This is a pattern for a hanging lamp with an optional shelf, so that it can be either used with one of those lighting kits you’d use for those paper lanterns (without the shelf) or with LED candles (with the shelf).

It’s made using the V-stitch and uses roughly half a cake of fingering yarn, such as Hobbii Twister. You can make this lamp shorter or longer than in this pattern.

You will need:

• 3.25 mm hook
• Approximately 500 yards of cotton blend fingering-weight yarn (e.g. Hobbii Twister)
• One six-inch and one eight-inch metal hoop
• One small metal ring
• Beads (optional, for the bottom)

NOTE: You will need something on the bottom to weigh it down and stretch it downward. The example in this pattern uses two medium metal beads and a tassel, but anything with a bit of weight that can be attached to the bottom will work.