Turn any room into a Halloween party with these festive pennant flags. Make as many pennants as you like for an even longer garland to stretch across a wall or along a banister.
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Halloween Pennants
Lion Brand® Vanna's Choice®
GAUGE:
Exact gauge is not essential to this project.
STITCH EXPLANATION:
sc2tog (sc decrease) Insert hook into st and draw up a loop. Insert hook into next st and draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw through all 3 loops on hook - 1 st decreased.
NOTES:
To change color, work last st of old color to last yarn over. Yarn over with new color and draw through all loops to complete st.
STRIPED PENNANTS (make 4)
Beg at top of piece with A, ch 15. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across - 14 sc at the end of this row. Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across. Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in each st across - 13 sts at the end of this row. Row 4: Rep Row 3 - 12 sts at the end of this row.
Change to B. Rows 5-10: Rep Row 3 - 6 sts at the end of Row 10.
Change to C. Rows 11-14: Rep Row 3 - 2 sts at the end of Row 14. Row 15: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog - 1 st.
Fasten off.
SOLID PENNANTS (make 3)
Beg at top of piece with D, ch 19. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across - 18 sc at the end of this row. Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across. Row 3: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog, sc in each sc across - 17 sts at the end of this row. Rows 4-18: Rep Row 3 - 2 sts at the end of Row 18. Row 19: Ch 1, turn, sc2tog - 1 st.
Fasten off.
BOWS (make 2)
With D, ch 36. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across - 35 sc at the end of this row. Rows 2-8: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across.
Fasten off.
BOW TIES (make 2)
With D, ch 9. Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across - 8 sc. Rows 2 and 3: Ch 1, turn, sc in each sc across.
Fasten off.
FINISHING
Assemble Bows
Sew short ends of one Bow together. Flatten Bow with seam at center. Wrap a Bow Tie around the center of the Bow and sew ends together. Rep for other Bow.
With C, work B, O, O onto Solid Triangles using surface ch st or embroidered ch st.
Alternating Striped and Solid Pennants, and with BOO aligned left to right, lay pennants onto a flat surface. With D, ch 20, sl st in first ch (hanging loop), work 14 sc across top of first Striped Pennant, *ch 1, work 18 sc across top of Solid Pennant, ch 1, work 14 sc across top of Striped Pennant, rep from * until all Pennants are joined. Ch 20 and make 2nd hanging loop. Sew a bow to each hanging loop.
ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES Click for explanation and illustration
Halloween Pennants Reviewed by Meridith Larson on 2012-11-16
I made this for my daughter's childcare provider. I made spiders instead of bows....just to add to the spookiness. :) She loved it and still has it hanging in her house 2 weeks after Halloween. It's a really easy pattern to follow.
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