I can’t believe it, but another birthday has come and gone. Now it really feels like Fall.
It was a great birthday, I spent the day with my family. We went to a photo studio and had some really nice pictures taken of the 4 of us, as well as a couple of just the boys. Next we headed down to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We explored the new Whale Exhibit and saw the Imax movie “Journey to the South Pacific” which had some awesome under water footage. Afterward we headed home and stopped for dinner at a nice restaurant.
Now Halloween is just around the corner with the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays not far behind. That has me thinking about my gift list and sending off Christmas/New Years cards and letters.
If you are making gifts for folks this year you might find the following pattern helpful. I love getting homemade jams and jellies at Christmas time, and I’m always impressed with the various presentations. Got me thinking though about ways of creating a gift that would still serve a purpose after all the yummy stuff is eaten.
I came up with a jar cover. Once all the jam or jelly is gone you still have a pretty jar that can be used to send out your own home-made goodies, or you can remove the little cover and use it as a bag.
The tie for the cover can be crocheted or you can dress it up further by using a satin ribbon. In this example I used a 32 inch length of 1 1/2 inch wide ribbon.
SPARKLY JAR COVER
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Jar Cover is 9”/ 22.5cm around x 5 1/4“/13.125cm long.
Fits a Pint size Mason Jar
YARN
Lion Brand Yarns, Vanna’s Glamour (96% Acrylic, 4% Metallic Polyester), 1.75oz/50g, 202 yds/185m
Color used for sample is: #150 Platinum, approximately 12g/49 yards were used for sample
CROCHET HOOKS
Size US G=6 / (4mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Stitch markers
Yarn needle
Pint Mason Jar
Optional:
GAUGE
First 3 rounds of pattern = 2.5” in diameter
SPECIAL STITCHES
V Stitch (V-st): (Dc, ch 1, dc) in indicated st or sp.
INSTRUCTIONS
Rnd 1: Ch 4 (counts as 1st dc and center), 11 dc in 4th ch from hook, sl st to top of beg ch-4. [12 dc]
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc here and thru out), dc in same spot as join, 2 dc in next 11 sts, sl st to top of beg ch-3. [24 dc]
Rnd 3: Ch 3, 2 dc next st, (dc next st, 2 dc next st) 11 times, sl st to top of beg ch-3. [36 dc]
Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in same spot as join, sc next 5 sts, 2 sc next st, (sc next 5 sts, 2 sc next st) 5 times, sl st to first sc of rnd. [42 sc]
Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in each stitch around, sl st to first sc of rnd. [42 sc]
Rnd 6: Ch 3, dc in next 41 sts, sl st to top of beg ch-3. [42 dc]
Rnd 7: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1), dc in same st as join, (sk 2 sts, V-st in next st) 13 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch-4. [14 V-sts]
Rnds 8 – 15: (Repeat Rnd 6 then Rnd 7) 4 times.
Tie (Make 1)
Ch 100 and fasten off
FINISHING
Weave in tails.
Thread the tie (or ribbon) thru the openings in the last round. Slide the jar into the cover, tie a bow. Tie knots in the ends of the tie, cut off excess yarn.
Mamas2Hands 
Your jar cover looks so pretty – I’m definitely going to try one. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it. Thanks for stopping by.