Are you ready to shed some light on your home decor with a touch of handmade charm? Well, grab your hooks and yarn because today we’re diving into the delightful world of crochet lamp shades and light covers so you can illuminate your space with style!

Picture this: cozy evenings spent basking in the warm glow of a lamp adorned with a handmade crochet lampshade, casting intricate patterns across your walls. Sounds dreamy, right? Whether you’re into boho vibes, modern farmhouse chic, cottagecore charm, or an eclectic mix of styles, there’s a crochet creation waiting to light up your space. Imagine your living room transformed into a cozy retreat with a lovely boho vibe crochet lamp shade casting a soft, inviting glow. Or perhaps your kitchen gets a touch of whimsy with a light cover featuring delicate floral motifs, perfect for that cottagecore aesthetic you adore.

Now, you might be wondering, what’s the big deal about crochet lamp shades anyway? Besides being visually stunning, they serve a practical purpose too! These beauties not only soften and diffuse light fixtures, creating a warm and inviting ambiance, but they also add a unique touch of texture and personality to any room. Crochet lamp shades can be fitted over existing light shades to add an extra layer of light diffusion or they can be put over flexible metal wire lamp shade frames. 

But hey, before you dive headfirst into your crochet project, let’s address the elephant in the room: safety first! While handmade lamp shades are a wonderful addition to your decor, it’s essential to use caution and follow safety guidelines to prevent any fiery mishaps. Keep those yarn creations away from hot bulbs, use a LED light bulb whenever possible, and never leave your lamps unattended whether it’s day time or night time. Fire resistant fibers like cotton and wool are generally considered to be the safest choices. Try to avoid acrylic yarns which can melt at higher temperatures.

Ok, now that that’s out of the way, are you ready to brighten up your space with some magnificent shades and light covers? We’ve rounded up 25 fabulous and free detailed patterns for hours of crochet fun for every type of interior. Scroll down for the full details and prepare to be inspired!

Dahlia Lampshade

Fitting your crochet lamp shade over an existing lamp shade allows you to make it super lacy without having to worry about too much light peeking through. This terrific tasseled design has the look of a macramé lamp and is accented with wooden beads for a boho touch. The pattern requires the knowledge of basic crochet stitches along with v-stitches and cluster v-stitches making it perfect for confident beginners.

Designer: Day’s Crochet NC
Yarn: Lion Brand Comfy Cotton Blend (Worsted Weight #4)
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Lucida

Of course, lamp shades come in all shapes and sizes, but it’s easy enough to customize your creations when the pattern is relatively simple like this basic yet beautiful design. Alternating rounds of single and double crochet stitches create thick and thin horizontal lines. The lovely fan stitch edging adds a little something extra round out the design nicely.

Designer: DROPS Design
Yarn: Garnstudio DROPS Nepal (Worsted Weight #4)
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Lampshade Cover

If the color beige makes you feel bored, then perhaps a couple different shades of pink are more your style. This retro design features an open mesh stitch paired with a picot fan stitch edging. It is made for straight lamp shades and is fairly easy to size up or down depending on the circumference of your lamp shade.

Designer: Susie Johns
Yarn: Let’s Get Crafting Mama (DK Weight #3)
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Rice Paper Lampshade

Plain white rice paper globe lamps are inexpensive and perfect for customizing. Adding some colorful crochet is a great way to make your space more interesting and inviting. All you need to know is how to single and double crochet. I wonder what other things you could make your globe shaped lamp shade look like?

Designer: Annemarie Benthem
Yarn: Garnstudio DROPS Paris (Aran Weight #4)
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Tapered Lampshade Cozy

You can find plenty of unique and interesting styles of lamps at the thrift store, but they almost always have plain beige or white shades. Now you can make the lamp shade just as interesting as the base of the lamp with this lovely lace tapered shade design. It is made using just double crochet stitches and chains.

Designer: Chabe Patterns
Yarn: Omega Emilia (DK Weight #3)
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Solar Fun Flower Lamp Cover

Crochet lamp shades aren’t just for the indoors! These colorful flower shades are designed to go over solar lights. The pattern calls for all the basic stitches single through treble with some stitches worked around the post or in the back loops only. The designer also has a similar flower design for larger sized solar lights.

Designer: Snappy Tots
Yarn: Worsted Weight #4
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Poppy Shade

Do you have a pendant style light like this one hanging over your dining room table? Why not jazz it up with a custom shade! You’ll be using double crochet stitches and chains for this design. Instructions are given in chart format. The recommended yarn is specially designed to stiffen when you add heat to it, so after a quick steam block the lampshade will hold its shape.

Designer: Pierrot Yarns
Yarn: Pierrot Yarns Heat+ (Sport Weight #2)
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Flower Lamp Shades

Adding some string lights to your space can really infuse some much needed whimsy. Add some crochet flower shades to those string lights and you’ve got yourself some real magic! Just make sure that your string light bulbs are LED. You’ll be using all the basic stitches single through double treble for this design.

Designer: In the Yarn Garden
Yarn: Scheepjes Cotton 8 (Fingering Weight #1)
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Granny Square Lamp

I never get tired of designs that feature loud and proud granny squares. These vintage motifs will always be on trend in my book, and they’re the perfect cover for unique cube-shaped lamp shades. You can use lots of different colors to increase the fun and funky factor, or opt for 1 or 2 shades for a more subtle approach.

Designer: Jackie Carreira
Yarn: DK Weight #3
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Coastline Lampshade Cover

The coastal decor style drums up feelings of being at the beach with soothing white and blue tones accompanied by nautical tchotchkes. This coastline lampshade cover fits right into this design style, especially with the soft fringe accents. The pattern uses mostly single crochet stitches with a couple accent rows of treble crochet stitches for a little extra texture.

Designer: Heather Lodinsky for Yarnspirations
Yarn: Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie (Aran Weight #4)
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Glow Bunny

Liven up a night light with an adorable bunny cover. Make sure you select an LED lamp for this project, preferably with a timer that automatically turns it off after a while. This project is made really similarly to how amigurumi crochet stuffed animals are made using just single crochet stitches. What a fun idea for a child’s bedroom!

Designer: Zhaya Designs
Yarn: Garnstudio DROPS Muskat (DK Weight #3)
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Three Color Lampshade Cover

Many patterns for crochet lamp shades, like this three color design, are perfect for using up partial skeins of yarn leftover from other projects. The pattern uses just basic stitches to make the solid background and eyelet lace diamond design. It is made for straight lamp shades and can be customized for different sizes.

Designer: Sarah Shrimpton
Yarn: DK Weight #3
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Boho Ceiling Lampshade

Natural fibers and earth tones are the hallmarks of the boho chic decor style. This pendant light lampshade would fit right in with the boho style. The pattern calls for single and double crochet stitches along with bobble stitches. It works up quickly using a bulky weight yarn. All your friends will be dying to know where you bought your cute new lamp shade!

Designer: topknotchcrochet
Yarn: La Mia Natural Jute Twine (Bulky Weight #5)
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Boho Table Lampshade

Here is a similar boho design that you can whip up for your tapered table lamps. Now you can have matching lamp shades in your kitchen and living room! You’ll be using single crochet and bobble stitches for this design. Instructions are also given for straight lampshades in addition to the tapered lampshade style pictured.

Designer: topknotchcrochet
Yarn: La Mia Natural Jute Twine (Bulky Weight #5)
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My Blooming Lantern

Lace motifs cast dreamy shadows on the walls when used for crochet lamp shades like this hanging lamp shade. Just imagine the pretty flower pattern that this design would produce! Although the pattern doesn’t call for a wide range of crochet techniques, it does call for single and double crochet stitches with intricate stitch placement makes this pattern more suited to intermediate levels due to the pattern reading. I really like the tassel accents! 

Designer: Strings and Cuddles for Clover USA
Yarn: Pisgah Yarn & Dyeing Co. Peaches & Creme Solids (Aran Weight #4)
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Shoji Lamp

Dream of travel to exotic places with this Japanese-inspired Shoji Lamp complete with beautiful cherry blossom flowers. This unique pattern is sure to be the focal point of any display you include it in. You’ll be using all the basic stitches single through half treble along with picot stitches for this design.

Designer: Atelier Delilah
Yarn: YarnArt Jeans Plus (Aran Weight #4)
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Jar Cover

Have you seen those cute and easy luminaries made from mason jars and tea lights? Take this fantastic idea one step further with a pretty crochet jar cover. Crochet lamp shades and light covers like these are perfect for decorating for special occasions like weddings and birthdays. The pattern calls for single and double crochet stitches.

Designer: Lulu Loves
Yarn: Fingering Weight #1
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Candle Light Covers

These pretty and simple candle light covers are the easiest design on this whole list. You can make them using just single crochet stitches, so even beginner crocheters can get in on the fun. Crocheting loosely makes little gaps in the work for light to shine through, so you don’t need to learn how to do any fancy lace stitches.

Designer: The New Crochet
Yarn: Scheepjes Cotton (Sport Weight #2)
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Windows of Light Jar Covers

Columns of eyelet lace create little windows for the light of tea lights to show through in this easy and effective jar cover design. As you can see, the design is really customizable and well suited to a number of different jar shapes and sizes. The best part is that you can make them using just double crochet and chain stitches.

Designer: Brownie Knits
Yarn: madelinetosh Tosh Sock (Fingering Weight #1)
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T Light Jar Cover

Ok, how about one more pretty jar cover to add to the list? I like the way that this design has solid sections of work on the top and bottom to frame the gorgeous lace design. I think this cover would also look really nice over a similarly shaped lantern. The pattern is fairly easy to replicate using just single and double crochet stitches.

Designer: Alice Shaw
Yarn: Scheepjes Catona (Fingering Weight #1)
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Mushroom String Lights

Get your cottagecore on with this stunning string light makeover. Little amigurumi mushrooms make the perfect colorful covers for the string lights. They don’t let a ton of light through so the effect is more moody and subtle, which I love. What a great way to add some whimsy to your space! All you need to know is how to single crochet.

Designer: Spinning Tales Crochet
Yarn: None specified
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Sweetheart Tea Light Holder

Deck out your dining table or coffee table with these adorable heart shaped tea light holders to commemorate a special occasion like Valentine’s Day or an anniversary. The pattern calls for single, half double, and double crochet stitches with some stitches worked into the front loops or the back loops only.

Designer: Virklust
Yarn: Scheepjes Catona (Fingering Weight #1)
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Tea Light Flowers

Pretty crochet flower votives make basic and boring tea lights feel extra special and cute. The flower design is pictured here with actual candles, but I would strongly caution you against mixing yarn with open flames, even if you are using fire resistant fiber. You’ll be using single crochet, treble crochet, double treble crochet, and picot stitches for this design.

Designer: Noeleen Newman
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft Solids (Aran Weight #4)
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Star Tea Light Holder

Stars have a lot of symbolism behind them and are also associated with certain holidays like Christmas, so why not incorporate some into your next lighted centerpiece? These pretty tea light holders will make every day feel like a holiday. The pattern calls for single, half double, and double crochet stitches with some stitches worked into the front loops or the back loops only.

Designer: Mukta Pathak
Yarn: Mercerized Cotton Thread
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Pumpkin Pie Tea Light Cozy

These scrumptious looking slices of pumpkin pie have a little hole in their centers to snuggle a tea light inside and would make the perfect autumn decorations. I love the way that the tea lights look like little dollops of whip cream. The pattern is mostly made up of single crochet stitches, although you’ll also need a few double crochet stitches to make the scalloped pie crust. 

Designer: Repeat Crafter Me
Yarn: Bernat Super Value Solids (Aran Weight #4)
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Final Thoughts on Crochet Lamp Shades

With a little yarn and some good instructions, you can transform any room into a warm and welcoming sanctuary filled with rich reflections using mostly basic crochet techniques. Whether you’re looking to make a beautiful lampshade for yourself or as housewarming gifts, I hope that you got so much inspiration from this curated selection of designs including some somewhat vintage patterns.

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