Ready to brave your way out of
the granny square rut? The
vibrant sampler-style flags in this
more is more rainbow bunting will
have you stretching your crochet
muscles with textured stitches. And
once you’ve tangoed with those,
it’s time for the real party to begin
- hang your bunting up in a kid’s
room, or to brighten your craft
corner or workspace.
Weave in the yarn ends as you
go – this saves time on projects
with lots of colour changes.
Instructions
Each flag is made in rows from
the point upwards and edged all
around. The bunting is made by
chaining the flags together.
Flag (make five)
Row 1 (WS) using Yarn A, ch2, 2dc
into 2nd ch from hook, turn [2 sts]
Row 2 (RS) ch1 (does not count as
st here and throughout), 1dc in first
st, 2dc in 2nd st, turn [3 sts]
Row 3 ch1, 1dc in each of first 2 sts,
2dc in last st, turn, break yarn and
fasten off [4 sts]
Row 4 join Yarn B in last st of Row
3, ch1, 3tr in first st, miss 2 sts, 3tr
in last st, turn, break yarn and
fasten off [6 sts]
Row 5 join Yarn C in last st of Row
4, ch1, 2htr in 1st st, 1htr in each of
next 4 sts, 2htr in last st, turn, break
yarn and fasten off [8 sts]
Row 6 join Yarn D in last st of Row
5, ch1, 2tr in 1st st, 1bptr in each of
next 6 sts, 2tr in last st, turn, break
yarn and fasten off [10 sts]
Row 7 join Yarn E in last st of Row
6, ch1, 2dc in first st, 1dc in each of
next 8 sts, 2dc in last st, turn [12 sts]
Row 8 ch1, 2dc in first st, 1dc in
each of next 10 sts, 2dc in last st,
turn, break yarn and fasten off
[14 st s]
Row 9 join Yarn F in last st of Row
8, ch1, 2dc in first st, miss 2 sts, 5tr
in next st, miss 2 sts, 1dc in each ofnext 2 sts, miss 2 sts, 5tr in next st,
miss 2 sts, 2dc in last st, turn, break
yarn and fasten off [16 sts]
Row 10 join Yarn A in last st of Row
9, ch1, 2tr in first st, *1tr in next st,
1htr in BLO of next st, 1dc in BLO of
next st, 1bphtr in next st, 1dc in
BLO of next st, 1htr in BLO of next
st, 1tr in next st; rep from * once
more, 2tr in last st, turn, break yarn
and fasten off [18 sts]
Row 11 join Yarn G in last st of Row
10, ch, 4tr in first st, miss 3 sts, 4tr
in next st, miss 3 sts, 2tr in each of
next 2 sts, (miss 3 sts, 4tr in next st)
twice, turn, break yarn and fasten
off [20 sts]
Row 12 join Yarn B in last st of Row
11, ch1, 2htr in 1st st, 1htr in each of
next 2 sts, exdtr into 2nd missed st
from prev row, *1htr in each of next
3 sts, exdtr into 2nd missed st from
prev row; rep from * another 2
times, 1htr in each of next 3 sts,
2htr in last st, turn, break yarn and
fasten off [22 sts]