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May 20, 2016

Crochet Garland © - Malai - Mala

Hi Everyone,

Welcome you to the next episode of " © -Alluring Crochet"

After a pretty Long break, here i am back with my crochet post....

I was away from crochet and blogging for an year and finally i took my hook back from my treasure box and did a doily CAL, which i will post in the coming days... now i am happy that i could finally manage to make a post in 2016.

Made a crocheted Garland... a Malai / Mala. . Used my weekend free time and finished it in two days spending few hours everyday..... i was not out of touch!!! except the speed ;-)




© This is my own pattern. You can use this pattern and make things and sell it. But You cannot sell this pattern. 

Sharing the Pattern:-

total length : 37" approx

stitches - US

Material  :-

  1. Acrylic Yarn 4 Ply - White , Pink, Green (double shade - light and dark mix)
  2. Hook size - 2.75 mm
DC cluster :. 2ch, Yo, insert hook in st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, (yo, insert hook in same st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook) 3 times, yo, pull through all 5 lps on hook, ch 1.


With White Yarn,  Leaving a yarn trail of  8", Start with magic circle

R-1 : Start making cluster stiches. 2ch, Yo, insert hook in st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook, (yo, insert hook in same st, yo, pull through st, yo, pull through 2 lps on hook) 3 times, yo, pull through all 5 lps on hook, ch 1.,  Yo, insert hook into magic cicrle, yo pull loop through,... continue making cluster stitch with 1ch space in between....slst to top of the first 2 chains. . Pull the long tail from the magic circle tightly. [6 dc clusters]

R-2 : slst into 1ch space of R-1, 2ch,  start making DC cluster...... from here on every row, you will be making the clusters in the 1ch space of the previous row.....

Repeat R-2 each row till R-10.......

Change color.....

repeat the rows till the desired length changing color in the following manner :-

10 rows in white
3 rows in green
4 rows in pink

To fhinish, slst all the five 1 ch spaces together, after the last row...... make 10 chain, slstp to make a loop to hang it, fastern off... now with the 8" trial at the start, make 10ch loop. fasten off.

I didn't fill anything in. But if you want, you can use polyfill and keep filling after completing a color....

You can make your own centre flower pattern. I made a Rose flower with some leaves following this pattern :-

http://www.fabartdiy.com/diy-3d-crochet-rose-in-3-ways/

Attach this to the center of your crochet garland.

Now your crochet garland is ready !!







If you need any clarification, do let me know.