Saturday, October 22, 2011

The Crochet Flower




This is a great flower you can make to attach to a simple knit hat (like the Knit Cap) or to a pin or clip to wear in your hair, or perfect a great outfit. Nothing tops an outfit like a big statement flower.

Supplies: 1/2 a skein of worsted weight yarn, G hook

Chain 4. Attach to the first ch with a sl st forming one small loop.
Foundation Row 1: 9 Sc into the center of the loop. Join with sl st.
Petal Row 1: (Ch 2. 3 Dc into next st. Ch 2 and sl st into next st) 5 times.
Foundation Row 2: (Sl st around base of center Dc of petal. Ch 3.) 5 times.
Petal Row 2: (Ch 2. 3 Dc into ch-space of previous row. Ch 2 and sl st into sl st of foundation row.) 5 times.
Foundation Row 3: (Ch 3. Sl st around the base of the center Dc of the petal. Ch 3. Sl st into sl st of previous row.) 5 times.
Petal Row 3: (Ch 2. 3 Dc into ch-space of foundation row. Ch 2. Sl st into sl st of previous row) 10 times.
Foundation Row 4: (Sl st around the base of the center Dc of the petal. Ch 3.) 10 times.
Petal Row 4: (Ch 2. 3 Dc into ch- space of foundation row. Ch 2. Sl st into sl st of previous row.) 10 times.

Cut and bind off. Hand sew this awesome flower onto a hat, hair clip, or pin and wear with style! Email me at SansLimitesCrochet@gmail.com with questions!

Happy Stitching!

2 comments:

cgarfield said...

Love this flower! You look so cute in these pictures. I am definitely making one today, thanks for sharing!

me, rachel said...

How do you "Sl st around base of center Dc of petal"? I'm fairly new to crochet (I'm a knitter mostly!), but I know how to slip stitch and double crochet and all that, I'm just unsure where to do said slip stitch. I tried putting it around the double crochet "stem" thingie in the petal, but I honestly can't figure out where to put the hook or which side the yarn should come from.

I'm sorry, I know I probably sound quite stupid and I'm sure it's quite easy, but I think it's such a beautiful big flower and I would love to figure it out, if you could help me.

Thanks so much!