flower power...

Every year, at the beginning of December, my parents would take my sister, brothers and I into town to see the David Jones Christmas windows. For me it always marked the start of the Christmas season....on Saturday evening, we decided to take Rose and Charlotte into the city for their first look at the windows. I'm not sure who was the most excited: the girls or myself! This year the windows are based on well loved Christmas carols acted out by a host of marionettes. Above each scene is Santa, holding the strings "making" the puppets work. My favourite was the Twelve days of Christmas window with the beautiful pear tree, complete with partridge and two very chic looking "French" hens!  Afterwards we stopped for gelato as a special treat to round off the evening. Definitely the start of a family ritual.....

Now that I have moved into a Christmas frame of mind I have started ( amongst all of other on-the-go projects) to think about what I might make for various family and friends.
One of my gift ideas calls for some crocheted flowers so I have started trialling a few different styles. After the response to the 100 flower scarf pattern ( I have seen some of the results here and there- so lovely to see) I thought that I may as well pop up the patterns as I go for anyone who might want to use them.

Here is crochet flower # 1...the basic five petal flower....( I have used an 8 ply wool and 3.50mm or size 9 hook)

#1 Five petal flower

To begin: Chain 5 and join with Sal st to first chain to form ring. ( if you prefer use the base adjustable ring method which results in a perfect centre every time...I use it for everything now...)

Round 1: Ch 2 ( counts as 1 dc) and work 14 dc into the ring, sl st to beginning chain.

Round 2: *Ch 4, skip 2 dc, sl st into next dc: repeat from * 4 more times ending in last stitch in base of beginning chain.

Round 3: in each Ch 4 space work 1dc, 4 tr ,1 db tr, 4 tr, 1 dc: join with a sl st to first dc.

End yarn, leaving a tail for stitching or joining if desired.

(Note: Instructions are British/European so for US/Canadian use sc for my dc and dc for my tr.)

The great thing about this flower is that you can stop after the second round and have a small very basic flower like the blue one on the left...I have used these on hairclips (and I'm sure that there will be few of those in Christmas stockings this year!)

The pink flower on the right is made in a Manos Del Uruguay Handspun Semi Solid kettle dyed yarn, one of my favourites( you should see the colours!) with a slight variation in round 3: into each 4 ch space I have worked 1 dc, 9 tr, 1 dc to give a more rounded petal shape.It had been worked on the same size hook so it is only the wool that makes the difference in size.

Calendar update.....almost there with my special dates pages and my April pages for the other calendar should start arriving at their new homes this week....hope you all like them!

Note added 27/11/2010 - there is now a very tedious and not very well shot video tutorial of this here

 

Comments

[Alex]

That's fantastic, Marianne!!!
Your photos are fabulous.
I am sure you made many girls very happy with this tutorial.

[Sandrine (alias Didine ♥ )]

It is sooooooooooooooooo great :) Thank you so much :) Tons of smooches from Belgium

[Jo]

We took the girls into the Myer windows in Melbourne on Sunday. The queue went forever and we ditched it and went to see Santa at David Jones instead. We might get back before Christmas and have another go. Maybe at 7.30 in the morning when they start. Who am I kidding? We struggled to get in there by 11.00am.

[gkgirl]

i so wish i could figure out the
mystery of crochet...i tried a couple
of times but just can't seem to
grasp it...i can do the first row
but from then on...i'm lost...

if i can't figure it out before
january, i'm taking a community college
class on it...

and those flowers will be my inspiration.

[gracia]

It's here! It's here!
April has arrived and it is wonderful! From contents to envelope.
The postie slid it under the door today so as not to crease it. It arrived arm in arm with Paula's page for December. Three received, it's looking great.
LOVE. LOVE. LOVE IT.
see you, gracia

[melissa]

oh, how i wish I could crochet. You're very kind to write out those directions, I've always loved that flower scarf of yours. One of these days I WILL try making one!

[Kate]

Love the flowers. Thanks so much for the tutorial.

[Regina]

so pretty! THanks for the instructions!

[Tiel S-K]

Marianne, you should have a look at Prudence Mapstones's work. I think I have a link on my site. Great crochet work.

[counting mermaids]

I saw the DJs windows this week. The santas kind of freaked me out.

[Anastasia]

we're off to David Jones on Sunday - I love their christmas window display.
Thanks for the flower pattern - crochet flowers are adorable, Ive recently made some crochet flower headbands for friends girls since I have no girls of my own heehee

[Ruth]

The crochet flowers are just so cute. I'm trying very hard to resist the temptation...

[Leah Adams]

Your flowers inspired me, and now, three months later, I've finished my first flower. I asked for a book on crochet for Christmas just so I could learn how to make your flowers. As it turns out, the book had some crocheted flowers as well, but yours were nicer. One glitch: the petals of my flower curl up. Any ideas what I've done wrong? Should I add an extra chain stitch in Round 3 in between each ch4 loop?

[preeety]

Thanks for posting it. It`s very nice, and I got it right the first time! Yeay...

[Eve]

Anyone know where online I can find out how to db tr? I love the point the flower has because of the db tr. My small flower, the one with only 2 rows doens't look as good but that may be my tension.

[Eve]

I posted above but it have someone elses info and contact info. Just FYI the comment section seems to have a bug.

[William Xie]

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[jdfh]

Hello people!F

[courtney]

your flowers are beautiful! thx 4 sharing! :-)

[theverycold]

question question! for round three with all the dc, tr, and db tr - do we need to make the turning chains?

[iHanna]

They are so pretty! thanks for sharing!

[Pam]

Thank you for a great pattern and easy to follow directions. I haven't crocheted much just edgings on my knitting. You helped me kick it up a notch. I added my flower to a baby hat for a shower gift.

[Regina]

They are wonderful, thanks for sharing the pattern! Will grab my needle, some wool and... sigh looking at the flower scarves I saw at FlickR ;-)

[shay]

this is a really cool flower. im making a pouch to put all my hooks in but instead of beads im putting these flowers!
cya

[Lil_Birdie]

Awesome pattern , thanks :)
(used it to make some flowers to decorate a basket , they came out great )

[dhivya]

bueatyful

[D]

Love it! i wish i could do that. i just need to know what sc in sc means. its very confusing. Your flower is awesome

[welli desings]

great template

[Wren]

I love this flower. I started crochetting last week and find that having a step by step picture still really helps.
I have done several different flowers but have decided to use this one to make a poncho/shawl out of. Similar idea to your 100 flower scarf.
I don't know how many flowers it is going to take, but I'm up for the challenge. I'm going to use a bunch of the (unfinished) 2 round versions of this flower as well to connect them all together. I'll send a picture when I am done :) (may be awhile. 2 flowers down, a zillion to go...)

I have also found that I really like the effect of doing the first round with a single crochet instead of double. It makes it a bit more holey and lacy looking in the center.

[indi]

thank you... my mother like it very much...

[Mo'amenah AL-Qdah]

momo

[Mo'amenah AL-Qdah]

sooooooooooooooo beautiful I like it so much

[Karen]

I hope to try this for my cards - It will be my first crocheting! Thanks for sharing!

[sally]

Great pattern!!!! I love the flower. I am making a flower scarf.
Thanks, Sally
Castaic, CA USA

[shehnaz]

it is so beutiful & used to decorate koties .

[mooney]

Thank you very much for your kindness
that you taught me how to do a beautiful flower.

[Conniecrafter]

Beautiful flowers, thank you so much for sharing the instructions!

[Ineke van den Akker]

Thank you for showing this to me,

Ineke

[Send Flowers to Philippines]

Wow this is adorable flowers.I like to attached it in my dress as design.

-Ashley

[boutique de laine]

I saw them often on the beret or scarf.babies are very worthy.looks very good :)

[Philippine Flower Shop]

I am really proud those people that can do things like this.This is not really easy but they do it in a creative way.How i wish i do crochet.I tried many time before but i can't do anything.Since you shared this tutorial,i will try it again.

-Ashley

[Flowers in the Philippines]

Marianne, you did a nice entry. here. i like those crocheted flowers.thanks for sharing those tips. I know i little bit of that.but i want to learn more..i wish i could make my own crocheted flowers. keep it up!

-khatie-

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I just came across your blog, and I love it. Thank you so much.

[Natalie]

Lol, I just read that you are using British instructions, and I tried dc-ing all these itty bitty things. You should see my flower, it's hilarious. Thanks for the instructions. : )

[Maye]

awww... i just cant get it ive tried all day im new at this but i really want to know how to do the base adjustable ring method can someone help?? just give me the link to a video or something please

[florist Philippines]

I really love christmas,lets give love on christmas day.Love to receive lots of flower.

~Ashley

[nadia]

excelent where can iget acrochte book simple one

[Rebecca Koch]

I like this pattern but didn't know how to work the stitch db tr. I would like to know how to do this stitch. Thank you, Bek

[raajia]

your flowers It`s very nice!
Thank you so much for sharing the pattern!
Great crochet work.

[Term Papers]

Its very attractive artificial petal flower's, I am very thankful to you. There is much important information about that how to make this flower I like it so much.

[megan v]

Wow these are sooo cute!!! I am totally going to make some!!!!

[Flowers Delivery]

A real helpful blog like this is an exceptionally cool helping resource for a needy information seeker like me! Thank a lot...

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[sarah]

hey there I'm a little confused what does db tr stand for?

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[janie]

This look beautiful ! Thank you for the tutorial it really helped my knitting skills develop :)

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[Jonathan O.]

That's so cool. Nice step by step guide.

[Jackie]

I love this flower pattern.Thank you so much for the tutorial!!

[Jackie]

I love this pattern! thank you :) Ive made a lot of stuff with it!! ;)

[d]

in round three, the instructions include "1 db tr", but what exactly is that?? thank you!

[Cindy]

Hello!

You've crocheted a beautiful flower, and I thank you for the instructions, but would it be possible for you to post a quick video of it being done? I keep messing up on the petals, and I can't figure out why. Thank you so much!

[Donna]

nice knitting skills :)

[Deb Page]

Hi Marianne
new to your site - love the flowers!
thanks
Deb

[Alleigh Westcott]

I loved this pattern, and this was a great tutorial. I made the initial chain loose, and now the flower slips easily through a button on the hat that I've made, so I can make multiple flowers to be able to change them! Thanks!

[Angie Jones]

I found this pattern on Pinterest. Thank you for these adorable and easy flowers! I just made some and attached them to hair clips for my friend's daughter's 6th birthday this weekend. I hope she likes them! :-)

[mariannealice]

Glad that you enjoyed the pattern! I've must have made hundreds of those little flowers over the years!