Quite a lot to be fair. I play now on vanilla SMP server for builders. I build detailed cozy interiors and play at very slow pace.

I will probably skip bottom section all together as want it do be main light. In my prototype I have just well...yarn very tightly woven on the cord 😆

Also thx for the frame link. I am not in UK, but now i do get what I need and managed to find almost same product in Poland - I definitely need the rings with place for a bulb fixture.

I have hoops in 15, 20, 25, 30 and 40 - I will probably buy 55 later only for my living room as 40 is big enough for other rooms (I have whole flat to decorate). I think I will just experiment on my ugliest color to check how increasing with double crochet works. Maybe I even have some cheap bracelet to use as the smallest hoop.

OH! Thank you so much! I did not found this artist before. I checked designs and bought this one : https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/xl-light-sculpture-marrakech - it has wonderful shape and different stiches. I will probably adjust the pattern as this is huge. Also...mix of stitches might be easier to shape nicely :) This design made me happy as it is made with exact yarn I ordered for next lamps. I am so exited now!

😍 it I want brown chicken so muuuuuuuch 🐤

Thanks! 😊 Yeah, it's for LED bulbs only, and in this one the bulb sits around the middle of the shade. I did try to stagger my increases and decreases by starting them at different stitch counts in each round. I think the overall shape is mostly determined by how far apart the increases and decreases are, while the bumps are probably more of a tension issue. One thing I know I did wrong was joining each round with a slip stitch. I started that way, but later I crocheted continuously in a spiral (I don't know if that's the correct term). Is there a better way to finish each round? I also made this prototype with a color-changing yarn because that's what I had. 🙂 I'll make the next one in a solid color, as I think the stripes make all the imperfections much more visible. So... no stripes for me, at least for now!