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What you will need:
- Worsted Yarn
- E (3.5mm) hook
- 6 mm star confetti
- Dowel rod (0.125” diameter)
- Row counter
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Shears for cutting the dowel (I used garden shears)
- Hot glue
Yarn:
- Red-Knit Picks Mighty Stitch 1 skein in Serrano
- White-Knit Picks Mighty Stitch 1 skein in White
- Blue-Knit Picks Mighty Stitch 1 skein in Celestial
Gauge: 22 sc over 24 rows=4” square
Stitch Abbreviations:
- Sc-single crochet
- St-stitch
- Ch-chain
Special Instructions
- Keep yarn tails pulled to the wrong side of the work when changing colors mid row.
- Carry the unused yarn up the edge of your work.
- Color changes: When directed to change colors, insert your hook in the next stitch and pull up a loop with the original color first, yarn over with the new color and pull through the loops. Ex: from white, change to blue, insert your hook into the next st, pull up a loop with white, yarn over with blue, pull through both loops with blue. The first stitch will appear white. This color change method keeps the entire stitch the same color so a stitch isn’t half one color and half the other.
Directions:
With E hook and red, ch 39.
Row 1 (right side). Sc in the 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 2 (wrong side). Sc in each st across. Change to white. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 3. Sc in each st across. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 4. Sc in each st across. Change to red. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 5. Sc in each st across. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 6. Sc in each st across. Change to white. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 7. Sc in each st across. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 8. Sc in each st across. Change to red. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 9. Sc in each st across. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 10. Sc in each st across. Change to white. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 11. Sc in each st across. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 12. Sc in each st across. Change to red. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 13 (right side). Sc in the next 19 sts, change to blue, sc in the next 19 sts. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 14 (wrong side). Sc in the next 17 sts, change to red, sc in the next 21 sts, change to white. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 15. Sc in the next 19 sts, change to blue, sc in the next 19 sts. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 16. Sc in the next 17 sts, change to white, sc in the next 21 sts, change to red. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 17. Sc in the next 19 sts, change to blue, sc in the next 19 sts. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 18. Sc in the next 17 sts, change to red, sc in the next 21 sts, change to white. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 19. Sc in the next 19 sts, change to blue, sc in the next 19 sts. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 20. Sc in the next 17 sts, change to white, sc in the next 21 sts, change to red. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 21. Sc in the next 19 sts, change to blue, sc in the next 19 sts. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 22. Sc in the next 17 sts, change to red, sc in the next 21 sts, change to white. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 23. Sc in the next 19 sts, change to blue, sc in the next 19 sts. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 24. Sc in the next 17 sts, change to white, sc in the next 21 sts, change to red. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 25. Sc in the next 19 sts, change to blue, sc in the next 19 sts. Ch 1, turn. (38 sc)
Row 26. Sc in the next 17 sts, change to red, sc in the next 21 sts. (38 sc)
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Finishing
Using the 6 mm star confetti, glue 50 stars to the blue section of the flag. You could also embroider the stars if you prefer. With the garden shears I cut the dowel rod 10” long and glued it to the back of the flag along the edge with the blue section.
