crochet fall leaves…autumn leaves…

Although Si and I were a few weeks too early for the true Autumnal colours in the Lake District, a few of the trees had begun to drop subtle hints of what was to come…

Inspired by this promise, I decided to crochet some Autumnal leaves, to make into bunting ready for Halloween.  I thought that you might like to crochet yourself some.  You will need to gather together so scraps of suitably coloured yarn (you really don’t need very much).  I used some pure wool, which I bought at Yarndale for the bargain price of £2 per ball…

I just love, loVE, LOVE the colours: Autumn in yarn.  I am not sure what weight the yarn is, so I opted to use my trustee 4mm hook.

Start off by crochet with 10ch…

 dc in second ch from hook, dc, htr, tr, tr, tr, htr, dc, dc…

Working down the other size of the ch, 1ch, dc, dc, htr, tr, tr, tr, htr, dc, dc…

Change to a different colour and sl st into each stitch…

Have fun playing around with lots of Autumnal colours…

There you have your very own crocheted Autumnal leave.  All you have to do is decide how you are going to use it.  I crocheted lots, and strung them up to make Autumnal butting, over the fireplace…

I didn’t hang them up very well, because later that evening they fell down…

This did give me another idea for a future crochet project.  Watch this space…