Crochet Jam Jar Cover Tutorial

July 15, 2018

Crochet Jam Jar Cover Tutorial

With only a few days left before the kids break up for the summer holidays I thought I would grab my yarn stash and make some cute jam jar covers....... I thought they would make perfect end of term gifts for teachers. They only take a few hours to make and are great as stash buster projects too!

If you are needing gift ideas inspiration for your little ones to give to their teachers then these are perfect for you.

I have added the downloadable PDF Pattern here!

★☆☆ - Beginner

What you will need:

Stylecraft DK Yarn (but any DK should work)

4mm Hook

Scissors

Darning Needle

Ribbon, Lace, Twine or Pom Pom Trim to embellish

Crochet Terms:

This pattern is written in UK terms.

American terms are given below in brackets.

British (American)

space (Space)

ss - Slip Stitch (Slip Stitch)

ch - Chain (Chain)

dc - Double (Single)

tr - Treble (Double)

STYLECRAFT SPECIAL DK

I used Stylecraft Parchment and Pale Rose for this tutorial if you were wondering what colours I used ....

Begin with a magic ring ........

ROUND 1

Ch3 (counts as 1st tr)...... then make 5 trebles into the ring then pull the yarn to tighten the ring .....

slip stitch to top of ch 3 at beginning of the round to join. You should have 6 stitches in total.

ROUND 2

Ch3 ... now make a treble into the same stitch that you just made your slip stitch into.

Then, into the next stitch of the round, make two more treble crochets and repeat for every stitch finishing with a ss to top of ch3.

You should now have 12 stitches.

ROUND 3

Ch3 ..... then into same st as ss make another treble, then 2 tr into every stitch and finish with a ss into top of ch 3 to join

You should now have 24 stitches.

ROUND 4

Ch3 ..... then into same stitch as ss make another treble, then 2 treble into every stitch to end .... finishing with a ss to top of ch 3 to join this round. You should now have 48 stitches.

ROUND 5

Ch 3 .......then into next stitch tr, then into next st 2tr, then repeat (tr, tr, 2tr) till the end finishing with 2tr in the last stitch ..... ss to finish.

You should now have 64 stitches.

ROUND 6

Ch3 , then tr into every stitch around .... ss to finish.

You should still have 64 stitches.

At this point you can either stop here if you want a shorter length and continue to ROUND 8 to add the scalloped edging round.

The jar on the right is using only 6 rounds and the left jar is using 7 rounds.

...... or continue to round 7 as follows.......

ROUND 7

Repeat as for round 6. If you want to continue the edging in the same colour continue to Round 8 otherwise fasten off here.

ROUND 8 Scalloped Edge

Change colour here....... add new yarn and then ch1 (does not count as a stitch) then dc into same stitch. Then repeat as follows (5tr into next st, dc into next, ss into next, dc into next) all the way to the last stitch where you should end with a ss.

Fasten off.

You have now completed your cute little jar cover ...... the possibilities are endless for colours and trims ......

Threaded Edging

If you want to add a threaded edging so you can thread ribbon or lace through the cover then follow ROUNDS 1 - 5 ......

then follow onto this round

Threaded Round

Ch3, then * (ch1, sk1, tr) * , repeat from * to * till the last st, ch1 then ss to top of ch3 to complete the round..... it should look like this .....