During the Christmas break I've been playing around making crochet flowers in grey wool with just a touch of bright colour. Crochet flowers are pretty addictive to make, so I've made a selection and tried out some different ideas. 

This is my favourite, a Roll up Rose with a simple over sewn edging.

The pattern I had was one I'd printed out years ago so I have no idea where it's from (If it's yours let me know, I'd be happy to credit/link of course) so here it is:

Rolled Rose Crochet Pattern - UK Version

• tc - treble crochet

• ch - chain

Leaving a decent length end for sewing up, chain 57.

Row 1: (tc, ch 2, tc) in sixth ch from hook (5 skipped chs count as first tc plus ch 2),*ch 2, skip next 2 chs, (tc, ch 2, tc) in next ch; repeat from * across: 36 sps.

Row 2: Ch 3, turn; 5 tc in next space, sl st in next space, (6 tc in next space, sl st in next space) 5 times, (9 tc in next space, sl st in next space) 5 times, (12 tc in next space, sl st in next space) 7 times;

Rolled Rose Crochet Pattern - US version

• dc - double crochet

• ch - chain

Leaving a decent length end for sewing up, chain 57.

Row 1: (dc, ch 2, dc) in sixth ch from hook (5 skipped chs count as first dc plus ch 2),*ch 2, skip next 2 chs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch; repeat from * across: 36 sps.

Row 2: Ch 3, turn; 5 dc in next space, sc in next space, (6 dc in next space, sc in next space) 5 times, (9 dc in next space, sc in next space) 5 times, (12 dc in next space, sc in next space) 7 times;

(I ended up with an extra space at the end when I finished, I don't know if that's right or not but no matter, it's all good)

Take a length of nice bright pink and over sew all along the scalloped edge. Be really careful not to pull the wool too tight or it disappears into the crocheted stitch. (It kind of reminds me of bakers twine.)

Then roll up the petals from the small scallop end, sewing it up at the base as you go. 

Update: 

Whoop whoop, I've finally done this again and taken photos as I go, so here you can find a more detailed tutorial of how to do this Baker’s Twine effect edging.

The next Layered Flower is a pattern from Mollie Makes Magazine:

Download the pattern from gathered.com, this is a UK pattern so if you are used to US terminology just do dc where it says tr.

Instead of changing colour with each round I did rows 1,2 & 3 in grey, rows 4 & 5 in yellow then row 6 in grey again.

The big yellow button was a perfect fit and was just an old one from my button box, this is what it looked like before.

This next one was the Small Flower also from the same Mollie Makes but I can’t seem to find it now they’ve moved to the Gathered site. You’ll get almost the exact same effect if you just work the first 2 rounds of the layered flower above.

I added the little silver button as it felt a bit plain without.

This Picot Flower is another old favourite of mine.

The pattern for this is from SkaMama, you can find it here. This is a US pattern so UK people have to convert it (this is such a nuisance, why on earth do we have different terminology?)

I used pink as A and grey as B.

This last Simple Flower is one I made up as I went along!

Here's the pattern:

Simple Crochet Flower free pattern

UK Version:

Chain 4, sl st into first chain to make a circle.

Row 1: chain 2 (forms 1st dc) dc 11 times into the circle, sl st into top of chain 2 to join.

Row 2: *chain 4, sl st into 2nd stitch along circle, rep from * till 6 4 chain loops are made and you are back at the beginning.

Row 3: working into 1st 4 chain space, 1dc, 1 htr, 1 tr, 1 dtr, 1 tr, 1 htr, 1dc. Rep for all 6 chain spaces.

Then blanket stitch in a contrast colour around the edge.

US version:

Chain 4, sl st into first chain to make a circle.

Row 1: chain 2 (forms 1st sc) sc 11 times into the circle, sl st into top of chain 2 to join.

Row 2: *chain 4, sl st into 2nd stitch along circle, rep from * till 6 4 chain loops are made and you are back at the beginning.

Row 3: working into 1st 4 chain space, 1sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1sc. Rep for all 6 chain spaces.

Then blanket stitch in a contrast colour around the edge.

Better with a bright little button to finish I think!

I've attached a pin to the wrapped rose so it's now a corsage type thing, the others may also get pins, or I might sew them onto a bag/hat/scarf. I'm not sure yet but they were fun (and quick) to make. 

Julie

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