How to Knit Coloured Bunting
Get ready to celebrate in style with this easy-to-make knitted bunting. It's perfect for decorating your garden this summer!
This pattern uses just the knit stitch, making it great for beginners. With just three balls of yarn, you’ll be able to create bunting for the whole garden.
Pattern by Artisan Magdalena Okroj
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How to Make
Pattern Notes
Tension and measurements:
20st/39rows = 10x10cm on 4mm needles in garter stitch
Base of a triangle - 17cm
Height of a triangle - 13.5cm
I-cord length – 295cm
Abbreviations:
st(s)- stitch(es)
k- knit
p- purl
k2togÂ- knit two sts together, right slanting single decrease
ssk- slip slip knit, left slanting single decrease; slip next two stitches knitwise,
one at a time, pass them back onto left-hand needle, knit them through back loops together
sl2tog- slip two sts together as if to knit
sl2kp- centered double decrease; slip two stitches together knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitches over knit stitch and off right needle
Method:
First 295cm string is knitted using 3mm double pointed needles and i-cord technique.
Then stitches for triangles are picked up from the side of an i-cord and knitted in garter stitch, simple decreases are made in every third row.
To make an i-cord string:
Use 3mm double pointed needles and long tail cast on to begin.
Using white yarn cast on 3sts.
Slide the work to the other end of the needle.
Row 1: K3
Do not turn your work, slide the work to the other end of the needle and pass this needle to the other hand.
Repeat: *K3, slide, pass* until the i-cord is approx. 295cm or the desired length.
Cast off.
Weave in the ends.
To make a triangle:
Switch to 4mm needles.
Leaving 35cm, place marker, measure 17cm from marker, place second marker, pick up and knit 35sts along one column of the i-cord between markers.
Use the same column of stitches for all triangles to make an even bunting.
Leave 9cm gap between 17cm triangles.
Colour sequence: W-R-N-R-W-N-R-N-W
R1: knit
R2: knit
R3: k1, ssk, knit until 3sts left on the needle, k2tog, k1 (33sts)
Repeat R1-3 14 times (5sts)
R46: knit
R47: knit
R48: k1, sl2kp, k1 (3sts)
R49: knit
R50: knit
R51: sl2kp (1st)
FINISHING:
Cut the yarn and fasten off, leaving a 15cm tail.
Use darning needle to weave in the ends.
