Autumn Attractions Garland

The crisp magic of autumn blankets the ground with an abundance of leaves, pumpkins, and acorns. Display the fall foliage indoors by adding made-to measure garland to your mantel or staircase rail.

- DEBRA ARCH

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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

81 inches long

Oak leaf: 13/4inches wide x 31/4inches long

Pumpkin: 2 inches wide x 3 inches long, excluding curlicue

Maple leaf: 2 inches wide x 21/2inches long

Acorn: 17/8 inches wide x 2 inches long

Garland: 81 inches long, excluding tassels

MATERIALS

• Berroco Comfort medium (worsted) weight nylon/acrylic yarn (3.5 oz/210 yds/100g per skein):

70 yds #9720 hummus

40 yds #9703 barley

40 yds #9783 persimmon

95 yds #9724 pumpkin

12 yds #9740 seedling

40 yds #9743 goldenrod

25 yds #9799 marigold

• Sizes H/8/5mm, F/5/3.75mm, E/4/3.5mm, and C/2/2.75mm crochet hooks or sizes needed to obtain gauge

• Tapestry needle

• Stitch markers: 2

• 4 x 4-inch square heavy cardboard

GAUGE

Gauge is not critical for this project.

PATTERN NOTES

Chain-1 at beginning of rows does not count as a stitch.

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Chain-2 at beginning of rounds does not count as a stitch.

Join with a slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Slip stitch joins do not count as stitches.