I managed to plan out this design and get a start on crocheting this newest creation during our climbing trip this past week in the Sawtooth Wilderness. Rest days and evenings can be productive too! Being out in the incredible scenery and sitting next to an alpine lake is a wonderful place to find renewed creativity.

I had a vision of a lightweight, see-through wall hanging that would reflect the incredible sunsets over the ocean we see from our home in the PNW. I also had a lovely piece of driftwood I wanted to use that I had scavenged off a beach in Oregon. You can find a stick near you, or visit a craft store to find dowels or even spindles for your hanging!

The Lion Brand Cupcake yarn creates a gorgeous color transition and the collected driftwood hanger adds an earthy feel. This pattern uses one skein of yarn and works up in a day or two, plus you only need to know how to double crochet!

Have a big blank space lacking color? Add some vibrancy to your home! I found the perfect place to hang ours. Framed by our white curtains and catching the light from our west-facing window all day and evening- too perfect.

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DESCRIPTION

This wall hanging is roughly ten inches wide and a foot and a half long. It uses one skein of Lion Brand, color-changing, Cupcake yarn and only double crochet and chain stitches. Hang on your wall or in front of a window to see the colors light up.

MATERIALS

Lion Brand Cupcake Yarn (Weight: 3/light – 590 yds, 5.3 oz) Uses less than one skein – color transitions were cut short to get more colors into my hanging, this is optional.
Size I (8 mm) crochet hook
Stitch marker (I often use a safety pin, but these are so cute!)
12-inch long hanger (collected driftwood or dowel)

ABBREVIATIONS

ch: chain

st: stitch

sp: space

sk: skip stitch

dc: double crochet

dc2tog: double crochet two stitches together.

DIRECTIONS

*Pattern directions and photos updated 12/31/20*

The chevron shape of the cowl is created by increasing in the middle stitch every row and decreasing on the ends. Every third row is an “window” row with openings made by chaining and skipping stitches. The wall hanging is roughly ten inches across and 20 inches long. Because the wall hanging uses less than the whole self-striping yarn skein, I cut the yarn in places to make the color change happen faster. Chains at beginning of rows don’t count as stitches.

Chain: 53 (place st marker on middle st; 27th st from hook)

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Row 1: ch 2. dc in 3rd ch from hook. dc to middle st. In marked middle ch: [dc, ch 2, dc]. dc to end of ch. Move st marker to ch-2 sp in middle of row. (55 (75 st and one ch-2 sp)) See photo below.

Row 2: ch 2. dc2tog. dc in each st to middle st. In marked middle ch-2 sp: [dc, ch 2, dc]. dc in each st until only 2 st remain. dc2tog. Move st marker to ch-2 sp in middle of row. (55 (75 st and one ch-2 sp))
Row 3 (window row): ch 3. sk 2 st, dc in 3rd st. *ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st. Repeat from * to middle. In marked middle ch-2 space: [dc, ch 2, dc]. ch 1, dc in next st. *ch 1, sk 1 st, dc in next st. Repeat from * to end of row. For last window, at end of row, sk 2 st instead of 1. Move st marker to ch-2 sp in middle of row. (55 (75 st and one ch-2 sp)) See photos below.

Row 4: ch 2. sk first window, dc in next window. dc in each st (on top of each dc and in each window) across to middle. In marked middle ch-2 sp: [dc, ch 2, dc]. Continue to dc in each st (on top of each dc and in the ch space) across row until second to last window. Sk second to last window and put final dc in last window. Move st marker to ch-2 sp in middle of row. (55 (75 st and one ch-2 sp)) See photos below.

Rows 5-29: Repeat rows 2-4.

Finish off and weave in ends.

Note: If your wall hanging is curling at all, this is the time to block it, before moving on to the hanging step. What is blocking? It is simply wetting your piece and pinning it flat so it dries in the shape you wish. It works wonders on unruly makes.

ADD TASSELS TO THE BOTTOM EDGE

For each tassel, cut four lengths of ten inch long yarn. There will be seven of them that you will then attach to bottom of hanging.

The bottom half of a crocheted wall hanging with color gradient changing from red to orange to blue and with blue tassels on the bottom edge.

SECURE WALL HANGING TO HANGER

Sew the wall hanging to the driftwood at each corner by hooking yarn through the work and around the stick. Attach yarn at each corner and tie in the middle above the wall hanging to create an attachment point for your hanging.

The corner of a crocheted wall hanging being attached to the driftwood hanger.

Hang your new work on a window or a hook on the wall and you are finished!

A colorful crocheted wall hanging hangs in a window with trees in the background and white curtains on the sides.

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4 thoughts on “SUNSET WALL HANGING PATTERN”

noelle says:

July 10, 2018 at 7:48 am

I love the cupcake yarn! This adds a nice artistic touch to a bare wall.

Rica Malcolmson says:

November 20, 2021 at 4:08 pm

I would like to use my own colours to create this….so what type of yarn would I need if not using cupcake?(sorry cupcake dies not offer the colour combination I require). Thanks in advance fir your help. Rica.

1. Ellie Price says:
  
  November 22, 2021 at 7:12 am
  
  Hello Rica, Cupcake yarn is a category 3, light weight yarn. Anything in the category, acrylic or natural fiber, will work!
2. Rica says:
  
  November 22, 2021 at 7:40 am
  
  Thanks so much. Cheers!