I've purchased ristras of chile peppers before but they never seem to last too long and I think they attract bugs. The obvious solution is to knit one.

Actually these are for a hat pattern I'm working on but I plan to include instructions for the ristra. I need to make a few more of these because this one really looks adorable in my kitchen. I included a few green chiles among the red ones.

I'll show you the hat pattern tomorrow if I can get decent photos.