet Hook: Size 1.6mm hook, appropriately scaled to work with the fine macramé thread
• Yarn Needle: A tapestry or wool needle for weaving in ends and finishing
• Glass Container: A vessel to be held within the finished candleholder
• Ribbon: Optional embellishment for decorative finishing

Difficulty Level

Rated as mittelschwer (intermediate), this pattern requires foundational crochet knowledge including comfort with magic rings, increases, decreases, and the ability to read pattern abbreviations. The fine thread weight and small hook size demand precision and attention to stitch placement, making this suitable for crafters with some experience rather than absolute beginners.

Pattern Rights and Usage

This pattern is an original design by Ternura Amigurumi. Purchase grants the right to create items from the pattern for personal use, as gifts, or for sale. However, the pattern itself is protected intellectual property and may not be published, shared, exchanged, or distributed in any form, whether for compensation or free of charge.