A world filled with flowers is a beauty to behold!
I have been making shawls and blankets of late. Occasionally I have added a few bandana cowls to mix it up, but I needed a break from the blanket I have been working on.
On looking around the room where I store my yarns, I viewed the mountain of what I would consider scrap yarns and decided I should make a bag out of scraps.
The bag on completion really needed a flower. This little flower is the result!
This has a raised centre for that 3D look.
US terms are used for this pattern:
Materials: (scrap yarn).
Flower Centre: Chunky weight.
Petals: Aran weight for the inner petal and Dk weight for the edge.
Abbreviations:
Sc - Single Crochet
Dc- Double Crochet
Dtr- Double Treble
St- Stitch
Yo - Yarn Over
Slst- Slip Stitch
Notes:
Numbers in Red Italic represent the corresponding photograph.
Numbers at the end of the rows represent the stitch counts.
Flower Centre
Round 1:[1]Wrap the yarn around your finger 10 times. Remove the circle of yarn from your finger, keep the circle intact. [2]Insert your hook through the centre of the yarn circle. [3] Yo and pull up a loop. Yo and draw through both loops (doesn’t count as a St). [4]Work 12Sc into the circle. Slst to the first Sc to close the round. Cut yarn and fasten off. Leave a long tail for sewing the flower on. [12Sc]
Petals
Round 2: Turn the work over. Attach a different colour yarn with a Slst into any Sc.[5][Ch5 (counts as a Dtr).[6]Work 3Dtr into the same St as Ch5. [7] Ch5, Slst back into the same St. Slst across 2 Sc]x6 omitting one Slst in last rep. [8]Fasten off and cut yarn. Leave a long tail for sewing the flower on. [30Dtr]
Round 3:[9]Attach a different colour yarn with a Slst into any Slst between Petals on Round1. [10] [Ch5. Sc into the first Dtr of Round 2. [11] [2 Dc into next St]x2. [12]Ch5. Slst into next Slst of Round 1]x6. Fasten off and cut yarn. [12Sc, 24 Dc, 12 Ch5 lengths]
Sew on to your project using the long tails.
The Stem:
I usually use surface slip stitch for most items like this, but this time I wanted it to really stand out. This stem is sewn on.
I used the same Chunky yarn that was used for the centre of the flower.
Steps to making a flower stem.
Direction of work.
[1]Ch20. [2]Slst into the 12th Ch from the Hk. Ch12.[3] Slst back into the same 12th Ch.[4] Slst to the top of the Sp between the 2 Loops. [5]Ch10. Cut yarn and Fasten off. Leave a long tail to sew the stem on. Sew on.
Now to the boring stuff!
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