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Luminares Lightshade
Growing up in San Antonio Texas, I remember setting out luminares: paper bags filled with sand and votive lights to line the street for holidays. Needing a lampshade for my overhead light, I set out to knit a cover that would be reminiscent of those luminares. Despite the large gauge needles, in retrospect, adding more YOs would allow for even more light to pass. I made a frame that allows the cover to hang a bit down from the light (good for letting light through as well as avoiding too much heat on the wool). One of the best parts is that this is a two-days-or-less project (I let the glue set overnight and made the frame the next day).
Width: 10" x 15" x 10" x 15" (i.e., 50" total circumference)
Height: ~10"
C1: red Manos del Uruguay
C2: mustard Manos del Uruguay
CC: green Garnstudio Alpaca Drops
# indicates where to thread modeling wire for frame
With US15 circular needles and C1, cast on 80 st
top border
# round 1: K
# rd 2: P
next 3 rounds: K (St st)
Switch to CC
rd 6: K
Switch back to C1
Next 4 rounds: K (St st)
rd 11: P
Continue in St st. for 2 rounds
Switch to C2, St st. for 3 rounds
MIDDLE DESIGN
round 18: *K2tog, YO. rep.
rd 19: knit to end of round
rd 20: switch to CC, knit to end of round
rd 21: switch to C2, knit to end of round
rd 22: *K2tog, YO. rep.
Continue in St st for 3 rounds
Switch to C1, continue in St st for 2 rounds
bottom BORDER
Switch to CC: knit to end of rounds
Switch back to C1, knit 5 rounds
# Next round: P to end
BASE
Next round: in C1, *K2tog, YO*. Repeat to end of round.
Switch to US 9 circular needles
Add tam-style bottom in green alpaca, based on Max's Staircase Tam[[1]]
Switch to US 5 circular needles for ~3 rounds
BO, leaving hole in middle
FINISHING
Mold a frame with modeling wire (I wanted mine to look uneven, like a paper bag, so I didn’t bother measuring exactly).
· Widths: Cut 4 pieces of wire measuring 11” long and 4 pieces measuring 16” long. The extra inches are for twisting together at the corners.
· Where indicated by the # signs: Weave 2 of each length through the top (total of four) and 2 of each through the bottom (total of four).
· Join corners of wire squares together by twisting and tuck the twists into the knitted work.
· Height: Measure and cut four pieces 15” long. Weave these up at the four corners where you have joined the wire squares width-wise. You should now have a cube of the following dimensions:
15”
10”
15”
· Drop-Down Light bulb Frame: Form a smaller square or rectangle, roughly no more than 4”x4”. This is what will surround the light bulb.
· Attach this smaller square to the top corners of the lampshade with four short pieces of wire, measuring about 3”-4” long.
Once the frame is woven in, spray the knitted work with spray glue. Let dry overnight (or as indicated on the glue bottle).
In the morning, hang with the small top frame over the light bulb, turn on light, shout huzzah!
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