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Flags
Create your very own “united nations” with these fun flags. As I live in the UK but spend a lot of time
in the US, I feel an affinity with both the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. However, I have included the Greek
flag, too, as a reminder of a wonderful recent vacation in Corfu. Each flag uses only scraps of the different yarn
colors, plus one bamboo knitting needle to make an ideal flag pole.
size
Approximately 6¼in x 4in
materials
Debbie Bliss Rialto 4-ply (100% extra-fine merino wool, approx 110 yd per 1¾oz/50g ball)
One ball in each color (or leftover yarns) as
follows:
US red (A), white (B), and blue (C)
UK red (A), white (B), and blue (C)
Greece pale blue (A) and white (B)
Pair of size 3 knitting needles
Small amount of cotton fabric for backing
One size 8 bamboo knitting needle for each flag
(for display)
gauge
28 sts and 38 rows to 4in square over St st
using size 3 needles.
to make
With size 3 needles, cast on 47 sts for US and Greek flags and 46 sts for
UK flag.
Beg with a k row, work in St st from the relevant chart (see pages 80 and 81) until
all chart rows have been completed.
Bind off.
to finish
US flag only
Following chart 1, work the stars in duplicate stitch on the flag.
All flags
Press lightly on the wrong side. Cut a piece of backing fabric slightly larger than
the flag. With right sides together, lay the flag on the backing fabric and pin in
place. Handstitch the backing to the flag around the two long sides and the short
side without the selvage stitches. Trim away the excess fabric around the stitched
edges. Turn right-side out and press. Fold the backing fabric to the inside along
the open edge, leaving the selvage stitches free, then slipstitch the backing fabric
in place along the fold. Fold the selvage stitches of the flag onto the back of the flag
and slipstitch to the backing, leaving both ends open, so forming a channel for the
flag pole. Insert the bamboo needle into the channel.
abbreviations
See page 10.
note
Each flag is worked from a chart using the
relevant colors (see pages 80 and 81).
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chart 1 (us)
summer
chart 3 (greece)
key
a pale blue
b white
selvage
sts
selvage
sts
key
a red
b white
c blue
d white (duplicate stitch)
chart 2 (uk)
80
selvage
sts
key
a red
b white
c blue
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