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Free Crochet Pattern - Jar Cover
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Jan 27, 2023
Free crochet patter for Jar Cover. Outdoor living is all about lighting for me - twinkling fairy lights make everything cosy! This jar cover diffuses bright lights, helping them glow through your re-used jam jars. Materials: 10g (50m) each in 4 different shades of DK acrylic yarn will cover 2 jam jars. 4mm (Size G-6) Crochet hook, Scissors, Jam Jar (my small jar measures 10cm tall with 23.5cm circumference), battery operated candles or fairy lights. ***DO NOT USE REAL CANDLES*** Visit my blog post for more details on this easy, simple crochet border http://cosyrosieuk.co.uk/free-pattern-jar-cosy SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/CosyRosieUKNewsletter POPULAR VIDEOS: How to crochet double crochet: https://youtu.be/BptKwnbPnQk How to crochet treble crochet: https://youtu.be/kD-R7MYYzzU How to crochet basic granny squares: https://youtu.be/TKdr0dzj3dI UK terms and US terms vary so if your confused between a Dc and a Sc, check out this post all about abbreviations: https://www.cosyrosieuk.co.uk/understanding-crochet-abbreviations
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Welcome to another crochet tutorial with CozyRosyUK. Today I'm showing you how to make this jam jar cover
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So this is quite a small jar but you can add an extra couple of rows, pop some fairy lights in
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so you can do them all different heights and sizes as well. well. What's really useful is the larger size actually sits over like a Coke can so you can
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use it as a can cosy as well which makes it double purpose. So the materials that you're going to need
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today are going to be said jam gel. Get it all cleaned, get all the sticky stuff off and get it
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ready to use. I'm using a four millimeter crochet hook and I've got four different shades, this is
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kind of scrap yarn really, I've got little bits left over of DK weight yarn, four milliliter
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crochet hook, a pair of scissors and a darling needle to weave in all the pesky ends because
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there are quite a few of those because we're going to change colour in every single row. So grab all your materials and let's get started
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So I'm going to start with my first colour, I've chosen the dark colour first and I'm just going
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start by making a slip knot and popping that onto my hook, tightening that to my
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hook there. So the first thing we're going to do is we're going to chain four
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We're going to then slip stitch into that first chain that we made
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and then chain three. So this first chain three counts as our first treble crochet in our first round
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We're then going to work into the center of this ring that we created. So not
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underneath the slip stitch but just underneath there, there is another hole
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So just yarn over the hook and then insert into the middle. I'm going to place my tail yarn just around this ring so that I can cinch that in after we've worked this round
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So yarn over, bring a loop back through the centre of that ring, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two
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So we've now got two, we're looking for a total of 12 treble crochets
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So we need to make a further 10 treble crochets into the same centre we've already started to work
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So that's three, four and five, six
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Still working over my tail yarn as well. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and number 12
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I'm just going to double check. So one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine
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ten, eleven, and twelve. So we're then going to slip stitch to the top of our chain three
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by going through the middle of that chain there, yarn over, pull through, and pull through
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So that finishes round one. I've got a total of the chain three and eleven treble crochets
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If I pull on that tail yarn it just makes that centre disappear a little bit
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So going into round two we're going to chain three which again counts as our first treble
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We're then going to work another treble crochet into that same space that we did the shame three
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We're going to place two treble crochets into each stitch around. So working into the top of each stitch, I'm going to place two treble crochets
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So this will take our starting stitch count of 12 all the way up to 24
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So we're increasing into each stitch around. So keep placing two treble crochets into each stitch and I'll meet you at the end of this round two
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So I reached the end of my second round so I just double checked my stitch count and I got a total of 24 stitches all along
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We're just going to slip stitch to the top of the chain three that we did first of all, just by yarning over, pull through and straight through
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I'm just going to do a quick chain one just to create a little knot and then I'm going to snip my yarn leaving enough to ensure that I can weave these tail ends in at the end
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So going into round three, I'm going to take my next colour, which in my case is this kind of fuchsia pink, and we need to attach it between a pair
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So where we've gone into a stitch and placed two treble crochets, we're going to go in between these pairs
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So I'm gonna go in here, doesn't matter where you do it. I'm just going to
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slip stitch my yarn on. So just bring that back through, making sure that you're in the space between the pair and just pull that through
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Again, I'm going to lay my tail ends down so I can try and weave them in a little bit, save myself a job at the end
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So we're going to chain three, which again counts as our first treble crochet
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We're going to place another two treble crochets into the same space
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That's number one and number two. We're then going to work in between the next pair
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So where we've got two treble crochets in one stitch, we're going to go in between those two
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And we're going to work three treble crochets in between each pair from the previous round
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So again we're increasing the stitch count so it should lay nice and flat after this round
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So literally just three treble crochets into each of these pairs all the way around
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So keep placing those and I'll meet you at the end of this round
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I need to place my last treble crochet cluster in this space here
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I'm going to show you how I fasten this row off. So I'm going to slip stitch into the top of the chain 3 just to join that round
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and then I'm just going to slip stitch across the top of the next 2 treble crochets
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and into that treble cluster space. Do a quick chain 1, snip my yarn and then just pull through
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because what we're going to do is we're going to rejoin the yarn for round four just in here
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So I'm going to place my hook in there, grab my next colour, in my case this is a baby pink
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I'm just going to join over where I've finished just with a slip stitch
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then I'm going to chain three, and do a further two treble crochets in that chain space
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Sorry, it's not a chain space, it's a cluster space. Make sure that we've covered all of that up
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And we're going to work another three treble crochets into that next space
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We're going to place three treble crochets in between each space all the way around
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So I'll meet you at the end here. I'm just finishing off that last three treble cluster, treble three cluster even
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ready to slip stitch just to the top of this chain three here
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I'm going to slip stitch and then slip stitch across the top of these three
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these other two trebles as well. Do a little chain one and then make sure I snip my yarn
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leaving sufficient to weave in a little bit later. So already you'll start to see
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ignoring all the ends, that it's starting to curve up. So we're going to keep adding
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different colours in different rows. So my next colour is going to be this lovely bright white
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So I'm going to join that and repeat this pattern up until the top of my jar. Well
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not quite up until the rim of my jar here. So it going to be about let have a little look One two three four five six seven eight nine maybe 10 rows until you reaching the top of your jar and I will meet you back when you finish those 10 rows ready to add on a little border at the top
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So keep working and adding a different colour, change colours each row if you want to or do it all in one colour
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And I will see you after you've got 10 rows of the treble three clusters
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So I've just finished my 10th round of treble three clusters. I've got my slightly larger jam jar here
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I'm just going to try this on and just check that it reaches where the jar starts to decrease
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What we're going to do now is a round that's going to bring the cover in
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Obviously because it's acrylic yarn it's got a nice stretch to it so it will be quite fitted
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and we want it to stretch a little bit up because we want to be able to see through
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if we're going to put shiny lights inside. So what we're going to do is actually rejoin the yarn
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This time we're not going to go in between the treble three clusters. we're going to go into the stitch itself. So I'm just going to insert my hook where I just fastened
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off, changing colours again so I'm going for my second colour and I'm just going to start by
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slip stitching that into place and then I'm going to place a half treble into the same space that I
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slip stitch into. So I'm going to yarn over the hook, insert it back in to that
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space, yarn over, bring up a loop. So I've got those three loops on my hook, yarn
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over and pull through all three. So again we're not working into that
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space in between, we're working into the next stitch to put another half treble
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crochet and then we're going to do a half treble crochet, two together. So we're
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going to bring these two stitches into one. So we yarn over the hook, insert the hook into that next
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stitch, yarn over, bring a loop up. We're going to yarn over but just go through the first two loops
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yarn over the hook, insert it into the next stitch, yarn over. So we've got four loops on our hook
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we're going to yarn over and pull through all four loops on our hook and that brings those two
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stitches into one. So that's the pattern for this round. We're going to be doing two half treble
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crochets, followed by a half treble, two together. So yarn over, insert, bring that loop up, yarn over
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pull through two. Yarn over, insert the hook into the next stitch. Yarn over, bring that loop up
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So we have four on our hook, yarn over and pull through all four
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Place two further treble crochets into the next two stitches, and then do another decrease
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We're going to repeat that the whole way across so that we can decrease our stitches, our stitch count
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and we'll see how it brings in the top part of the jam jar cover
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I've had three stitches remaining, we'll make one more decrease, there we go
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Perfect. So we're just going to slip stitch to the top of that first stitch that we made
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And again, just fasten that off. And you can see, I'm going to tuck that in because all my ends are in there
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Look, lovely. You can see it just brings the top of the jam jar, the jam jar, the cover in just ever so slightly
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but it's got a good stretch to it. So I'm going to place one more round just so it will take it up to the top of our jam jar itself
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I'm just going to get my other colour. There we go And again I going to rejoin where I just fastened off just so I can weave those inzips less to sew up Let just join with a slip stitch
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And that's our chain one. We're going to place a half treble crochet into that first stitch
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I'm going to work over my tail ends as I go. Literally this round you simply place a half
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treble crochet into each stitch around. So this is a nice easy one
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There you go, there we go. tuck those in. I will sort them out at some point, don't worry
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So just literally half treble crochet into each stitch around. The slightly smaller stitch than
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the treble obviously, it's half the size, but it just kind of makes it a little bit different. You
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can see the contrast between the stitch heights as well which makes the granny stripe just kind of
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pop just a little bit more. These jam jars were designed or the cover was designed to go with
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my Run Rings Around Granny teapot cover and the coasters that match it as well
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I've done them all in the same colour because I'm quite a matchy matchy person but it looks
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like such a kitsch design I really really like them so I'll share a photo with you at the end
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of everything all together. One thing I would say is to make sure that you're not going to be using
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actual candles in your jars. Glass gets incredibly hot when it's near a naked flame
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so that is incredibly dangerous. I use LED lights in my jam jars that are battery operated
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Just working these last few stitches. So rather than slip stitching on this final round
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what I'm going to do is to show you how to do the invisible join to make a seamless join
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We could do our normal slip stitch but it's going to leave us with that knot to deal with
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and I am not interested in that. So instead what we're going to do is work those final few stitches
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When you've worked your last stitch you're going to cut your tail yarn and pull the loop up
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back out all the way out of that stitch and we're just going to thread this onto our needle here
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and what we're going to do, I'll do it left-handed for you to keep out of your way
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we're going to go under both loops of that first stitch that we made
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like that, no I've done that the wrong way. So we're going to go through and under both
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those stitches from front to back and just draw that closed and then we're going to insert the
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needle in the back loop of the last stitch that we worked and ta-da it's an invisible join you
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cannot see apart from the tail yarn sticking out which stitch we finished with we're going to just
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very loosely weave that through there just for a moment just so we can try this on so I've made the
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larger size so I've got my jam jar let's put that on it's going to be going nice and easily
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squeaky squeaky there we go so fits perfectly now i'm going to pop some inside use only battery operated lights in
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now the reason i haven't covered this section here is because i will leave these outside but
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i'm going to attach my screw top to it so it stops the water getting in so they can stay outside if i
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wanted to without risk of damaging the batteries or the lights so i hope you've enjoyed this
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tutorial obviously go on and weave all your ends in again it's my favorite job i'm not going to lie
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um and then i wish i would love for you to show me your completed projects uh you can obviously
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put different colored lights in as well these are these wonderfully expensive leds um yeah tag me in
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