Thursday 28 March 2013

Tea Cup Christmas Ornament Pattern - Crochet


Tea Cup Christmas Ornament Pattern - Crochet


I made these earlier in the year, for my first Christmas KAL/CAL  Ornament with the "Christmas Group" on Ravelry. 
Finally I've had a chance between projects, to write out the pattern so here it is...

These are tiny approx. 4cm tall, and made to hang on the Christmas Tree.
I’ve made them roomy enough to hold a small round chocolate (these are Strawberry Creams).


They are made with 8ply/DK and trimmed with gold yarn. 
I used Moda Vera Romantic for the gold trim.
Crochet Hooks – 3.50mm for the cup and saucer
                               3.00mm for the cup handle
Crochet terms are in English /Aus terminology - our dc = sc in American Crochet Terms.
Abbreviations - 
dc2tog =  hook through next dc, yarn over, pull thread through, hook through 2nd dc, yarn over, pull thread through, yarn over, and pull through all 3 loops on hook.

CUP
With 3.50mm hook and MC
Make a magic loop,
Round 1 - 1 ch, 8dc into loop, join to 1st dc with sl st. Pull tight to close circle and secure.

Round 2 –  1ch (counts as dc), 1dc in same place as sl st, 2dc in every dc, join with sl st to first ch – 16dc.  

Round 3 – 1ch, 1dc in same place as sl st,1 dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from* ending with 1dc on last repeat,  join with sl st to first ch – 24dc.

Rounds 4,5 & 6 – 1ch, 1 dc in every dc, join to first ch –  24dc. Your cup will start to form shape.

Round 7 – 1ch, *dc2tog over next 2 dc, dc in next dc, repeat from * join with sl st to first ch – 16dc.

Round 8 – 1ch, dc in every dc, join with sl st to first ch – 16dc.

Round 9 – 1ch, dc in same place as sl st, *dc in next dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from *  join with sl st to first ch – 24 dc. Change to gold at the end of this round, by joining in before finishing the sl st and pull through the new colour on you hook.

Round 10 –  dc in each dc, join to first dc and fasten off.

SAUCER
Using 3.50m hook and MC

Work first 3 rounds of CUP,
Round 4 – 1ch, 1dc in same place as sl st, *1dc in next 2dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * around, join

Round 5 – 1ch, 1dc in same place as sl st, *1dc in next 3dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from *  join with sl st, change to gold at the end of this round, by joining in before finishing the sl st, pulling through the new colour on you hook – 40 dc.

Round 6 – With gold, dc in every dc around – join to first dc, fasten off.

CUP HANDLE
For the handle, you’re going to do a row of ch in the cup colour, then change to gold to do a row of dc.
Using 3mm hook and  cup colour, make 9ch, join in gold THEN make the last ch, so you have gold on your hook ready for the next row.
Next Row - miss first ch, 1dc in  next 4 ch, then 2dc in each of the next 5ch. Fasten off
This makes the curve for the handle.

Sew the handle to the cup, then sew the cup to the saucer around the base and attach a gold cord to hang.
All done......
© Jennifer Stacey 2013
For personal use, not for profit.
Thanks for visiting - Jen.

24 comments:

  1. OMG Jen, your artwork is amazing :) I cannot even sew !!!

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  2. Fab little ornaments, Jen. You're so creative, I don't know where you get such great ideas from :o)

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  3. Thanks LM2Cats that's so nice of you :-)

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  4. Thanks so much Pat xxoo

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  5. Karen CrokeMarch 29, 2013

    Jen, as others have said you are so talented!!! These are fantastic, I would like to order some for next Christmas please ... perhaps 6...just let me know how much they would be first..lol...I mean too a "proper" price, not a "for you $$"...

    Keep up your fantastic work, you truly are amazing!

    Also nice to see you have a copyright on your pattern!

    Karen

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  6. I have quite a few here Karen, so I'll bring some to Kallangur - sorry they will have to be that special family price because you are family to me :-)

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  7. Oh my goodness these are too adorable - thanks for sharing a pattern!!

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    1. Thanks Sue - never too early for Christmas stuff lol.

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  8. Love your cups and saucers,is there any chance of a knitting pattern for them please? cheers, Maz.

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    1. Maz, that would be a very tiny pattern knitted in the round, or with a seam on the cup and saucer. They would be a bit beyond my hands' abilities sorry.

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  9. AnonymousJuly 04, 2013

    really cute, they'll be on my tree this year, thanks. so true, never too early or too late for christmas stuff

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    1. Thanks :-) Yes it's getting closer very quickly!

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  10. AnonymousJuly 06, 2013

    I was wondering whether it was single or double crotchet for the tea cups . I tried double and it didn't quite come out the same. Let me know. Thanks

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  11. Hi, it is our English/Australian dc, which if you're from the US is your sc. I always make note that it is in English/Aus terminolgy, in my patterns (it's just above the abbreviations), as it causes so much confusion with the different crochet terminologies :-) Jen xx

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  12. I am making these in hot pink for my daughters 5th birthday tea party. They will make prefect additions to the hats I'm going to make. What a cute pattern.

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    1. What a cute idea! Hope the party is a huge success xx.

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  13. Hi Justjen,
    Thankyou very much for this lovely little pattern ! It is delightful !

    I've made one but find I have trouble with parts of it. At Round 2 of the Cup, it says 1ch (counts as dc) - does this just apply to this round or all the rounds ?

    thanks

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    1. Yes it's counted as the first dc for each round.

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  14. I hope to try these soon. Love them!!!!

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  15. Thanks Carm, I'm thrilled you like them :-)

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  16. This is the cutest thing! I made one immediately and blogged about it. Thanks for the pattern.
    http://valspierssews.blogspot.com.au/

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    1. Thanks Val, just read it :-).I love your designs, especially all the cats :-)

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  17. Biggest Morning Tea coming up next month - will just have time to do one or two for prizes on the day

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  18. These are beautiful. I'd like to do them for my granddaughter's birthday in April. If I get started now, I may have a couple ready by then. Just wondering if it's possible to do the saucer first with working only into the front or back loop only on round 3, then continuing the saucer. With the saucer finished, to go back to row 3 nd and sc into the left over loop to make the cup. Then the cup would be attached with no sewing needed. Manya

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I love reading your comments, and I'm very happy to help you with any questions about my patterns. The comments are moderated only to stop spam mail coming through, so your comment will be published as soon as I get a chance to check them - thanks Jen.