Flower Power

I run a Crochet social here at my home studio, a sort of crochet collective. Not quite a class and not quite a social gathering. The ladies that come along have all graduated from my beginners crochet class and now have the basic skills, and so we share projects, knowledge and crochet collectively. We take on a projects together and they get the benefit of my knowledge to help their skills improve.

The last project we took on was a basic tea cosy, which we will then decorate with embellishments of our choice. As a couple of us are using crochet flowers to decorate them, I thought I’d share with you the basic patterns I produced for the group.

Simple Flower pattern

You will need:

small amounts if DK yarn in yellow and petal colour

3mm hook

darning needle

Abbreviations:

ch – chain

MR – magic ring

dc – double crochet

htr – half treble

tr treble

ss – slip stitch

st – stitch

FO – fasten

WS – wrong side

RS – Right side

Instructions:

1. Start with yellow. Use an MR or 2ch to start, work 6 dc into ring or 2^nd ch from hook. Pull ring tight
2. Work 2 dc in each st from previous round (12)
3. (1dc, 3 ch, 1dc) repeat to end . FO (6 3ch loops)
4. Join petal colour to any 3 ch loop. In each ch loop work (1dc,1htr,1tr,1htr,1dc) ss to st between. FO and weave in ends.

Multi-layer Crochet Flower

You will need:

Small amount of DK yarn in yellow and three other colours.

3mm crochet hook

darning needle

Abbreviations:

ch – chain

MR – magic ring

dc – double crochet

htr – half treble

tr – treble

dtr – double treble

ss – slip stitch

st – stitch

FO – fasten

RS – right side

WS – wrong side

Instructions:

1. With yellow yarn. Start with a MR or 2 ch. Work 6 dc into MR or second chain from hook.
2. Work 2dc in each stitch from previous round. FO yellow
3. Join first petal colour to any dc from previous round.

Petals are worked over three st’s as follows:

4. (4 ch, 1 dtr, 1 tr into same st, 2 tr into next st, 1 tr, 1 dtr I next st, 4ch and ss to same st) repeat three more times. Ss to beginning ch. FO

You work the next round on the WS of your work. Turn the flower over and join your second petal colour to the space between 2 petals from the previous round.

1. Ch 5 , ss to space between next to petals. Repeat all round. Ss to first ch (4 x 5ch loops made)
2. Turn work to RS. ss into first 5ch loop and work 4ch, 2dtr, 5 tr, 2dtr, all into 5ch loop, ch 4 and ss into 5ch loop. Ss to next chain loop and repeat to end. FO.

Turn work to WS and attach 3^rd petal colour to any space between petals from previous round.

1. Ch 7, ss to space between next to petals. Repeat all round (4 x 7ch loops)
2. Turn work to RS. Ss into first 7ch loop. (Work 4 ch, 3 dtr, 7 tr, 3dtr 4ch ss into loop, ss into next loop) repeat all round FO.

Weave in ends.

And if you want to add a leaf to your flower…

Crochet Leaf pattern

You will need:

Small amount of DK yarn in green

3mm Hook

darning neede

Abbreviations:

ch – chain

dc – double crochet

htr – half treble

tr treble

ss – slip stitch

st – stitchFO – fasten

FO – fasten

Instructions:

1. Ch 9, dc in 2^nd ch from hook, 1htr,4 tr, 1htr, 1dc.
2. Ch1 and work down other side of chain, 1dc,1htr,4tr,1htr,1dc,ss to end FO.