100 flower scarf pattern

Thank you to everyone who took the time to post a comment about the 100 flower scarf. I was just amazed at the response and thrilled to win a prize ( who doesn't like to win something especially a new book!) . Quite a few people asked for the pattern so i have put together a quick "How to" . It really is a simple flower...lots of them...then sewn together in whatever manner pleases your aesthetic sensibilities. A great way to use up little bits of wool  and an easy way to fill in a few minutes here and there during the day. Use them as a trim or make up a bunch for a happy flower pin....incidentally my scarf only uses 74 flowers but you can use as many or as few as you care to make. As far as wool types/ply goes - different plys will obviously give you different size flowers. The same applies to different fibre types. If you want a very regular , uniform look , try to stick to similar weights. I think that a scarf made up of all different weights and types would look kind of like a crazy patchwork ...fun, fun ,fun(please let me know if there are any mistakes/obvious steps left out!) Note: Instructions are British/European so for US/Canadian use sc for my dc and dc for my tr.

Little flower

special abbreviation: Tr2tog= work 1 tr into each of next 2dc until one loop of each remains on hook, yo and through all 3 loops on hook.
have fun!

Make 6ch , sl st into 1st ch to form ring or see photo for making an adjustable ring which works beautifully - I use this start on everything requiring a ring of chains to begin- no more holey center's!

image 1 - dc worked onto adjustable base ring
image 2 -completed ring of 15 dc
image three - flower with two petals

2nd round: [3ch, Tr2tog ( see spec abbrv above) over next 2 dc, 3ch, sl st into next dc] 5 times placing last sl st into last dc of previous round.
Fasten off.

image 4- forming third petal.
image 5- finished flower.

Arrange flowers and stitch together to form scarf.
I stitched the flowers together in pairs and then stitched all of the pairs together, with each pair off center to give the scarf a wavy look. I used sewing thread - you could use the tails of the flowers if you wish or thicker embroidery thread if you want the joining stitches to be a feature.

Add fringe/pom poms/etc if you want and then send me a photo! I'd love to see any results!

Comments

[Jo]

Hi Marianne
I haven't had the crochet hook out for about, ooohh, 20 years since my grandmother first taught me. But I can see one of those scarfs in a mini version on my girls, so I am going to add it to my list of things to do,as soon as I can remember how to crochet again !!!

[Belinda Andresson]

Thanks for the how to, I must admit I've never crochet. But I would like to give it a go one day. I thinking a quite a few in the same colour stitch across the front of a clutch would be really cute!!

[Jes]

Hi, I noticed you don't have a "add my feed" link, on your blog like many typepad blogs have. Does that mean your blog doesn't have an RSS feed?

I would love to know what it is, so that I can add it to my daily feed list of craft blogs I read. I don't use typepad - I'm a livejournal.com person. :) We can add blogs to our lists, as long as they provide us the feed URL.

[Anastasia]

This looks do-able and its oh so pretty
Thanks for all the detailed instructions..

[Lisa W.]

thank you thank you thank you! I have been searching the internet and bugging my friends for how to make these flowers. Best wishes from Los Angeles.

[Jen]

You sent me this tutorial afew months ago and i started on it last night. You're right - the flowers ARE really easy to make, as soon as I got the hang of it! thanks so much for sharing this, and when I get it done, i'll be sure to send you a photo! Do you have photos of any other scarves like this that you've made? I love the rainbow one, but hmm... i wonder what other colour combinations I could use!? need some inspirations!

[preeety]

Hi,
I tried your way, and got another flower altogether. It looks like a clover, only with 5 petals. Then I tried another way and got closer to the results you show. I don`t know if its the yarn (i used regular crochet yarn for 1.7 mm hook) or I got something wrong. Anyway, I tried it like this:
Round 1: same
Round 2: (3 ch, your Tr2tog, 2 ch, sc) 5 times. It got me closer...
Don`t know if will help, but thought u might like the feedback...
Lovely flower, btw...

[tessa]

i stumbled upon you site via your 100 flower scarf...which i LOVE! it just may be the final straw to get me learning how to crochet at last. thank you! also, i think your illustrations are fantastic!

[Arnold]

I dont make scarfs...But love flowers. And one thing I would definataly do is, I will ask my wife to go through these 100 scarf flower patterns. As flowers are the one of the beautiful creatures by god & I love to see more & more flowers in front of me.

[Eizzzzaaa]

I only got 56 flowers!!! oh well great scarf though :)

[Melanie]

How did you sew the flowers together? What thread did you use so it didn't show? I know that you are busy packing and moving, but if you could drop me a line with that info that would be great. I'm making this scarf for a Christmas present. My email is melanie@thoseposells.com

[Alex]

I have started to make this and have figured out a way to keep the sewing minimal.

I don't use the method to start the flower as described, I use the chain method and while I am working my sc's in the first row I crochet OVER the loose thread. This way I don't have to sew that one in. Then to connect the flowers I have been crocheting them together.

While the loop from the TR2tog is still on my hook I put the flowers I want to connect wrong sides facing and then slip stitch in the top of the TR2tog on the joining flower. No sewing them together! There is only one thread that I have to sew in for each flower.

I will say that I am 29 and have been crocheting for 15 years and this is by far one of the most beautiful patterns I have seen! Just stunning!

Thank you!

Alex

[Tilia Linden]

I got the same problem as preeety, it's a 5 leaf clover following your pattern. The cause of it is that the 3 chains create a loop. Perhaps 2 chains would be better.

I love the design though. I hope I can find a way to make it look as your flowers.

[Philippine Flowers]

Hi Marianne,
It seems your post really cool. i love crochet ever since. this is one of my hobby. thanks for sharing how to stitched a flowers. i will try this new design for a change. keep it up!

-khatie-