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Crocheting Flowers

February 21st, 2010 by monnibo | Crochet, FO, Personal

A few months ago, Sara (aka wenchlette) asked us if we’d make flowers for her wedding bouquet in the summer. Sara has asked the flowers to be purple or teal and prefers natural fibres. Of course we all whole-heartedly agreed. We thought it was a fantastic idea! Janel is on leaves (click for her Ravelry project) and last night I whipped out the Cascade 220 I had leftover from my sister’s toque.

See my Ravelry project page for details.

Yarn: Cascade 220, 100% wool, Italian Plum (purple)
Hook: H hook (5.00 mm)
Pattern: none, but I watched this “how to” video


Here’s a close-up of the general design of the five-petal crochet flower.


This is one of two “wrong” flowers. I was inserting the hook into only the back of the stitch for the petals. This created sort of a circle around the center.


These are a couple variations I tried. I’m not impressed with the two-toned one, although it has the potential to be very eye-catching (in different colours).

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7 responses about “Crocheting Flowers”

  1. Ruth said:
    February 21st, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    How fun! I can’t wait to see how all these leaves and flowers get used. I’m sure there will be wedding photos here,….right?

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    monnibo Reply:
    February 21st, 2010 at 11:31 pm

    I think the wedding is a small affair, but hopefully Sarah will post some photos.

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  2. Anita said:
    February 21st, 2010 at 8:22 pm

    Really cute! What a great idea. :)

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  3. Channon said:
    February 22nd, 2010 at 7:23 am

    What a treasure! I love that idea.

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  4. Bubblesknits said:
    February 22nd, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    What a neat idea!

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  5. Crochet Success!! - Monniblog - monnibo + blog = monniblog said:
    April 26th, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    [...] Then I grabbed some pink yarn — My Strawberry Cheesecake from When Sheep Dream which I won in the Hot Cocoa Swap (round 2) for my Marshmallow Diver. I crocheted the flower from the same pattern as wenchlette’s wedding flowers. [...]

  6. Alarm System : said:
    October 30th, 2010 at 12:45 pm

    Roses are still the best wedding flowers and also those Catleya orchids ..

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