Flowers and crochet, that magic combination again.

Back in August I shared this gift wrap idea using crocheted flowers that I'd done for a wedding present for one of the weddings in our "Summer of Weddings" 

Using the flowers for the gift wrap was a slight detour project as I was actually working on this flower garland inspired by one from the lovely Anne Marie's HaakBlog and now finally I have found my way back to that and actually finished it.

These flowers are so quick and easy to make.

My yarn is DMC's Natura Just cotton, medium but you can make your flowers with any yarn, this is a great stashbuster.

The orange was a gift from DMC when I went to the CHSI stitches show back in February. I used it for the flower on the Crochet Heart Sachet I made too & I've still got quite a bit left.

• I used a 4mm crochet hook

• My flowers have come out 5.5cm in diameter, that's just over 2"

I made 4 flowers in each of 5 colours, so I had 20 altogether.

UK Version of the double flower pattern

Terms used in the pattern:

TRB: Treble Crochet

SS: Slip Stitch

Flower Pattern
Chain 5, join the first chain to the last with a slip stitch to form a ring
Row 1: * Chain 3, 2 TRB, chain 3, SS in the ring Repeat 4 more times from * so you have 5 petals
Row 2: Chain 3, SS in between the first 2 petals to form a short loop. Repeat 4 more times to form a circle of loops, ending where you began this row.
Row 3: Work from “ to “ all in the first loop “1 SS, chain 3, 3 TRB, 3 chain, SS”. Repeat for each loop making 5 more petals.

Push the 1st round of petals up through the hole in the middle, gentle pull them into place and arrange the petals nicely.

US Version of the double flower pattern

Terms used in the pattern:

DB: Double Crochet

SS: Slip Stitch

Flower Pattern
Chain 5, join the first chain to the last with a slip stitch to form a ring
Row 1: * Chain 3, 2 DB, chain 3, SS in the ring Repeat 4 more times from * so you have 5 petals
Row 2: Chain 3, SS in between the first 2 petals to form a short loop. Repeat 4 more times to form a circle of loops, ending where you began this row.
Row 3: Work from “ to “ all in the first loop “1 SS, chain 3, 3 DB, 3 chain, SS”. Repeat for each loop making 5 more petals.

Push the 1st round of petals up through the hole in the middle, gentle pull them into place and arrange the petals nicely.

Next I joined my flowers with a chain to form a garland.

Chained about 30cm (12") then started joining the flowers.

I just slip stitched through a stitch on the back of a petal, chain 2 then slip stitched the back of the next petal. I wasn't very scientific about this, hopefully this photo show what I mean.

I did 8 chain between each flower then repeated. Once all the flowers were joined I finished with another 30cm (12") chain for hanging. Joining them in this way just makes the flowers a little less likely to twist and slip around.

My finished garland measures just under 2m or about 76" 

You know what I learnt doing this? Long garlands are REALLY difficult to photograph!

While you are here do check out our other crochet flower ideas too:

These lovely little flowers could become brooches or hair clips, be added to a wreath, mug cozy or scented sachet, top a birthday card .... have I tempted you into have a go?

Julie

I'll be sharing over at these Link Parties