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Handmade Gifts: Crochet a Hanging Plant - String of Pearls (Amigurumi)

teacher avatar Lisa Kahlhöfer, Bespoke Tailor & Crochet lover

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Intro

      1:34

    • 2.

      Tools & Materials

      1:16

    • 3.

      Stitches

      7:01

    • 4.

      The Pot

      8:40

    • 5.

      The Soil

      3:16

    • 6.

      The Plant strings

      9:17

    • 7.

      Assembling

      4:09

    • 8.

      The Plant Hanger

      3:12

    • 9.

      Thank You!

      1:41

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Finally! A plant that even your cat can´t kill :D

In this class you learn how to crochet a handmade, very-hard-to-kill plant that makes a great gift for your friend who just can´t keep a living plant alive. Or you make one for yourself to hang in your camper or the bathroom with no window.

In this class I´ll show you step by step which stitches you need, how to crochet the individual pieces and how to assemble them.

I´ll also show how you can easily crochet little hearts instead of the pearls to make a string of hearts.

So grab your hook and yarn and give it a go :)

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Lisa Kahlhöfer

Bespoke Tailor & Crochet lover

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Hi, I'm Lisa. I love everything I can craft with my hands. Since completing a three year apprenticeship to be a professional men's tailor I worked at an opera house in Wuppertal, Germany. In January 2023 I moved to Wellington, New Zealand to study Costume Construction at "Toi Whakaari". Now graduated, I work as a tailor.

Sewing classic suits and crazy costumes is absolutely my dream job but in my freetime I also like to crochet (a lot!!), knot these friendship bracelets we all kinda made when we were younger, sew stuff to wear for my little niece, go climbing and surfing with my friends, make kombucha, bake sourdough bread, and so on.

As a German girl which wasn't the best in English class in school I hope I practiced enough to teach and write in English. I try my v... See full profile

Level: Intermediate

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1. Intro: These crochet hanging plants make great gifts for your friends and family. But they're also a nice accessory for your own home. Don't need sun or water to stay alive. So they are perfect for the bathroom without windows or maybe even your camper van. Hi, my name is Lisa. I completed a three-year apprenticeships for being a professional Taylor. I currently work at an opera house here in Germany. And I saw suits and costumes for the opera singers and actors. In my free time, I do other crafty things like, for example, crocheting these lovely hanging plants. In this class, I'll explain step-by-step what tools and materials you need, which stitches we will use and how they work. How to crochet the individual pieces and taught to assemble them. There's a free PDF file below. You could download with a written crochet pattern to follow along. To complete the project, you should be able to crochet even rows of stitches. I tried to explain every stitch you need. If you've never tried before, I'd recommend you to take a beginners class here on Skillshare. And once you've got comfortable with your Coke and Yon, come back and thought TO plant. Alright, now grab your hook yarn and join me in the class. 2. Tools & Materials: To complete the project, you just need a few things. Tools you need are a crochet hook. The one I'm using is three millimeters. I would recommend using 2.5 to 3.5 millimeters. They come in a lot of different sizes. Scissors, a tapestry needle to weave in the ends. Materials you need are crochet yarn. I use 100% cotton. The thickness of the yarn should match your 2.5 to 3.5 folk for the strings, I use different tones of green, brown for the soil, black for the pot, and white for the plant hanger. I used a slightly off-white here for staffing the pot. I use small cut fabric scraps and the yarn I cut off after weaving in the ends. 3. Stitches: In this lesson, I'll explain the different stitches and how they work and the magic ring and increasing stitches. I won't go into detail too much, but I'll try to show them as best as I can. The pattern for the plot starts with eight single crochet in the magic ring. Take your yarn like so, holding the end of the yarn between thumb and middle finger. Then crossover and come around your fingers again. Puppet in with the end of the yarn and hold it on the other side. You should now have two parallel strands of yarn. Now with your hook under the first one, grab the other one, pull through and twist, then grab the same strand of yarn, twist it, and pull it through the loop. Congratulations, you've created a magic circle. When you now sit your single crochet stitches into the ring, you can tighten the ring to get a neat circle. Next I'll show the different stitches. First chain, and it's probably the easiest stitch. You just grab the yarn with your hook and pull it through the loop on your hook. That's it. Grab the slip stitch, stick the hook through the next stitch, grab the yarn and pull it through. Now you have two loops on your hook. Pull the first loop through the second one. That's the slip stitch. As I started crocheting, I always made a slip stitch, white you tied. So keep in mind that you let it loose. The single crochet IS probably the most common crocheting stitch. It's easy, fast and makes a nice-looking surface. The hook through the stitch, grab the yarn and pull it through. Now you have two loops on the hook. Sling the yarn around the hook, and pull it through both loops. That's the single crochet stitch. Stick the hook through the next stitch, grab the yarn and pull through. Then grab the yarn again and pull it through both loops. For the half double crochet stitch. Sling the yarn around your hook before your insert it into the next stitch. Now grab the yarn and pull it through. You should have three loops on your hook. Now let's link the yarn around the hook and work it through all three loops. It's basically like a single crochet, but with a third loop on the hook. The double crochet starts like the half double crochet. It's Linda yarn around the hook before you stick it through the next image, wrap the yarn and pull it through to have three loops on your hook. But now you go to, to sling the yarn around the hook and pull it through the first two loops. Now you should have only two loops left on your hook to the same again, to have only one loop on the hook. That's how your crochet, a double crochet stitch. These are odd stitches you need for this plant. There's the chain stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet. There is one more abbreviation left, inc, increase. To crochet a circle, you need to increase the number of stitches each round. To do this, you simply make two stitches into one pack, this first stitch into the same, the second stitch. Now you know the basics so we can start crushing the pot. 4. The Pot: We start with a magic ring. So again, windy yarn or at your fingers and hold it. Then hook underneath the first line, grep the second through and twist, wrap the same string and pull through the loop. Then into the magic circle, make eight single crochet stitches. 12345678. Pulled the end of the magic ring to close the hole. As we bark and rounds, you should always mark the first stitch of a new round to not lose track. Believe me, it works wonders as I started crocheting, I always thought I don't need this. I can count and it probably will work out. But no, it never turned out as a chit. Just do it. It's also pretty easy to just crochet a little piece of a different colored yarn into the first stitch like this. The second round increase each stitch, like I explained in the previous lesson, make to single crochet stitches in one, to double the number of stitches in this round till you reach your marker. It should now count 16 stitches. 123456789101113141516. Again placed a different colored yarn and the first stitch of the next round. This is the one single crochet. Then increase the following stitch. Then again one single crochet in the next stitch, and increase the following. Repeat until you reach your marker. This makes 24 stitches in the third round. Now we're done with the button up the pot. The next round on the stitch through the back loop of your stitches. Make a single crochet in each backlog. Don't go through the full loop, but only through the back loop. Now make single crochet rounds in the full loops till you like the height. I crochet at about six pounds for the wall. If you aren't happy with the size of your cut, you can make the bottom of the pot bigger. After around three. Making one single crochet, then increase. Make around with two single crochet, then increase and repeat to end up with 32 stitches. If you like it bigger than that, make around with three single crochets, then increase entropy to end up with 40 stitches. You probably understand the strategy by now. To make a little rim at the top of your butt, make one round of single crochet only in the front loop. This haves the last round to fold over to create that rim. Fill out your market thread and end the last round. But the slip stitch. Then cut the yarn and pull out the loop. Take your tapestry needle and we've the end of the yarn into the pot. I'd say there's no right or wrong to do this, but it shouldn't be visible from the outside. Let's move on to the soil. 5. The Soil: The soil is essentially the same pattern like the bottom of the pot. Start with a magic ring. Again. Why do Yana rotting fingers hook underneath the first-line, grab the second floor through and twist. Grep and I would look into the magic circle, make eight single cohesive 12345678. The end of the magic ring to close the hole and increase each stitch in an extra round. Don't forget your marker. You should now have 16 stitches. Then make one single crochet in the next stage and in your marker and increase the following. Repeat till you reach America. This makes 24 stitches in the third round and your soil now fits into the part. Finish up with a slip stitch, cut the yarn, and pull the loop through tapestry needle. And within the end. 6. The Plant strings: For the plant strings, we start with making a row of chain stitches. To start slowing the Yana out your thumb black that hook us in the loop from underneath. Wrap the yarn and pull through the loop. That's your starting loop. Now, make about 15 chain stitches. To crochet apparel. Go back into the next stitch and make one single crochet, 1.5 double crochet, all in the same stitch. One double crochet, 1.5 double crochet, one single crochet. Join altogether with a slip stitch into the first chain stitch off the chain, called loop to tighten up the pearl. Then Jane, seven to about 13. You can alter all in-between chains. And then Amber, next pearl, back into the next stitch. Crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, single crochet. Joined with a slip stitch. Everything tight. Repeat this to do like the length. I'd recommend making different length of strings in different green tones. After the last pearl, make a few chain stitches, cut off the yarn and thread your needle. Then make a little pair of by weaving in the end with a needle and cut off any excess. You can also make a crochet HD version of the string of hearts. Start your string-like the one with the Perth chain stitches. The string of hearts, you only need chain and slip stitches. Crash apec to slip, such as in the last two stitches. Everything very tight. Then again, crochet back to slip suggests in the next two stitches. The second one should be the very big one you started with. Again, keep everything tight. Now to find the heart a bit nicer. Stick the hook through the back loop of the stitch in the middle, and also through the loop of the first chain stitch. And make a slip stitch prototype. The first heart has finished, chain about ten and start the next heart. To slip stitches, back to chain stitches. To slip stitch a spec. Stick the hook, the back loop of the one in the middle, and one of the loops on the first chain stitch and make a slip stitch continued till you like the length. To finish, you can proceed like I've shown for the String of Pearls. Run after making the last heart and with the ends into the heart. Just as you like. Now, make as many plants strings as you like to fit in your pot. 7. Assembling: The plant strings through the soil to connect them. I use a smaller crochet hook. But you can also use to help you crochet it with all the tapestry needle. Just stick your hook or needle through the soil and pull the open ends after strengths through. When all strings are connected to the soil, I take false strings and make knots. Cut off the ends. And the first step is done. Stuff you're caught densely with your Jon and fabric scraps, leave a bit of space on top so your soil and the ends of the plant strings fit in. Then take some brown yarn and thread to a tapestry needle to the inside of the pot. At the end I make an NADH and we've been both ends. You successfully part of your plant. 8. The Plant Hanger: The knotted planting, you need eight strands of yarn. The length depends on your liking, but make them a bit longer than you think you want to plan to him. You can always cut them shorter. Make a note with all of them right at one end. Then separate them into four sprints. Cut off the end to look a bit nicer. When you place the four strands on your part, you get an idea of where the first notes have to sit. Right at the edge of the pot. For the second row of knots. Separate the strands again, not together. Each two strands laying next to each other. Always placed his strengths on the pot after you've finished a few nuts to look if it's still fits. The last row is made in the same way. Now I do just need to place your pot in it and you're done. 9. Thank You!: Congratulations, I hope you liked this class and maybe you've already finished a cupful little hanging plant. Once you completed the first few strings, you should be able to crochet them while watching TV series or maybe talking to a friend. You can easily crochet a lot of strengths for your hanging plants. It's super nice to relax your brain after a long day of work or just on weekend while listening to some great music to come down. The best thing about this, you end up with a super sweet hanging thin. You can give to friends or family, or just hang it up your own home and enjoy it every day. Please take some pictures and share them with the other students and me in the project gallery below. So we can all appreciate your work. If you want. You can also tag me on Instagram if you decide to upload any pictures on your account or any questions, open a discussion and at this class, and I'll come back to you and answer them all. If you're interested in other crafting things, check out my Skillshare profile. I've created other classes about sewing a bowtie and hence stitching a Taylor's buttonhole. Alright, thank you very much for watching my class and happy searching.