Hello friends! I've been fond of these 3D little crochet flowers featured on MyPicot.com ever since I discovered the site, but never had the guts to learn how to crochet and incorporate them in any design. Having a combination of baby yarn at hand, I decided that this is the time to put my own spin on this, and so I came up with this baby blanket project.
Level: Intermediate
Materials
- Yarn: Alize, Sekerim, Mini Colors, (100% Acrylic), 100 g/ 3.52 oz, 320 m/ 350 yards, color 6263: 2 skeins (A). Alize, Baby Best, (90% Acrylic, 10% Bamboo), 100 g/ 3.52 oz, 240 m/ 262 yds, color Blue 185: 2 skeins (B), color Pink 189: 2 skeins (C).
- Crochet Hook: 4 mm/ US G-6.
- Tapestry needle
Measurements: 77.5 x 77.5 cm/ 30.5" x 30.5" approx.
- Yarn (A): 20 sts and 13 rows = 4"x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) in double crochet stitch.
- Yarn (B) and (C): 20 sts and 10 rows = 4"x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) in double crochet stitch.
- ch: chain.
- ss: slip stitch.
- sc: single stitch.
- dc: double crochet.
- cps: crochet puff stitch.
- dc2tog: double crochet 2 together.
Notes
- Ch 3 at the beginning of rows counts as tr.
- Don't cut yarn (A) when working with yarn (B) or (C), you can hide it later when crocheting the edge rounds.
- Yarn (B) and (C) are used alternately.
- The pattern of crochet puff stitch and flower tutorials are at the bottom of the post.
Instructions:
With yarn (A) work next four rows:
Row 7: (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc 6 times, dc 3 in ch 2 space, skip flower sts, dc 2 in next ch 2 space, dc in dc 7 times, (dc, tr) in last st, turn. (23 sts)
Rows 8 to 10: repeat row 2. (32 sts)
General pattern (increase rows):
Rows 4 to 6 : (ch 3, dc 2) in first st, dc in dc to last st, (dc, tr) in last st, turn.
General pattern (decrease rows):
With yarn (A) work next four rows:
Rows 2 to 4: (ch 3, dc 2) together, dc in dc to last 2 sts, dc2tog, turn.
Repeat this (6 rows pattern) 9 times, or until 14 sts are left.
Last decrease rows:
Rows 2 and 3: (ch 3, dc 2) together, dc in dc to last 2 sts, dc2tog, turn. (5 sts)
Weave in loose ends.
Edging:
Crochet Puff Stitch (cps):
- Yarn over, insert hook around the dc post (or where it is placed in the pattern), yarn over again and draw through. (3 loops on the hook)
- Repeat step 1 two more times.(7 loops on the hook)
- Yarn over and pull through 6 loops.
- Yarn over and pull through the remaining 3 loops on the hook.
Flower pattern:
Flower pattern is worked in yarn (B) and (C) stripes only. The place of the flower is mentioned in the general pattern (check please):
1. ch 3, make 1 cps around the the second dc post, ch 3, ss around the same dc.
6. Bring the ch on hook to back through the flower center.
7. Follow the rest of instructions.
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