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, principally using leftover stash yarn. Despite the large gauge needles, in
retrospect, adding more yarn-overs 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).
This pattern can be downloaded as a .pdf here:
