Who said cupboards are boring? You'll be taking that back as soon as you've seen Anabela Félix's crochet jar covers! Meet Mr. Francois and his wife, Cleo. They’re always feeling full of beans (or tea bags, or sugar) and happily creating domestic bliss atop your kitchen units. Then further down the shelf, you’ll run into his step-brother, Claude, and Cleo’s cousin, Marianne. Anabela shows you how to turn crochet jars covers into your very own cute set of characters by customising your pantry jars. You can crochet in stripes, and add different toppers or trims and add little faces for an extra sweet touch.
These crochet jar covers also make fun gifts when customised to look like your recipients! Bake some gingerbread biscuits to pop inside and download a quick printable birthday card for an easy but still lovely handmade present. Oh and remember if you use 100% cotton yarn your crochet jar covers can be washed but will maintain their shape and colour. Plus they're a great stash buster project because you can use all your yarn scraps. If you're new to crochet don't worry just head over to our crochet for beginners guide and our crochet kits for beginners to learn all the basic techniques for these crochet jar covers. Now it’s over to Anabela.
You’ll need
• DMC Natura Just Cotton, 100% cotton, 50g/155m per ball, or similar 4 ply/fingering cotton in colours of your choice • 2.5mm (UK 12, US C/2) crochet hook (find the best crochet hooks on the market in our round-up) • Glass jars • Stitch marker (find the best stitch markers on the market in our round-up) • Black and red Pilot Frixion erasable pens or any other pen that can write on glass • Tapestry needle
Tension
Tension is not important for this project.
Finished size
Size will vary according to your jar
Abbreviations (UK)
yrh: yarn round hook dc2tog: double crochet 2 together (insert hook in next st, yrh and draw loop through) twice, yrh and draw through all 3 loops on hook.
Crochet Magic loop: hold thread in your hand and wrap working yarn around forefinger twice to create ring, slip ring off your finger and insert hook to pick up first st, ch1, then work the necessary sts for round 1 and close the ring tightly by pulling the loose end.
You can find a full list of all abbreviations we use in our abbreviations and conversions guide. This pattern is written in UK terminology but you can easily convert it to US terms using this handy chart.
