Inspiration for this is the RAF roundels from the WW2 era. I used 2 versions.
Roundel #1. Red, white, blue, Yellow:
Type A.1 as seen below on Vera, the Lancaster in Hamilton Ontario's Warplane Heritage Museum (she still fly's.. sometimes over my house :) ) Used on camouflaged surfaces of fighters, Spitfires, Hurricanes etc. Bombers -Lancaster's, wellingtons etc.
The other is type A as seen on the spitfire below. Used by fighters during WW2, usually under the wings.
Its not easy getting a shot from under the wings!
The Pattern:
Please note I am not the best pattern writer and I hope you already know how to crochet, otherwise please look up tutorials on youtube.
5mm Hook
Materials: 100 gram balls of Acrylic. I used:
Super Soft Aran (Sirdar)
4x Dark Denim Blue
2x Denim Blue
1x Poppy Red
Uptown Worsted (Universal Yarns)
2x White
2x Sage Green
2x Dijon Yellow
Colour Sequences:
Roundel #1 Make 24
Row 1: Poppy Red
Row 2: White
Row 3: Denim Blue
Row 4: Dijon Yellow
Row 5: Sage Green (the colour of a spitfire to incorporate a fighter plane in the design and to add the last round, not actually a colour of the roundel its self )
Roundel #2 Make 37
Row 1 and 2: Poppy Red
Row 3: White
Row 4 and 5: Dark Denim Blue
With Row 1 yarn:
Chain 4, join a ring
Ch 3 (counts as first DC). DC 11 into circle and join.
With Row 2 Yarn:
Ch 3. (counts as first dc). DC 2 more in the space.
*ch 2, 3 dc in next st* repeat 11 times
ch 2 and join to first cluster. 12 clusters
With Row 3 Yarn:
Attach yarn in a chain space, chain 4 (counts as first tr). 2 tr in the same chain space.
*ch 3, tr 3* in each chain space from row 2. Join to first cluster. 12 Clusters
Row 4 Yarn:
Attach yarn to a chain space. Ch 3 (counts as first dc). 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in same chain space.
*3 dc in next space than dc 3, ch 2, dc 3 in next space* 5 times, 3 dc in last space and slip stitch to first cluster. You now have 5 distinct sides
Row 5:
Attach yarn in a corner space. Ch 3. *1 dc in next 9 sts, in corner : 1 dc ch 1 1 dc* around. When you get back to the first corner, 1 dc and ch 1. Slip Stitch to first dc.
Sew together in a circular pattern as pictured. I did a boarder in dark denim just doing DC in each sts all the way around (in the corners I did 3 dc to make it smooth)
Enjoy!
