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Garden Lantern Vine Doorway Curtain Crochet Pattern

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This doorway curtain looks like a garden walkway lit by tiny lanterns. A lacy cream header with a scalloped edge hangs from a wooden rod on short tabs. Twelve leafy green vines drop from the header, and small openwork lanterns with golden caps hang along each vine.

The colors are warm and natural: cream lanterns and header, mustard-gold caps, and olive-green vines and leaves. It suits a cottage, boho, or plant-filled home and still lets light and air through the doorway.

This pattern uses US crochet terms. The finished curtain is 33.25 in (84.5 cm) wide and 69.5 in (176.5 cm) long, measured from the top edge of the header to the vine tips, not counting the tabs.

You will make one header band with tabs, 12 vines with leaves made as you go, 36 lanterns, and 36 caps. The vines are tied into the header and then locked in place by the scalloped border. Each cap is sewn onto a lantern, and each lantern is sewn to a vine.

Finished Size and Construction

  • Finished size: 33.25 in (84.5 cm) wide x 69.5 in (176.5 cm) long
  • Skill level: Intermediate
  • Terminology: US
  • Yarn weight: Worsted (#4) cotton
  • Hook: 5.0 mm (H-8)
  • Number of pieces: 85 (1 header, 12 vines, 36 lanterns, 36 caps)
  • Layout: 12 vines spaced 3 in (7.6 cm) apart, 3 lanterns per vine, at staggered heights
  • Piece size (lantern): 2.75 in (7.0 cm) wide x 3.5 in (8.9 cm) tall with cap
  • Header size before border: 33.25 in x 3.5 in (84.5 cm x 8.9 cm)
  • Border depth: 2 in (5.1 cm); the header with its border is 5.5 in (14.0 cm) deep

Materials

Use a smooth mercerized or combed cotton. Cotton holds the lantern shape well and doesn’t stretch much under its own weight. The amounts below assume about 170 m (186 yd) per 100 g.

  • Cream: 300 g / 510 m (header, tabs, border, lanterns)
  • Mustard gold: 100 g / 170 m (caps and hanging loops)
  • Olive green: 200 g / 340 m (vines, leaves, and sewing lanterns to vines)

All amounts include about 20 percent extra.

Tools:

  • 5.0 mm (H-8) crochet hook
  • Tapestry needle
  • Stitch markers
  • Rustproof pins and a blocking mat
  • Spray starch, or fabric stiffener mixed 1:1 with water
  • A 2.75 in (7.0 cm) ball or small balloon for shaping the lanterns
  • Wooden rod up to 1 in (2.5 cm) in diameter, with brackets
  • Measuring tape

Abbreviations (US Terms)

  • ch – chain
  • sl st – slip stitch
  • sc – single crochet
  • hdc – half double crochet
  • dc – double crochet
  • tr – treble crochet
  • sk – skip
  • sp – space
  • st(s) – stitch(es)
  • MR – magic ring
  • RS / WS – right side / wrong side
  • V-st – (dc, ch 2, dc) in the same stitch

Leaf (special stitch): Ch 7.

  1. Working in the back bumps of the 2nd through 7th ch from the hook (tip to base): sc, hdc, dc, dc, hdc, sc.
  2. Rotate. Working in the free loops of the same 6 ch (base to tip): sc, hdc, dc, dc, hdc, sc.
  3. Ch 2 for the point, then sl st in the first sc of the leaf.
  4. For the vein, sl st loosely down the center through each of the 6 foundation ch, back to the base.
  5. Sl st in the vine ch where the leaf began.

Each leaf has 12 sts plus a ch-2 point and is 1.75 in (4.4 cm) long.

Gauge and Checkpoints

  • Dc fabric: 16 dc x 8 rows = 4 in (10.2 cm)
  • Sc fabric (tabs): 16 sc x 18 rows = 4 in (10.2 cm)
  • Vine chain: 12 ch = 3 in (7.6 cm), gently stretched

Make one lantern and one cap first. They’re the best gauge test because you’ll make so many of them.

  • After lantern Rnd 2, the flat base measures 1.9 in (4.8 cm) across.
  • After Rnd 5, the widest point measures 2.75 in (7.0 cm) across.
  • The finished lantern with its cap is 3.5 in (8.9 cm) tall.
  • Header Row 1 measures 33.25 in (84.5 cm) wide.

If your pieces come out too big, go down 0.5 mm in hook size. If they’re too small, go up 0.5 mm. Don’t change the stitch counts, because every join depends on them.

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Header Band

Work in rows with cream.

Row 1 (RS): Ch 135. Dc in the 4th ch from the hook and in each ch across. The skipped 3 ch count as a dc. Turn. (133 sts)

Row 2 (mesh): Ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1), sk next st, dc in next st. Ch 1, sk 1, dc in next st; rep from * across, working the last dc in the top of the turning ch. Turn. (67 dc + 66 ch-1 sps = 133 sts)*

Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc). Dc in each ch-1 sp and each dc across. Turn. (133 sts)

Rows 4–7: Repeat Rows 2 and 3 twice. Fasten off. (Row 7: 133 sts)

Checkpoint: The band measures 33.25 in x 3.5 in (84.5 cm x 8.9 cm).

Rod Tabs

Each tab sits above the center of a scallop, over sts 5–9 of each 12-st repeat.

With RS facing, work into the free loops of the foundation chain. Join cream at st 5.

Row 1: Ch 1, sc in sts 5–9. Turn. (5 sc)

Rows 2–18: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (5 sc)

Fasten off, leaving an 8 in (20.3 cm) tail. Fold the tab to the WS and sew Row 18 across the back of header Row 2. This makes a loop 4 in (10.2 cm) around.

Repeat at sts 17–21, sts 29–33, and so on, ending at sts 125–129. (11 tabs)

Lantern (make 36)

Work in joined rounds with cream. Don’t turn. Join each round with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch.

Rnd 1: In an MR, ch 3 (counts as dc), 11 dc. (12 dc)

Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around. (24 dc)

Rnd 3: Ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1), sk 1, dc in next st, ch 1, sk 1; rep from * around. (12 dc + 12 ch-1 sps = 24 sts)* The sides start to turn up here.

Rnd 4: Ch 5 (counts as dc + ch 2), dc in next dc, ch 2; rep from * around. (12 dc + 12 ch-2 sps = 36 sts)* This round makes the lower windows.

Rnd 5 (solid band): Ch 3, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around. (12 dc worked into dc + 24 dc worked into spaces = 36 dc)*

Rnd 6: Ch 6 (counts as tr + ch 2), sk 2, tr in next st, ch 2, sk 2; rep from * around. (12 tr + 12 ch-2 sps = 36 sts)* This round makes the tall upper windows.

Rnd 7: Ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1), dc in next tr, ch 1; rep from * around. (12 dc + 12 ch-1 sps = 24 sts)*

Rnd 8: Ch 1, sc in each dc and each ch-1 sp around. (24 sc)

Fasten off, leaving a 12 in (30.5 cm) tail for sewing.

Cap (make 36)

Work in continuous rounds with mustard. Mark the first st of each round.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in an MR. (6 sc)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12 sc)

Rnd 3: Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st; rep from * around. (18 sc)*

Rnd 4: Sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st; rep from * around. (24 sc)*

Rnd 5 (scallops): Sc in next st, sk 1, 5 dc in next st; rep from * 7 more times. Sl st in the first sc. (8 sc + 8 shells of 5 dc)*

Fasten off.

Hanging loop: Insert the hook from the top through the center of the MR and pull up a mustard loop. Ch 8, then sl st in the same place. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Vine (make 12)

Work with olive green, starting at the bottom tip.

  1. Make a slip knot and ch 1 (this is the base). Work 1 Leaf. This is the tip leaf.
  2. Ch 12, work 1 Leaf; rep from * 20 more times. (22 leaves total)*
  3. Ch 12 for the top of the stem. Fasten off, leaving a 6 in (15.2 cm) tail.

Checkpoint: 22 stem sections x 12 ch = 264 ch, which is 66 in (167.6 cm). Place each new leaf on the opposite side of the stem from the one before.

Make All Pieces

  • Cream: 1 header with 11 tabs, and 36 lanterns
  • Mustard: 36 caps with loops
  • Olive green: 12 vines with 22 leaves each

Lanterns hang where a leaf meets the stem, counting leaves from the top of the vine. Odd-numbered vines (Type A) carry lanterns at the 4th, 10th, and 16th leaves. Even-numbered vines (Type B) carry them at the 7th, 13th, and 19th leaves.

Depth below header   V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12
12 in (30.5 cm)      L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .   L   .
21 in (53.3 cm)      .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L   .   L
30 in (76.2 cm)      L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .   L   .
39 in (99.1 cm)      .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L   .   L
48 in (121.9 cm)     L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .   L   .
57 in (144.8 cm)     .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L  .  L   .   L

That’s 6 lanterns per row x 6 rows = 36 lanterns.

Joining

Caps to lanterns: Set a cap on top of a lantern so the scallops hang down over Rnd 7. Using the lantern’s tail, whipstitch the back bars of cap Rnd 4 to lantern Rnd 8, one stitch to one stitch (24 to 24). Keep the stitches snug but not tight, so the cap sits flat without puckering.

Vines to header: With RS facing, find these stitches in header Row 7: sts 1, 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73, 85, 97, 109, 121, and 133. They’re 12 sts apart, which is 3 in (7.6 cm). Thread each vine’s top tail through one of these stitches from front to back and knot it on the WS. The last stem ch should sit right at the header edge. Later, the border’s valley sc are worked into these same stitches, which locks the vines in place.

Lanterns to vines: With green yarn, sew the top of each hanging loop to the vine at the leaf shown in the grid. Each lantern hangs about 1 in (2.5 cm) below its vine.

Checkpoint: Measure from vine 1 to vine 12. It should be 33 in (83.8 cm), which is 11 gaps x 3 in (7.6 cm).

Border

Work the border along the bottom edge of the header only. Each scallop repeat uses 12 sts and is 3 in (7.6 cm) wide.

With RS facing, join cream in the first st of Row 7.

Row B1: Ch 1, sc in the first st, catching the vine top. Ch 4, sk 5, V-st in next st, ch 4, sk 5, sc in next st (catching the vine); rep from * 10 more times. Turn. (12 sc, 11 V-sts, 22 ch-4 sps)*

Row B2: Ch 1, sc in first sc. Ch 3, (dc, ch 1) 6 times in the ch-2 sp of the next V-st, dc in the same sp, ch 3, sc in next sc; rep from * across. Turn. (12 sc and 11 fans; each fan has 7 dc and 6 ch-1 sps, 77 dc in total)*

Row B3: Ch 1, sc in first sc. Ch 2, (sc, ch 3, sc) in each of the next 6 ch-1 sps, ch 2, sc in next sc; rep from * across. Fasten off. (12 valley sc, 66 picots)*

Why the math works: 133 = 1 + (12 x 11). Each repeat ends with an sc, at sts 13, 25, and so on up to 133. That puts all 12 valley sc exactly on the 12 vine stitches, with the first and last vines at the corners. The tabs sit over sts 5–9, centered on the V-st at st 7 of each repeat, so each tab is centered over a scallop.

Final Blocking

  1. Wet-block the header. Pin it to 33.25 in x 5.5 in (84.5 cm x 14.0 cm), pinning out each scallop point and picot.
  2. Dampen the lanterns and slip each one over the 2.75 in (7.0 cm) ball. Open the windows and straighten the bars.
  3. Spray the lanterns with starch or diluted stiffener. Fluff the cap scallops outward. Let them dry completely.
  4. Hang the curtain on the rod. Run damp fingers down each vine so it relaxes to 66 in (167.6 cm).
  5. Arrange the leaves so they alternate sides, and let everything dry while hanging.

Final Quality-Control Checklist

  • The header is 33.25 in (84.5 cm) wide, with 133 sts in Row 7.
  • There are 11 tabs, each centered over a scallop.
  • The border has 11 scallops, 66 picots, and 12 valley sc.
  • All 12 vines are 66 in (167.6 cm) long with 22 leaves each.
  • All 36 lanterns are 2.75 in (7.0 cm) wide with even windows.
  • Each cap is sewn on 24 to 24, with the scallops hanging evenly.
  • The lantern positions match the grid.
  • All ends are woven in securely.

Troubleshooting

  • Lantern leans to one side: Your joins have drifted. Join into the top of the beginning ch every round, then re-block over the ball.
  • Windows close up: Your chains are too tight. Loosen your tension, or use more starch when blocking.
  • Header ruffles or pulls in: Redo the foundation chain with a hook one size smaller (for ruffling) or one size larger (for pulling in).
  • Vines stretch too much: Work a sl st into the back bump of each stem ch to firm them up.
  • Cap doesn’t fit: Recount both pieces. Each must have 24 sts at the join.

Care

Hand wash in cool water and lay the header flat to dry. Re-starch the lanterns while they’re still damp.

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Final Notes

Each measurement builds on the one before it. A gauge of 4 dc per inch gives a 133-st header 33.25 in (84.5 cm) wide. The 12-st repeat spaces the 12 vines 3 in (7.6 cm) apart and makes 11 scallops 2 in (5.1 cm) deep. The 66 in (167.6 cm) vines bring the curtain to 69.5 in (176.5 cm) long, and the 24-st lantern tops match the 24-st caps exactly. Check each checkpoint as you go, and the curtain will hang straight and even.

Happy crocheting!

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