Craft away winter blues and raise your mood through making Emma Mitchell's meditative crochet winter garland. Grab your crochet hook and the softest yarn you own to whip one her crochet semi circle pattern in front of a roaring fire. Plus this project is a great stash buster because you can use all your yarn scraps. If you’re new to crochet don’t worry just head over to our crochet for beginners guide and our crochet kits for beginners to learn all the basic techniques for these crochet semicircles. Now it’s over to Emma who will talk more about her lovely project and share her crochet semicircle pattern!
Oh the weather outside is frightful… Sadly you don’t have an open fire, snow hasn’t settled in East Anglia for 2 years and you’re not entirely sure what to do with chestnuts (we’re certainly not). Sometimes winter brings greige skies, muddy puddles and a feeling of gloom. Fear not, dear crafter. Grab yourself a quilt or blanket, a pot of tea and a cake or three, fetch a hook, yarn and scissors and follow my crochet semicircle pattern for gentle, doily-ish scalloped woolly joy.
The repetitive movements of your hands and eyes as you make these little lacy half mandalas release feel-good chemicals in your brain. It’s true! (Read all about the positive effects of crafting for mental health here on Gathered). A pennant a day helps to keep the winter drabs away. When you’ve finished hooking a little pile of the crochet semicircle's, join them into a winter garland your neurons will thank you for. Pair this winter garland with a
You will need:
- Any yarn
- Crochet hook (discover the best crochet hooks on the market in our round-up)
You can find a full list of all abbreviations we use in our abbreviations and conversions guide. This pattern is written in UK terminology but you can easily convert it to US terms using this handy chart.
Dc: insert hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook Htr: yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over pull through all three loops on hook Tr: yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through final two loops on hook.
