Originally published in Knotions Magazine

It’s summertime! The sun is shining strong and insects are buzzing anywhere and everywhere. Lavender is the special plant of this season. It has so many functions in its fragrant life. When flowering, it is ideal for us humans, since it attracts pollinators such as bees while also repelling moths, fleas, flies and mosquitoes. And when harvested, dried, and kept around your clothes and yarn storage, it will continue to
repel these insects which like to nestle in our fabrics. At the same time, it keeps spreading that soft fragrance which reminds us of long summer nights.

This design is dedicated to the sweetness of lavender. You can make plenty of little bonbons and pop them anywhere you like. And what is more, I hope that these three designs will spark your inspiration to try and work with different stitches and make your own little lavender bonbon designs! You will find two ‘regular’ crochet and one Tunisian crochet designs in this bundle. The bonbons are constructed in two different ways. While you make them, you will quickly understand the underlying principle, so hopefully, they will give you the confidence to play around.

Gauge:
Gauge is not crucial for these patterns. Whether you work flat or in the round, the width, depth and height of your lavender bonbon will be half the length of your starting chain. You can adjust the chain to get the size you prefer.

Hooks:
√ Size F (3.75mm) (Bonbon I and II)
√ Size I (5.5mm) Tunisian crochet hook (Bonbon III, but if you use a slim normal hook, you will be able to make the third bonbon with that as well.)
Or size needed to obtain gauge.

Notions
√ Tapestry needle, stitch markers, dried lavender for filling (approx. 3g per bonbon).
√ Optional (for lining): fabric, sewing needle and thread.

Yarn:
√ Unique Sheep 4ply fingering (100% Merino; 6x10g/43yd set (Total 60g/258yd): Electric Blue, 1 itty bitty mini-skein set (6 mini-skeins)
√ Approx. 20 yds 18m per Bonbon I & II (10 yds 9m each color for 2-color) and 26 yds 24m per Bonbon III (13 yds 12m each color for 2-color)

Stitches:
All stitches have tutorials and the Tunisian Stitches come with video tutorials
Chain (ch)
Single crochet (sc)
Tunisian simple st (tss)
Tunisian purl st (tps)

Size:
About 2.5” 6.5cm x 2.5” 6.5cmn yarn and hook choices).

Pattern includes:
Written pattern, special stitches video tutorials, special stitches step by step photo tutorials and pattern notes and techniques, suggestions for variations on each of the three bonbons.

Difficulty:
Advanced beginner

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