There’s something about lanterns that make them the perfect accessory to your house and foremost, your garden! They add coziness, warmth and creativity They just give the finishing touch.

At first I wanted to design one with lots of different stitches and colours. But then I saw this stitch pattern with all the little windows and I realized it had endless colour possibilities. You could vary the colours of the longer stitches and leave the shorter stitches in one colour, or the other way around or all mixed up!

The long stitches reminded me of the long and slender branches of the willow, hence the name!

Skill level: Easy

Materials needed: -Cotton yarn
-Crochet hook
-Scissors
-Yarn needle
-metal hoop (width 16 cm/ 6.30“)

Crochet hook: 2.5, 3 or 3.5 mm hook Clover amour

Yarn used: 1 skein each
A Yarn and colors Must-have 001 White
B Drops Safran 02 Pink
C Yarn and colors Must have 015 mustard