PROJECT BY ALI CAMPBELL | SUITABLE FOR INTERMEDIATE | SHOULD TAKE TEN MINUTES PER FLOWER - ONCE YOU GET THE HANG OF IT!

DECORATE YOUR HOME WITH A

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Make it Today!

to welcome in the warmer weather

SPRINGTIMEFLOWER

GARLAND

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ESSENTIAL KITMILKY, POPCORN,SLUSHY, LIMEADE,

CITRON, FAB, CALYPSO

FROM YOURMake it Today!

KIT

MEASUREMENTS:

GARLAND (INCLUDINGLOOPS): 152CM

Who doesn’t love to drape flowers over amantelpiece or around a banister? Ourgarland is the perfect embellishment towaken up an interior after a spring clean.When making this floral festoon, one optionis to make all the blooms first, then sewtogether at the petal tips, using the photo asa guide. Alternatively, if you’d like to use the‘join as you go’ method, see the SpecialAbbreviations panel. It introduces you to theuse of the ‘one chain join’ stitch.

Springtime flower garland

DaisyMake fiveUsing 5.5mm hook andCitron (Citron, Citron, Milky,Citron) make 6ch, join witha sl st to form a ringRnd 1: 1ch, 18dc into ring,join with a sl st to first ch. 18 sts

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Change to Milky (Popcorn,Slushy, Fab, Milky)Rnd 2: (4ch, 1dtr, 4ch, one sl st) to end, join with a sl stto base of first 4ch. Ninepetals madeFasten off, sew in ends

Five petal flowerMake threeUsing 4mm hook and Slushy(Limeade, Calypso) make6ch, join with a sl st to form a ringRn d 1: 1ch, 15dc into ring,join with a sl st to first ch. 15 stsChange to Fab (Milky, Slushy)Rnd 2: (3ch, 2tr, 3ch, one sl st) to end, join with a sl stto base of first 3ch. Fivepetals madeFasten off, sew in ends

Popcorn bloomMake threeUsing 4mm hook andCalypso (Calypso, Limeade)make 4ch, join with a sl stto form a ring

Rnd 1: 1ch, 6dc into ring, joinwith a sl st to first ch. Six sts Change to Limeade (Fab,Citron)Rnd 2: (one ps, 3ch, one sl st) in each st to end, joinwith a sl st to base of first3ch. Six petals made Fasten off, sew in ends

Large daisyMake fourUsing 5.5mm hook andCitron (Milky, Fab, Calypso)make 6ch, join with a sl stto form a ringRnd 1: 1ch, 12dc into ring,join with a sl st to first ch. 12 sts Change to Milky (Calypso,Calypso, Slushy)Note: work ch sts in Rnd 2looselyRnd 2: (12ch, one sl st) ineach st to end. 12 petals madeFasten off, sew in ends

Double petal flowerMake threeUsing 5.5mm hook andMilky (Fab, Slushy) make4ch, join with a sl st to forma ringRnd 1: rep Rnd 1 of PopcornBloom. Six stsChange to Slushy (Citron, Milky)Rnd 2: (3ch, 2tr, 3ch, one sl st)in each st to end, join with asl st to base of first 3ch. Sixpetals made Rnd 3: (4ch, working behindRnd 2 petals, one sl st in sl st made between Rnd 2

petals) to end, join with a slst to first of first 4ch Fasten off Slushy (Citron,Milky), join Limeade (Milky,Calypso) to any 4ch spRnd 4: 1ch, * (1dc, 1htr, 1tr,1dtr, 1ch, 1dtr, 1tr, 1htr, 1dc) ineach 4ch sp to end, joinwith a sl st to first ch. Sixpetals madeFasten off, sew in ends

PoppyMake fourUsing 4mm hook andCalypso (Milky, Calypso,Milky) make 4ch, join with asl st to form a ringRnd 1: rep Rnd 1 of LargeDaisy. 12 sts Change to Fab (Limeade,Popcorn, Fab)Rnd 2: (4ch, 1dtr) in next st,* 3dtr in next st, (1dtr, 4ch,one sl st, 4ch, 1dtr) in nextst, rep from * to last st, 3dtrin next st, (1dtr, 4ch, one sl st)in first st. Six petals made Fasten off, sew in ends

Six petal flowerMake fiveUsing 5.5mm hook andCalypso (Milky, Citron,

Popcorn, Milky) make 4ch,join with a sl st to form a ringRnd 1: rep Rnd 1 of LargeDaisy. 12 sts Change to Slushy (Popcorn,Limeade, Citron, Limeade)Rnd 2: (1ch, 1dc) in next st,(3tr in next st, 1dc) to last st,3tr in next st, join with a sl stto first ch. Six petals madeFasten off, sew in ends

Tiny bloom Make nineUsing 4mm hook and Slushy(Limeade, Fab, Fab, Popcorn,Citron, Calypso, Calypso,Milky) make 4ch, join with asl st to form a ringRnd 1: (5ch, one sl st) in eachst to end. Five petals made Fasten off, sew in ends

Cherry blossomMake twoUsing 4mm hook andLimeade (Slushy) make 4ch,join with a sl st to form a ringRnd 1: 1ch, 9dc into ring, joinwith a sl st to first chChange to Milky (Milky)Rnd 2: 1ch, * (1dtr, 2trtr [seeSpecial Abbreviations panel],

1dtr) in next st, one sl st, rep from * to end, join with a sl st to first ch. Fivepetals made Fasten off Milky (Milky), joinFab (Calypso) to any sl stRnd 3: working in back loopsonly 1dc in each st to endFasten off, sew in ends

Hanging loopMake twoUsing 5.5mm and Slushy loosely make 40ch leaving along tail at beg and endFasten off

To make upPush middle of each CherryBlossom petal forward.Lightly block Large Daisiesif required. Sew tog flowersinto desired order ifnecessary, foll photos as aguide and saving four TinyBlooms to embellishHanging Loops. Knot tailends of Hanging Loop togto form loops, being carefulnot to twist ch. Sew toeither end of flowergarland. Stitch two TinyBlooms to each HangingLoop MIT

“Practise making magic loops byusing them at the beginning of the

Tiny Blooms, instead of making fourchains and joining with a slip stitch”

ALI CAMPBELL , DESIGNER

FOR ABBREVIATIONSSEE PAGE 62

SpecialAbbreviations:popcorn stitch (PS): (3ch,3tr) in same st, removehook from working st,insert hook into third offirst 3ch, place workingst back on hook, yoh,draw through both sts,push sts to front

one chain join (1chj):insert hook into desiredpetal tip, yoh, drawthrough st and loop on hooktriple treble stitch (trtr):yoh three times, inserthook into next st, yoh,draw yarn through st.Five loops on hook.(Yoh, draw yarn throughfirst two loops on hook)four times

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