BOHO CANDLE HANGER PATTERN

A beautiful candle hanger made with scrap yarn and a glass votive – mason jars work just as well!

These little votives candle hangers are so easy to customize and will suit any home decor. You can use candles and glass holders as I did, or even mason jars and succulents! How cute would that be? Plus it uses up those scraps of yarn that you love, but haven’t found a use for.

I love Darn Good Yarn; their products, their mission, everything! I also hate waste and tend to hold on to lots of scraps of yarn. Coming up with a unique and stylish way to use them was a blast. Especially as we move through these winter months with low light and dreary weather. A little light from some hanging candles will brighten your day!

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DESCRIPTION

This DIY boho candle hanger will brighten up your space and use up those gorgeous scraps of yarn you have been hanging on to. Mix and match which scraps you crochet with to create new colorways and textures.

MATERIALS

DGY Naturally Dyed Organic Cotton Yarn (Weight: 3/DK – 325 yd)
DGY Sport Weight Silk Yarn (Weight: 2/Sport – 50g/200 yards)
Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook (size up or down depending on what weight your yarn scraps are)
Flameless tea light
Votive candle holder – 3 inches (An 8oz mason jar works as well and gives the hanger a rustic look)

*I love my* Furls Crochet hooks! Check out this wooden Furls Streamline hook!

ABBREVIATIONS

ch: chain
st: stitch
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
bobble: *YO, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop, YO and pull through 2 loops on your hook. Repeat from * 3 more times. Now you should have 5 loops on your hook. YO and pull through all 5 loops on your hook.

DIRECTIONS

This piece is worked in the round from the bottom up – this allows you to measure your candle holder or jar as you work so that it will fit this hanger perfectly. The strap lengths are also customizable to whatever suits your needs. You will begin by crocheting a round base that fits your candle holder before crocheting the open-stitch sides.

You can see that the round base is just short of the diameter of my glass candle holder after row 5.

Magic Circle

Row 1: 8sc in magic circle. sl st to first st. (8)
Row 2: ch 1. 2sc in each st around. sl st to first st. (16)
Row 3: ch 1. 2sc in first st, sc in next st. Repeat around. sl st to first st. (24)
Row 4: ch 1. 2sc in first st, sc in next 2 st. Repeat around. sl st to first st. (32)
Row 5: ch 1. 2sc in first st, sc in next 3 st. Repeat around. sl st to first st. (40) Round base should be ~2.5 inches in diameter if you are using a larger candle holder then adjust accordingly by increasing the rows of the base in the same pattern as above.
Row 6: *ch 5. sk 3 st, sc in 4th st. Repeat from * around. You will work the last sc into the first ch-5 space instead of the 4th st. Mark this point with a stitch marker to keep track of your rows.
Row 7-9: *ch 5 and sc into the middle of the next ch-5 space. Repeat from * around. Do not stop and join at the end of each row. You will work continuously in the round. If your candle holder is shorter or taller than 3 inches you will need to adjust your final row count, approximately one row per inch.
Row 10: ch 1. Work 3 sc into the ch-5 space you are in. *Work 1 sc into the sc st, then 3 sc in next ch-5 space. Repeat from the * all the way around to your stitch marker. sl st into your first st. (40)
Pom Pom Trim: ch 7. bobble into the third ch from your hook, ch 3, bobble into the third ch from hook (the top of your first bobble), ch 1 to secure, slip stitch back into the bottom of the first bobble. ch 4, skip 3 stitches and slip stitch into the 4th stitch. Repeat around. If you have not deviated from the pattern above, you should have ten pom poms on your trim. Do not fasten off, but continue on to the strap instructions.

STRAPS

ch 30, sl st into st after next 2 pom poms (see photo below) and single crochet in same st. Repeat four more times around – you will have 5 loops of chains.

The first of the five chain loops made with 30 chains each.

sl st in first 15 chains of first chain loop. ch 30 (see photo below), ch 1 and sl st back down the 30 chs to your chain loop. Continue to sl st down the remaining 15 chs on the other side of your chain loop. Repeat with next loop, however once you finish the 30 chains, sl st to the last st on the previous 30 chains to connect all the lengths together, before sl st back down the 30 chains and along the chain loop. Continue until all five chain loops have a length of 30 chains from their middle point that are all connected. This is how you will hang your candle.

In this photo you can see I have sl st in the first 15 st of the first chain loop, then chained 30 off the middle point and sl st back down those 30 chains. Now I am continuing to sl st down the remaining 15 st of the chain loop.

Finish off and weave in all ends. Place your candle holder or jar inside the hanger and hang it up!

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2 thoughts on “BOHO CANDLE HANGER PATTERN”

Marsha says:

January 20, 2020 at 5:54 am

I love these, they would also be a gorgeous oudoor garden and patio accent(where I saved mine on Pinterest) they look so chic and just scream Party Time. Thank you for bringing this beautiful inspiration to us all.

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1. Ellie Price says:
  
  January 20, 2020 at 12:50 pm
  
  That is a wonderful idea! Especially if you used some nice cotton or hemp scraps, they would be beautiful on a patio or garden. Thank you so much for your positive feedback 🙂
  
  Ellie