Since changing my sitting room decoration from Winter to Spring. I was missing the snowflake bunting across the fireplace.
So I decided I ought to finish off the seaside summer bunting.
You may remember that, when I was making the coasters for Eleonora of Coastal Crochet’s Coasters CAL,
that I said that I had thought of turning them into bunting and had made a start on an extra motif.
Now, I think that I had had it in mind to make four of these and had already started on making some more motifs for them. I had made an ammonite and was working on a fishing net.
Four triangles would be too much to fit the space which meant I only needed to make one more, so I abandoned the net and used the yarn to edge the triangle.
Normally with bunting I attach the pieces as I create the cord to connect them but this time I made a two strand crochet chain and sewed the pieces on afterwards, so I could redesign in future if I wanted to.
So here it is all finished and in place.
This is how I made the triangles, should you wish to try something similar.
No need to cut the yarn till the end.
I started with 24 chain in blue and made a (UK) dc in the second chain from the hook and each chain to the end. (Through back of chain.)
The I turned the work, 1ch miss a stitch, dc in each to the end. This is the basic row
Changed to white on the last stitch then 1ch miss a stitch, dc in each to the end. Repeated this for another row of white.
Then I switched back to blue for two rows dropping the white, and alternated till the last row was one white stitch.
Then I edged the triangle with dcs in a contrasting colour. One dc to each row and an extra couple for the corners.
Pretty!
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Thanks! 🙂
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They are joyous, love them.
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They do lift my spirits as I think of happy summer days. 🙂
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Beautiful! (Sorry if I have spelt it wrong!)
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Perfectly spelt. Thank you! It’s great how many things you can make with crochet.
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Very cute!
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🙂
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[…] crochet bunting – I was motivated to have a go at creating some crochet bunting after reading Rainbow Junkie‘s post the other day. It’s not something I’ve made before, but it seems like a […]
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Glad to think I inspired you. Bunting is a fun thing to make and use.
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Lovely… I like the idea of seasonal bunting and yours for summer is particularly joyful.
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Well a lot is down to Eleonora of Coastal Crochet. Three of the items are her coasters, two are my variations of her coasters and two are my additions.
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