The kite is such a beautiful symbol of autumn - it brings back pleasant memories and immediately puts a smile on the face of those who see it.

This autumn kite can be easily crocheted from your scraps of yarn - whether cheerfully colorful or tone-on-tone is entirely up to your personal style.

Level of difficulty: easy, also suitable for beginners with some practice

Required skills: (US term)
magic ring, slip stitch, chain stitch, single crochet, crochet SC together (decrease), double crochet, treble crochet, double treble crochet, crochet single crochets around a crochet piece.

Material needed

cotton yarn LL 125m/50g / Sport 12 wpi / 5 ply / fine)
approx. 25 g in desired color for the kite
approx. 4-8 g in desired color for the ribbons
approx. 20 g in autumn colors for the leaves
approx. 9 g in yellow for the small sunflowers
approx. 5 g in brown for the small sunflowers
approx. 4 g white for the eyes
approx. 2 g black for the eyes
Crochet hook 3.0 / US size 11 / UK size C
Wool needle, scissors, tape measure

Craft glue / textile glue
DINA 4 photo cardboard / thin cardboard

Optional: some natural colored raffia