Flower Power Bunting - Free Pattern

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The Flower Power Bunting is a versatile decorative crochet creation that you could use to brighten up even the drabbest of places, e.g my 'office' aka the corner of our dining room where I have my desk.

Choose your favourite colours and create beautiful bunting for your little ones’ bedroom, make a thoughtful gift for a baby shower or use cotton yarn to create bunting that you can hang in the garden to enjoy all summer long!

If you would prefer to have an inexpensive printable PDF copy of the pattern with additional photo support you can get this from my website, Etsy or Ravelry.

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Before You Begin:

You will need:

• Your choice of yarn (see notes below)

• Crochet hook 0.5mm less than the recommended size for your yarn

Recommended hook size:

DK yarn - 3.5mm Aran yarn - 4.5mm Chunky yarn - 5.5mm

• Tapestry needle

• Scissors

  
  

It might also be handy to have a measuring tape and the measurements of where you intend to place the bunting so that you can be sure to make enough motifs.

Yarn Info:

Yarn Weight

You can use whatever yarn you have to hand to make your bunting, this makes it a great stashbusting project! However, the weight of the yarn that you use (DK, Aran, Chunky etc) will affect the size of your finished motifs.

Yarn Fibre

You can use any fibre yarn for your bunting. If you are planning to hang your bunting outside at all then I would recommend using a natural fibre such as cotton for extra durability against the elements.

For the pink/green/blue bunting pictured I used King Cole Big Value Aran in Porcelain, Mustard and Cream, Yarnsmiths Create Aran in Light Sage and some blue scrap yarn from my stash. I used a 4.5mm hook.

Yardage

This is based off of my use of Aran/worsted/4 weight yarn and a 4.5mm hook. My completed triangle motif measure 13cm/5" across at their widest point.

Per Motif:

Yarn A - 1g

Yarn B - 2g

Yarn C - 6g

Additional 5g for joining colour

Stitch Abbreviations

(US Terms)

St/s - stitch/es

Ch - chain

Sl st - slip stitch

MR - magic ring/magic circle

HDC - half double crochet

DC - double crochet

Cluster - see special stitches below

Special Stitches

Cluster Stitch:

Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through two loops (2 loops on hook)

Yarn over, insert hook back into same stitch and pull up a loop (4 loops on hook). Yarn over and pull through 2 loops (3 loops on hook)

Repeat to once more (5 loops on hook).

Yarn over and pull through all loops.

Stitch complete

Note: Your first cluster will look slightly different because of the initial ch2 but this is okay and only noticeable if you know to look for it.

Pattern Notes:

• We will be working in the round for this pattern and all rounds are worked with the right side facing. You will not turn your work at any point.

• For the purpose of this pattern I will be referring to the different colours used as follows:

Yarn A - Mustard (centre shade), Yarn B - Cream (‘petals’), Yarn C - Porcelain (triangle colour)

• Ch 1 at the start of a round does not count as a stitch unless specified.

• If you find that you are getting an extra cluster in round 2 then it is likely that you are working into the slip stitch used to join round 1. You can always add a stitch marker to the join to make sure that you skip it.

• I provide suggestions for where to change colours but you can change colours whenever you would like - work round 1 and 2 in the same mustard/gold shade to create sunshine bunting!

• I recommend blocking your finished motifs before joining them as this helps to give them all a neat, uniform appearance.

• I made a total of 7 motifs with aran weight yarn and a 4.5mm hook which gave me bunting that measures approximately 120cm end to end. You can make more or less motifs and you can also alter the spacing between them to alter the length.

  

  
  

You are permitted to make and sell Flower Power Bunting in small quantities but please ensure that you credit me, Brambles & Hart, with the design and share a link to either my website, Ravelry or Etsy for the pattern.

You may not make changes to the pattern and try to pass it off as your own. Please do not use any of my photos to promote your own version of the bunting. - Thank you!

The Pattern

Bunting Motifs:

Using Yarn A and a 4.5mm hook (or hook size needed for your yarn), make a magic ring.

Rnd 1:

Into MR, work 12 DC.

Sl st to first DC to join.

Fasten off.

(12 sts)

Join Yarn B to any stitch and ch2.

Rnd 2:

Cluster into first st, ch2, cluster into next st.

Repeat from to around.

Ch2 and sl st to first cluster to join.

Fasten off.

(12 clusters and 12 ch2 spaces)

Join Yarn C to any ch2-sp.

Rnd 3:

Ch2 (counts as a st), 2DC into same ch-sp [This creates the first part of corner 1].

3HDC into next ch-sp, 3SC into next ch-sp, 3HDC into next ch-sp.

(3DC, ch2, 3DC) into next ch-sp to create a corner.

Repeat from to and then create next corner (3DC, ch2, 3DC).

Repeat from to one more time and then work 3DC to complete corner 1.

Sl st to top of first DC to join.

Do not fasten off.

Rnd 4:

Sl st across to next space

Ch2 (counts as a st), 2 DC into same space.

3DC into each space along until you reach the corner. (3DC, ch2, 3DC) into the corner corner.

Repeat from to two more times until you have completed all 3 corners.

Sl st to top of first DC to join.

Fasten off.

Weave in all ends.

Repeat until you have completed all of your motifs.

If you require step by step photo support for making the motifs these can be found in the paid PDF version of the pattern.

Joining the Mofits

When joining the motifs together you will be working from the right to the left of the bunting. keep this in mind if you are intending to create a colour pattern for example.

I recommend blocking your motifs prior to joining them. I also recommend that the top edge of your motif is the side with where you fastened off your yarn at the end of round 4. This way we can work over the join to hide it and have a nice finish to the two visible sides.

Using Yarn A and a 4.5mm hook (or same hook as before)

Ch 13

This will be the length of the starting chain before you join on any motifs. You can make this section longer or shorter by altering the number of chains. Keep a note of how many chains you do so that you can repeat it at the other end.

Bring in your first motif to join.

SC into a corner space and into each st along up to and including the next corner space. (20 sts).

Ch3

This will be the width of the space between motifs. If you would like them closer together then omit any chains. If you would like them further apart then add more chains.

Bring in next motif

SC into the first corner space and into each st along up to, and including, the next corner space. (20 sts).

Repeat until you have joined all of your motifs together. Try to keep the same number of chains between each one and an even tension to have them equally spaced out.

Once you have joined joined your last motif ch13 or however many chains you did at the start of your bunting.

Fasten off your yarn.

You can then weave in the two tail ends of your yarn or just trim them down.

Congratulations, you have completed your Flower Power Bunting!

I really hope that you enjoyed making this free pattern, my first free garment pattern no less! I'd love to see your work so please do tag me in your posts on social media @Brambles.and.Hart and use the hashtags #FlowerPowerGarland #BHFreePatternMakes #BramblesandHart

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