A bright striped rocket with three button windows, side fins and a flaming red, orange and yellow tail – a bookmark that blasts off from your book, an applique for a child’s jacket or bag, or a decoration for a space-themed room. Crochet a whole fleet in different colours.
An easy pattern by Svetlana Zabelina with step-by-step instructions and photos – a quick project for cotton yarn leftovers. You can sew on buttons for the windows or crochet them (instructions included). An appendix shows how to crochet each stitch.
This listing is for an INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF PATTERN, not a finished project.
LANGUAGE:
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The pattern is in English.
SKILL LEVEL:
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Easy
FINISHED SIZE:
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Approx. 18 × 9 cm (7 × 3.5 inches) with the materials stated in the pattern.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
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Crochet in rows
Single crochet
Half double crochet
Double crochet
Increasing
Slip stitch
MATERIALS AND TOOLS:
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• Cotton yarn, sport / 5 ply (115 m / 50 g): 8 g of the main colour (pale green in my case), 5 g of a contrasting colour (green in my case), 2 g of red, 2 g of orange and a little yellow.
• Crochet hook 2 mm (US steel 4, UK 14).
• Three buttons (15–17 mm) for the windows – or white yarn to crochet them.
• Matching sewing thread; tapestry and sewing needles.
ABOUT THIS PATTERN:
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The pattern is written using US terminology (UK differences are explained).
21 pages of step-by-step instructions with tips and photos illustrating the process.
