Tuesday 13 May 2014

Ditsy Crochet Flower Garland

I've got some odds and ends of various wools that really need to be used up so I made some super cute ditsy crochet flowers, I experimented and made a few larger ones
I chained a long string from 100% cotton and stitched on my flowers back to back, so that it didnt matter what way the garland was lying you'd still see a cute flower
For the moment its found a home on our fireplace :) 
Patterns
Mini Flowers
Make 4 chain, ss to 1st to join
*ch1, (dc, tr, dc, ch1, ss) all into loop* - repeat from * to * 4 more times to make 5 petals
fasten off
Pattern from this book here

Medium Flowers
Using 2 colours of yarn
Purple yarn - make a magic loop, ch1, 8sc into ring, pull end of magic loop to close and fasten off

white yarn - insert hook into back loop with a ss
*ch3, ss into back of each of these 3chs, ss into next sc* repeat from * to * 7 times making 8 petals
work into base ss between petals 1 and 2
*sc, ch3, ss into back of each of these 3chs to base ch* repeat from * to * 7 more times
ss to centre and fasten off
Pattern from this book here

Large Flowers
Make a magic loop
sc 10 into loop, ss into 1st sc, then pull closed
*ch10, ss into same sc, ss into next sc* repeat from * to * 9 more times
*ch10, ss into back loop of sc, ss into next back loop of sc* repeat from * to * 9 more times
ss into centre, fasten off
Pattern  - my own by playing around

1 comment:

  1. How bright and cheerful on such rainy wet days we are having.

    :)

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