Decorate your home with this lovely granny gardland
These treasures will quickly become a part of your family tradition.
Finished Measurements
46 inches wide, excluding hanging loops x
43/4 inches long
Materials
• Medium (worsted) weight
acrylic/wool yarn:
31/2 oz/200 yds/100g each
red-and-green variegated, red, off-white,
dark green, bright orange, pale blue, lime
green, pale green and pale pink
• Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed
to obtain gauge
•Yarn needle
• 1-inch multicolored ornaments
Gauge
Triangle = 43/4 inches long
Pattern Notes
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless
otherwise stated.
Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double
crochet unless otherwise stated.
Special Stitches
Beginning shell (beg shell): (Ch 3—see Pattern
Notes, 2 dc) in indicated st or sp.
Shell: 3 dc in indicated st or sp.
Corner shell: (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in indicated st or sp.
Picot: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook.
Color Sequence
Triangles 1 & 5: Work 1 rnd each variegated,
off-white, red and dark green.
Triangles 2 & 6: Work 1 rnd each pale blue, red,
lime green and dark green.
Triangles 3 & 7: Work 1 rnd each bright orange,
pale green, red and dark green.
Triangles 4 & 8: Work 1 rnd each off-white, red,
pale pink and dark green.
Garland
Triangle Motif
Make 8 referring to Color Sequence.
Rnd 1 (RS): With first color, ch 4, join (see Pattern
Notes) in first ch to form a ring, beg shell (see Special
Stitches) in ring, ch 3, (shell—see Special Stitches, ch 3) twice in ring, join in 3rd ch
of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (3 shells,
3 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 2: Join next color in any
ch-3 sp, (beg shell, ch 3, shell)
in same ch-3 sp, ch 2, [corner
shell (see Special Stitches) in
next ch-3 sp, ch 2] twice, join in
3rd ch of beg ch-3. Fasten off.
(3 corner shells, 3 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 3: Join next color in any
ch-3 corner sp, (beg shell, ch 3,
shell) in same ch-3 sp, ch 2, shell in next ch-2 sp, ch
2, [corner shell in next ch-3 sp, ch 2, shell in next ch-2
sp, ch 2] twice, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. Fasten off.
(3 corner shells, 3 shells, 6 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 4: Join next color in any ch-3 sp, (beg shell, ch 3,
shell) in same ch-3 sp, ch 1, [shell in next ch-2 sp, ch
2] across to next corner ch-3, corner shell in next ch-3
sp, picot (see Special Stitches), [shell in next ch-2 sp,
picot] twice, (shell, picot, shell) in next corner ch-3 sp,
[picot, shell in next ch-2 sp] twice, picot, join in 3rd ch
of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (3 corner shells, 6 shells, 9 ch-2
sps, 7 picots)
Arrange Triangles in numerical order with picot
corner shell pointing downward.
Garland String
Row 1 (RS): With off-white, ch 11, join in first ch (for
hanging lp), ch 15, with RS facing, pick up first Triangle
Motif, *work 2 sc in right corner ch-3 sp, sc in each st across straight edge to next corner ch-3 sp, 2 sc in
corner ch-3 sp**, ch 4, pick up next Triangle Motif, rep
from * across, ending last rep at **, ch 26, sl st in 11th
ch from hook (for hanging lp). Fasten off.
Attaching Ornaments
Cut 10-inch length of red, fold in half, insert hook into
hanger of ornament, draw through to form a lp, draw
cut ends through lp on hook. Holding both ends tog,
insert hook in ch-4 sp of Garland String between
Triangle Motifs and draw ends through, knot ends to
secure from passing through ch, tie ends in a bow.
To keep plies from unraveling, knot end of each rem
strand. Rep until all ornaments are attached in ch-4
sp between Triangle Motifs. ●
Designer
Lisa Gentry