Last Christmas one of our favorite clever gifts were these crocheted discs that my mom found in a fair trade store. They have tons of fun designs and colors.
For my son’s 4 year old birthday this year I decided to try my hand at making some and personalize one for him in his favorite pattern- camouflage. It flew perfectly and make great winter toys for rowdy boy as they are light weight and soft so they can be thrown around indoors without fear of breaking anything. It was an easy and quick project. Here’s how I did it.
Flying Disc
PatternH hook, red heart yarn
ch 8, join to first ch with a sl st to form a loop
Row 1: 12 sc in loop
Row 2: *sc, 2sc* repeat around (18 total)
Row 3: *sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (24 total)
Row 4: *sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (30 total)
Row 5: *sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (36 total)
Row 6: *sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (42 total)
Row 7: *sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (48 total)
Row 8: *sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (54 total)
Row 9: *sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (60 total)
Row 10: *sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (66 total)
Row 11: *sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (72 total)
Row 12: *sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (78 total)
Row 13: *sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, 2sc* repeat around (84 total)
Row 14-16: sc even around
sl st to even off and work in ends
I embroidered an “I” for my little guy’s first initial. He loves throwing it around and I love that it doesn’t break everything. By the way, please pretend that you don’t notice my very dirty floor in the above picture. I was busy crocheting. 😉