#etrog

[jewishmuppet]

reblog to shake prev's lulav and etrog 🍋🌿⤴️➡️⤵️⬅️⬆️⬇️

[angryjewishcockroach]

Crocheted Etrog!

I am so pleased with how my etrog came out! You can see it here next to our real etrog, which I used as reference--I meant to make the crocheted one about the same size, but as you can see, it came out bigger (which is pretty good, actually, because when it comes to etrogim, bigger is generally better).

I'm putting the pattern under the cut...except I messed up somewhere along the way, and I'm not sure where/how (or even how many times), so the pattern doesn't quite match up to the finished item, and you may run out of stitches to decrease before working all the decrease rows at the end.

MATERIALS:

Worsted weight yarn in yellow, light green, and light brown (I used Red Heart Super Saver)

C Hook

Stitch marker

Stuffing

Yarn needle to weave in ends

Stitches/Abbreviations:

Single crochet (sc)

Increase (single crochet - sc2in1; double crochet - dc2in1)

Decrease (double crochet - dc2tog; frong post double crochet - FPDC2tog; dc/FPDC2tog - see note below)

Front post double crochet (FPDC)

Half double crochet (hdc)

Treble crochet

Slip stitch (sl st)

Chain (ch)

Special Stitches/Notes:

When decreasing above a double crochet/front post double crochet stitch, work the dc part of the stitch as a dc and the FPDC part of the stitch as a FPDC. In subsequent rows, continue working those stitches as FPDCs.

PATTERN:

Starting in green: Rnd 1: sc 4 in a magic circle (4) Rnd 2: (sc 1, sc2in1) around (6) Rnd 3: (1 sc, sc2in1, 1 sc) around, switching to yellow in the last stitch (8) Rnd 4: (1 sc, sc2in1) around (12) Rnd 5: (1 sc, sc2in1) around (18) Rnd 6: ch 2 (DOES NOT COUNT AS A STITCH); (dc2in1, dc 2) around (24) Rnd 7: (FPDC, dc, FPDC, dc2in1) around (30) Rnd 8: (FPDC, dc, FPDC, dc, dc2in1) around (36) Rnd 9: (FPDC, dc, FPDC, FPDC, dc, dc2in1; FPDC, dc, FPDC, dc, FPDC, dc2in1) around (42) Rnd 10-11: Crochet around, double crocheting into dc stitches and FPDC into FPDC stitches (42) Rnd 12: (dc/FPDC 4, dc/FPDC2tog) around, crochet dc stitches into dc stitches and FPDC stitches into FPDC stitches (36) Rnd 13: Crochet around, double crocheting into dc stitches and FPDC into FPDC stitches (36) Rnd 14: (dc/FPDC 3, dc/FPDC2tog) around, crocheting dc stitches into dc stitches and FPDC stitches into FPDC stitches (30) Rnd 15-16: Crochet around, double crocheting into dc stitches and FPDC into FPDC stitches (30) Stuff lightly enough that the stuffing doesn't show through too badly Rnd 17: (dc/FPDC 1, dc/FPDC2tog) around, crocheting dc stitches into dc stitches and FPDC stitches into FPDC stitches Rnd 18: (dc/FPDC 1, dc/FPDC2tog) around, crocheting dc stitches into dc stitches and FPDC stitches into FPDC stitches] Rnd 19: (dc/FPDC 1, dc/FPDC2tog) around, crocheting dc stitches into dc stitches and FPDC stitches into FPDC stitches] Rnd 20: (dc/FPDC 1, dc/FPDC2tog) around, crocheting dc stitches into dc stitches and FPDC stitches into FPDC stitches] Rnd 21: hdc, sc, sl st, fo Close, leaving about 12" of tail; do NOT weave in the ends (yet) Pithom: Insert the hook across the end of the etrog you just closed. Sl st. Ch 3, 1 treble crochet, switching to brown. Ch 1 and turn; sc. Weave in ends. ALTERNATIVELY you could ch 2 and work one dc instead of the treble for a shorter pithom.

[greco-roman-jewess]

It’s not a lemon.

It’s not a “weird inedible lemon”.

It’s a citron, it’s one of the three fruits from which all other citruses descend.

Put some respect on the name.

Also it is edible and it tastes fine even great if used correctly.

[one-true-houselight]

[id: a digital art piece. It reads: If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. If life gives you etrogs, make a sukkah. Happy Sukkot!

There is a whole lemon and a crossection, a pitcher of lemonade, an etrog, and a sukkah with stars above it accompanying the text. /end id]

[cata613]

This week, explained:

[iliothermia]

chag sameach

[the-first-man-is-a-cat]

Pendant depicting a Menorah, Lulav, and Etrog, late antiquity period.

[aprettyjewishyear]

Etrog container. made of copper alloy, inlaid with copper and silver. dated to early 20th century, from Syria. now belongs to the Jewish Museum.