Pattern Type: Video pattern only by Crochet Aura
Want to light up your home with a sweet handmade candle that never melts? This fun crochet tutorial shows you how to make a cute flat candle charm step by step. It has a soft yellow body made of pretty shells, a white base, a bright yellow flame, and a top string loop. Hang this tiny piece on your tree, wall, or bag for warm holiday joy all year long.
Handmade Flat Candle Appliques For Christmas Tree
Making this flat candle is quick and neat from start to finish. First, you crochet four small yellow shell pieces for the candle body. Next, you make one wider white piece with three big shells for the base. Then, you use a magic ring to stitch a tiny bright yellow flame. Last, you glue all the parts together in layers and tie a white string on top to hang it.
Difficulty Level: Confident Beginner
Why this is the difficulty:
Although this project is small, flat, and requires no stuffing or sewing, it uses more than just basic stitches. You need to work with a thin 2.0 mm hook, pack multiple tall stitches (6 dc or 7 tr) into one chain to form neat fan-like shells, crochet a shaped flame inside a magic ring using changing stitch heights, and glue the pieces together cleanly.
Materials & Tools
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Yarn: Acrylic yarn in pale yellow (candle body), white (base and hanging loop), and bright yellow (flame)
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Crochet Hook: 2.0 mm crochet hook
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Tools & Supplies: Scissors and craft glue (to attach the body, base, and flame)
Pattern Abbreviations
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ch: chain
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sc: single crochet
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hdc: half double crochet
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dc: double crochet
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tr: treble crochet
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slip (sl st): slip stitch
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skip: skip stitch(es)
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Magic ring: adjustable starting yarn loop
How to Make the Difficult Stitches
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Magic Ring (used to start the yellow flame)
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Wrap the yarn around your fingers to make a crossed loop (“X”).
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Slide your hook under the first strand, grab the working yarn, and pull up a loop.
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Chain 2 (2 ch) and crochet all the flame stitches directly inside that large loop. When finished, pull the short yarn tail tight to close the center hole.
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Half Double Crochet (hdc) (used on the yellow flame)
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Wrap the yarn over your hook once.
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Insert your hook into the ring, wrap yarn over, and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook).
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Wrap yarn over again and pull through all 3 loops at once.
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Double Crochet (dc) (used for the yellow candle shells, base start, and flame)
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Wrap the yarn over your hook once.
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Insert your hook into the stitch or ring, wrap yarn over, and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook).
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Wrap yarn over and pull through the first 2 loops.
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Wrap yarn over again and pull through the last 2 loops.
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Treble Crochet (tr) (used for the tall white base shells)
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Wrap the yarn over your hook twice.
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Insert your hook into the chain stitch, wrap yarn over, and pull up a loop (4 loops on hook).
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Wrap yarn over and pull through the first 2 loops.
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Wrap yarn over and pull through the next 2 loops.
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Wrap yarn over and pull through the last 2 loops (3 pulls total).
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Shell Clusters (6 dc or 7 tr in the same stitch) (creates the scalloped candle texture)
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Instead of moving to a new stitch each time, keep inserting your hook into the exact same chain stitch 6 times (for 6 dc) or 7 times (for 7 tr) so the stitches spread out into a round fan shape.
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