Autumn Garland

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Last year I crocheted an Autumn Garland to hang on my fireplace and 

I have to admit to falling in love with everything about it -

 from the Autumn colours, to the little acorns, to the cosy feel that it

 brought to the room, 

so when lovecrochet.com asked me to put a tutorial together

 for them I jumped at the chance.

And here it is - the 2015 model !

                      This year I worked it  slightly differently in that I went for more of a rustic feel
                                              by making the main garland chain in twine.

                                  I wanted to create something that was not only simple to do
                                                    but that had a more natural look to it.

I used a 4 ply cotton yarn, as I find that cotton brings a really good texture

 and definition to smaller crochet items.

Without a shadow of doubt my most favourite part was making the teeny acorns - 

I just love them !

 There is something truly satisfying about quietly hooking away

 making these little treasures of nature.

I made the leaves in a selection of beautiful Autumnal shades,

     and then it was simply a matter of putting them in to little bunches 

and hanging them on the twine.

I added little tiny wooden pegs to mine as a finishing touch.

The full pattern and tutorial can be found here at blog.lovecrochet.com 

or in the right hand side bar of my blog.

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