When I was a kid, going to my best friend's house for any sort of celebration meant going to experience their rich Danish culture. Just about every occasion was an excuse to hang the beautiful garlands of Danish Flags around the house and yard.
When I was living in Mexico over Christmas, she sent me down a garland of flags and they still grace my Christmas tree every year. So, I wanted to create a knitting pattern that would replicate these garlands.
Danish Flag Garland
You need: light fingering yarn in red and white and 3.5mm needles
Gauge: 7 stitches = 1inch worked in stockinette stitch
Cast on 16 stitches in red yarn.
1st row: knit 7 in red, k2 in white, k7 in red
2nd row:purl 7 in red, p2 in white, p7 in red
repeat rows 1 and 2 until 6 total rows have been finished.
Knit 1 row in white.
Purl 1 row in white.
K7 in red, k2 in white, k 7 in red.
P7 in red, p2 in white, p7 in red.
Repeat last 2 rows until a total of 8 rows have been completed, ending on a purl row.
Now it is time to work the points on the flag. You will be working the right first, then the left.
Right Point
Knit 6, slip slip knit (ssk), turn work. (At this point, you can slip the unworked stitches onto a different needle, or just leave them on the needle, leaving them unworked. I left them on the needle).
P7
K5, ssk, turn.
p6
K4, ssk, turn.
P2tog (purl 2 together), p3
K2, ssk, turn.
P2tog, p1
K2tog (knit 2 together), bind off. Reattach yarn on left side.
Left Point
K2tog, k6
P7
K2tog, k5
P6
K2tog, k4
P3, ssp (slip slip purl)
K2tog, K2
P1, ssp
K2tog, bind off.
Weave in ends and block. This will help them to keep from curling too much, although some curling is inevitable. Knit a few other flags and then tie them together on a string. Hang them up at your next celebration!
Note: You can change the colour to make other cross-flags. Reverse the colours to make the cross of England. Do blue and yellow for a Swedish Flag, etc...
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Well, here it is. The American Flag pattern.
