So I have had a very productive week, crochet-wise. I spent most of the past two days making these flowers ...
from a pattern I came up with myself, which I'd like to share here. I'll be posting a tutorial later for how to turn these into hexagons if you want to make a bigger project like a blanket, or bag or something.
Remember this sad stash?
Well, now its finally gone. Between my current obsession with creating my own crazy yarn
(inspired by this scene from The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy where Arthur upchucks the stuff up), making these flowers and then turning some of them into hexagons, I have hardly any scrap yarn left!
And that suits me fine.
Except, its worrying that I now need to buy MORE so I can create more crazy yarn to feed my sick obsession!
Okay, tutorial time...
Simple 3 Round Flower motif
Designed by Uche Eronini (I can't get over how good it feels to type that!)
Hook : 3.5mm
Gauge is not important
Notes:
- To work a magic ring, loop yarn over index finger loosely twice. Insert hook between finger and yarn, yo and pull through(magic ring made). Remove finger and chain 3 or desired length of starting chain. If I have not explained this well, I apologise. You should just go see this video to make it clear (I did!)
- This is written in American crochet terminology, and you can find an excellent conversion here
Round 1: Ch-3, work 17dc into magic ring, sl st to join in 3rd chain of beginning ch-3. Gently pull tail tight to close center of ring (18dc)
Round 2: Ch-3 in same st as join, *skip 2dc, sl st in next dc, ch-3*, repeat from * to * around, ending with a sl st in beginning st (6 ch-3 loops)
Round 3: *sl st into next ch-3 space, ch-1, , sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc* in ch-3 space, repeat from * to * in each ch-3 space around, ending with a sl st in beginning ch-1 (6 petals)
End off. Weave in ends.
Its that simple!
Hope your little blooms bring you as much joy as mine have!
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