Boo Bunting Tutorial

Who doesn't love bunting? It exudes jubilation (ok, it can also exude "used car lot" but hopefully this brings out the former!) Here's an easy pattern for a candy corn bunting to scare up your pumpkin, door or mantle.

Supplies:

• Small amounts of white, orange, yellow (I used variegated because it's what I had around) cotton (or whatever) yarn.
• Scraps of black yarn for embroidery.
• Same black or fancy yarn for chain. I used Lion Brand Midnight Mohair.
• F Hook, (use whatever sized hook works with your scrap yarn.)
• Tapestry needle.

CANDY CORN (Make 3)

With White, ch 3

ROW 1: 3 sc in first ch (3 sc), ch 1 turn

ROW 2: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (4 sc), ch 1 turn
ROW 3: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (5 sc), ch 1 turn
ROW 4: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch, finish final sc with Yellow (6 sc), ch 1 turn. Fasten off White.

With Yellow:

ROW 5: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (7 sc), ch 1 turn

ROW 6: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (8 sc), ch 1 turn
ROW 7: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (9 sc), ch 1 turn
ROW 8: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (10 sc), ch 1 turn
ROW 9: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch, finish final sc with Orange (11 sc), ch 1 turn. Fasten off Yellow.

With Orange:
ROW 10: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (12 sc), ch 1 turn
ROW 11: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (13 sc), ch 1 turn
ROW 12: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (14 sc), ch 1 turn
ROW 13: sc across, 2 sc in last stitch (15 sc), ch 1 turn. Fasten off Orange. Weave in ends and block the triangles.

Using a tapestry needle free-hand embroider letters with back stitch in black. I think they look spookier the more "free-hand" they are worked!

With Black or fancy yarn, ch 40 loosely. With a tapestry needle and black or fancy yarn attach the chain to the tops of the triangles using a whipstich into every other single crochet. I added a little flair by tieing bows between letters.

Happy Halloween!

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