FREE PATTERN WITH VIDEO TUTORIAL
I have found that Spring and Easter season are such a great crochet inspiration, to make colorful projects and welcome sunnier days.
The Crochet Easter Garland will be wonderful to decorate your home, for the Easter egg hunt or any special gathering with friends and family.
Easily adaptable, to hang from your door or from your table, with easy-to-make bunnies which can be replicated in different shades and mini pompoms for that extra festive look.
Broadening the season’s project catalogue, because there are already some other free crochet patterns that you can also make, to put together the complete Easter celebration. Like the Crochet Easter Bunny, which is a super cute mini bag, to be filled with sweet treats.
Or the Cotton Crochet Charm, which is so easy to make and also perfect for beginners, to weave beautiful little friends in no time with your yarn leftovers.
And even a big size crochet softie, with its carrot t-shirt, to make an amazing gift and learn intarsia crochet too. Hop-Hop Charlie free pattern, divided into four videos, for a super detailed step by step guide. Make sure to check the full blog posts and video tutorials for complete instructions.
SPECIAL STITCHES AND TECHNIQUES
Treble crochet
Double crochet, with an extra yarn over at the beginning, to create a taller stitch. Yarn over twice, insert hook in next st, yarn over and draw through the st, (yarn over and draw through two loops on the hook) twice, yarn over and draw through last two loops on the hook.
Double treble crochet
Double crochet, with two extra yarn overs at the beginning, to create a taller stitch. Yarn over three times, insert hook in next st, yarn over and draw through the st, (yarn over and draw through two loops on the hook) rep ( ) 3 times, yarn over and draw through last two loops on the hook.
All essential steps are covered in the Crochet Easter Garland. Video is in Spanish, but you have the option to see the Closed Caption in the language of your choice, by selecting the settings icon on the video then, select Closed Caption, Automatic Translation and select your language. And you also have the written directions (below this same post), to follow every detail step by step.
Worsted weight, sport weight and fingering weight yarns, all are used in this single project because that is what I needed for only a few rows for the bunnies, full mini pompons and a light guide for the garland.
SUGGESTED MATERIALS
- 30 gr/26 yd of worsted weight (100% cotton) yarn in GREEN
- 20 gr/17.5 yd of worsted weight (100% cotton) yarn in BEIGE
- 20 gr/17.5 yd of worsted weight (100% cotton) yarn in STRAW
- 10 gr/49 yd of fingering weight (100% acrylic) yarn in WHITE
- 5 gr/24 yd of fingering weight (100% acrylic) yarn in YELLOW
- 5 gr/24 yd of fingering weight (100% acrylic) yarn in PINK
- 10 gr/22 yd of sport weight (100% cotton) yarn in CAMEL
- 5 mm (H-8) crochet hook
- 3 mm (11) crochet hook
- Stitch marker
- Fork
- Yarn needle
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
FINISHED SIZE
Bunny: 2.6” x 4.7” / 6.5 cm x 12 cm
Finished Garland: 37.8” x 4.7” / 96 cm x 12 cm
GAUGE
(single crochet, back and forth, with worsted weight yarn and 5 mm crochet hook)
15 sts and 16 rows= 4”/10 cm
SKILL LEVEL
Easy: This design includes basic crochet stitches, simple shaping and finishing techniques.
STITCH GUIDE
- R: row
- Rnd: round
- Ch: chain
- St(s): stitch(es)
- Sl st: slip stitch
- Sc: single crochet
- Hdc: half double crochet
- Dc: double crochet
- Tr: treble crochet
- Dtr: double treble crochet
- Rep: repeat
- Beg: beginning
- RS: right side
- WS: wrong side
NOTES
- When crocheting in the round, in a spiral, with sc, place a marker in first st of the Rnd and move up with every Rnd as work progresses.
- When crocheting in the round, in a spiral, with sl st, place a marker in first st of the Rnd
- When crocheting back and forth, with sl st, ch 1 to begin the R, this ch does not count
as a st.
CROCHET EASTER GRALAND
EASTER BUNNY (Make 3 in GREEN, 2 in BEIGE and 2 in STRAW)
Crocheted in the round, in a spiral, and then back and forth, starting from the center of the body. With worsted weight yarn and 5 mm crochet hook, make a slip ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, 6 sc inside the ring= 6 sts
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around= 12 sts
Rnd 3: (Sc 1, 2 sc in next st) rep ( ) 6 times= 18 sts
Rnd 4: Sc 1, (2 sc in next st, sc 2) rep ( ) 5 times, 2 sc in next st, sc 1= 24 sts
R5 (RS): (Sl st 1, ch 3, tr 1, dtr 1) in next st, sc 3, (dtr 1, tr 1, dc 1) in next st, turn.
Continue crocheting back and forth to shape the ears.
R6: Skip 1 st, (sl st in next st, ch 6, starting in 2nd ch from the hook sc 1, hdc 4) twice, sl st in next st.
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
MINI POMPOMS (Make 4 in WHITE, 2 in YELLOW and 2 in PINK)
With fingering weight yarn and the fork, shape each pompom. Wrap the yarn around the center of the fork several times. Knot from the center and cut the ends. Even all yarn ends for a more circular shape.
FINISHING
GUIDE AND GARLAND JOIN
Crocheted in one row only, starting from one end. With sport weight yarn and 3 mm crochet hook, ch 241.
R1: Starting in 2nd ch from the hook sl st 40, (sl st 1 over the top of one ear and the next foundation ch, sl st 8, sl st 1 over the top of one ear and the next foundation ch, sl st 15) rep ( ) 6 times, sl st 1 over the top of one ear and the next foundation ch, sl st 8, sl st 1 over the top of one ear and the next foundation ch, sl st 40= 240 sts
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
With tapestry needle, sew the mini pompoms in the space between each bunny and the garland ends.
And your Crochet Easter Garland is ready to embellish your spaces this Spring, with beautiful colors and wishes to be shared with your loved ones.
Customize it for your own home and taste. Share your makes with me, use #crocheteastergarland tag for me to see your version or tag me as @chabepatterns on my Instagram.
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