MAKE FOR YOUR HOME
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER
Safely store your odds and ends in these three stackable baskets. Pop them on top of one another to create a nicely nautical lighthouse, complete with swirly clouds.
YEAH, BUOY!
This hooky lifebuoy has picked up a few extra decorations while out at sea! Now it’s a welcoming wreath ready to get your guests in the summertime spirit.
SEA AND SAND
Gulls swim, lighthouses ash, buoys bob and beach huts line up neatly in this stripy seaside blanket. Snuggle under or spread it on the sand for a little doze.
OCEAN DEPTHS
Your home can be an underwater dream come true with this colourful mobile. It’ll be a hit whether you hang it in your living room or over a baby’s cot.
BUNTING
Nothing encapsulates a British summer like colourful beach huts! Bring them into your home with this bunting by Millie Masterton
■ Cascade Cantata (70% cotton, 30% Merino wool, 100g/200m), 1 ball of each: Grey (02), Gold (06), Red (03), Blue (09), White (01)
■ A 4mm (US G/6) hook
TENSION
Tension is not critical, but it may affect the yarn quantities required
MEASUREMENTS
Bunting measures approx 20x120cm (8x47½ in)
NOTES
When changing colour mid-row for the Life Buoy, pick up the new colour in the last yrh of the previous st, carry the unused strands of yarn, and enclose the strands as you work.
BUNTING
BEACH HUT MAKE 8
Make 2 each in Lime, Red, Blue and Gold. Ch20.
Row 1 (RS) Htr in third ch from hook and each ch across, turn. [18 htr]
Row 2 Ch2 (does not count as st throughout), htr in each st across, turn.
Rows 3-16 Repeat Row 2 another 14 times.
Rows 17-24 Ch1, skip first st, htr in each st across to last 2 sts, htr2tog over last 2 sts, turn. [2 sts]
Row 25 Ch1, htr2tog.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
BEACH HUT DOOR MAKE 8
Make 2 each in Lime, Red, Blue and Gold. Using White, ch17.
Row 1 Htr in third ch from hook and each ch across, turn. [15 htr]
Row 2 Ch2 (does not count as st throughout), htr in each st across, turn. Change to colour specified.
Rows 3-10 As Row 2, changing to White at the beg of Row 5, to colour specified at beg of Row 7 and White at beg of Row 9.
Fasten off.
BEACH HUT ROOF MAKE 16
Using White, ch18.
Row 1 2htr in third ch from hook, htr in next 13 ch, htr2tog, turn. [16 sts]
Row 2 Ch1, skip first st, htr in next 13 sts, htr2tog.
Fasten off.
LIFE BUOY
Using White, ch12, ss to first ch to form a loop.
Round 1 Ch2 (counts as htr), htr in same st, 2htr in next 2 ch, change to Red, *2htr in next 3 ch, change to White, 2htr in next 3 ch, change to Red; rep from * once more omitting last colour change, ss to top of beg ch-2 to join. [24 htr]
Fasten off and weave in ends.
FLAGS MAKE 32
Make 32 in a mix of Lime, Red, Blue and Gold. Ch4.
Row 1 Tr2tog in third and fourth ch from hook.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Using White, join in top of one Flag, 3ss along top edge, repeat across another 3 Flags.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
TO MAKE UP
Using the image as a guide, pin
