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HOW TO MAKE A CHEVRON WALL HANGING

MATERIALS

■ Rico® Creative Cotton Aran, 100% cotton, 50g/85m per ball; one ball each of Salmon (03), Fuchsia (13), Candy Pink (64), Banana (68) and Emerald (69)

■ 4mm (UK 8, US G/6) crochet hook

■ Piece of cardboard

■ 38cm (15") dowel

■ Yarn needle

ABBREVIATIONS (UK)

 slip stitch stitch(es) chain treble yarn round hook front post treble – yrh, insert hook from the front to the back, around the back of the indicated st and back through to the front, yrh and draw round the back of the post of the indicated st, (yrh and draw through 2 loops) twice treble 3 together – (yrh, insert hook in next st, yrh and pull up loop, yrh and draw through 2 loops) three times, yrh and draw through all loops on hook front post treble 3 together, worked in the same way as a tr3tog, except the 2nd tr is worked around the post of the tr below – *yrh, insert hook in next st, yrh and pull up loop, yrh and draw through 2 loops**, yrh, insert hook from the front of your work to the back, around the back of the indicated st and back through to the front, yrh and draw round the back of the post of the indicated st, yrh and draw through 2 loops; repeat instructions from * to ** once, yrh and pull through all 4 loops on hook treble 3 increase – 3tr into the next st front post treble increase; worked in the same way as a tr3inc, except the 2nd tr is worked around the post of the tr below – tr into the indicated st, fptr around the same st, tr again in the same st