Designer’s email: editor@fortheloveofyarn.com

This is actually an update of a vintage crochet pattern from many years ago. When my husband and I got married nearly 8 years ago we had to have a “Chuppah,” a wedding canopy that is required for a Jewish ceremony. We knew we wanted something special and decided to make one together as a couple. This was when I discovered that my husband could crochet. He learned in 4th grade and still remembered how to do it, although it had been many years since he had picked up yarn and a hook (since the 4th grade actually).

So we sifted through the many crochet books and magazines that my great-aunts had in their stash and we went to work modifying it for our needs. We first thought that we would use crochet thread to create our Chuppah (as the pattern called for) but while my husband was a pro with the small hook and thin thread, I was a disaster. It was just too small for my hands to work with. We then moved up to worsted weight yarn and went to work.

The Chuppah that we made has served as a wedding canopy for us and for my mother when she got re-married. It also just took a very important role as a baby blanket when my son was brought in for his Bris when he was just 8 days old. We hope to be able to pass this heirloom down for generations to come and that it can continue to take an important role in our family’s lifecycle events.

You can use it for anything from a tablecloth (by using crochet thread) to a throw or blanket (by using worsted weight thread) to even a shawl (using a weight in between). The possibilities are endless and are up to your imagination.

This pattern is a: Crochet Pattern

Skill Level: Intermediate

Credits: Photos taken by Alison Reilly and others.

Materials:

Yarn:

Color #1: Red Heart, Baby Sport Pompadour (6oz per skein), 90% Acrylic and 10% Olefin, color 1001 -White, worsted weight

Yarn Substitute:

Any worsted weight yarn will do for recreating the sample.

Crochet Hooks:

US # G / 4 mm

Notions and Accessories:

Tapestry Needle

Size:

You can make this any size you’d like

Finished Product Measurements:

Varies depending on the size you would like

Gauge: Varies depending on what type of yarn you use. It wasn’t important for our project as if we needed it bigger we kept on crocheting.

Design Notes:

For ease of creation we crocheted each circle independent of one another and then sewed them all together and crocheted in between each circle. This allowed us to be portable with the project and not have to risk getting it dirty when we took it everywhere.

Pattern:

Round #1
Ch 9, slip your stitch into the 1st ch to form a ring.
Ch 3.
Next do 15 double crochet stitches into the ring.
Slip stitch into the 3rd ch of the original “ch3” joining the rnd.

Round #2
Ch 6, make a triple crochet stitch into the top of the next stitch.
* Ch 2, triple crochet into the next stitch* Repeat from “* to *” 13 times more.
Ch 2, slipstitch into the 4th ch of the original “ch6” made at beginning of this round.

Round #3
Slip stitch into the next space.
Ch 4, make 3 triple crochet stitches into the same space.
* Make 4 triple crochet stitches into the next space* Repeat from “ *to*” 14 times more. Slip stitch into the 4th ch of the original “ch4” made at the beginning of this round.

Round #4
Ch 3, double crochet into the joining space.
* Ch 4, skip 3 triple crochet stitches; make 2 double crochet stitches into the next stitch* Repeat from “*to*” 14 times more.
Ch 4, slip stitch into the 3rd ch of the original “ch3” made at beginning of this round.

Round #5
Ch 3, double crochet into the joining space.
Ch 3, make 2 double crochet stitches into the next stitch.
* Single crochet over the ch4 loop, 2 double crochet into the next stitch, ch 3, 2 double crochet into the next stitch” Repeat from “*to*” 14 times more.
Next single crochet over the last ch4 loop.
Slip stitch into the 3rd ch of the original “ch3” made at beginning of this round.
(Here you can cut yarn leaving an 8" tail making sure to neatly weave the tail into the back of the circle.)

Finishing:

Joining the Circles
You can lay the circles out next to each other to see how big your creation will be. Then when it’s time you can take each circle that you have made and sew them together.

The Pattern in between the Circles
After you have completed all of the circles and joined them together you can then decide if you want to add a pattern in between those circles. This is optional depending on what type of look you are going for, but we found for our purposes that it gave the canopy more stability and thickness. To create the pattern you will be crocheting in the space that exists where there are four circles joined together. There will be 2 points on each of the joined circles with eight points total.

Ch 5
Slip stitch into the first chain to form a ring.
Make 8 single crochet stitches into the ring.
* Ch 4, slip stitch into the ch3 point of a circle, ch 4, slip stitch into the single crochet of this pattern*
Repeat from “*to*” 7 times more, creating a ch that connects to every one of the 8 points.

Meet the Designer:

Alison has been addicted to knitting for more years than she'd like to admit and has crocheted since she was a teenager. The pictures in the pattern above are witness to the fact that she got married under a crocheted chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy) that she and her husband made together. Alison resides in Georgia with her husband and infant son.