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Friday, July 2, 2010

Flowers [crochet]

These can be made with any weight and any hook size you wish.


Pictures to come...


Simple Flower

Chain 2

Round 1: Sc 5 in second chain from hook.

Round 2: (sc, hdc, dc, hdc, sc) in each sc.

Fasten off.


Round Petal Flower

Ch 2

Round 1: Sc 8 in second ch from hook.

Round 2: (sl 1, ch 2, dc 2, ch) in each sc.

Fasten off.


Layered Flower

[Petal sequence: sc 1, hdc 2, dc 1,tr 1, dc 1, hdc 2, sc 1]

Ch 4, link ends to form a loop.

Round 1: work in 7 sc. Join, ch 1.

Round 2: Hdc 2 in each sc. Join, ch 1.

Round 3: (sc in first st, ch 3, sk one st) all the way around. Join.

Round 4: One petal sequence in each ch 3 loop.

Round 5: (Sl in back of sc of round 3, ch 4) all the way around.

Round 6: One petal sequence in each ch 4 loop.

Round 7: (Sl in back of sc of round 5, ch 5) all the way around.

Round 8: One petal sequence in each ch 5 loop, but this time double the number of dcs in each petal. Join, tie off.


Notes

a You can add as many petals as you desire. Simply add more or fewer single crochets in round #1 of your flower.

a If it looks like a flower, it is a flower.

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