Lil' Cute Crochet Flower

I woke up thinking about flowers this morning and just had to make something. Yes, I have been up since 7am making flower patterns (hey, don't judge me). That just goes to show you how much I was really thinking about flowers. I'll be posting more flower patterns this weekend. Well anyway, here's one of the patterns. Hope you enjoy it!



Printable Version


Materials:
You can use whatever yarn (use 3 different colors) and size hook you like. Here is what I used:
Aunt Lydia's Fashion Size 3 Crochet Thread
Size 0/3.25MM hook
Tapestry needle

With 1st color start with magic ring
Rnd 1: ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), dc 11 in ring, slst to top on ch 3, tighten ring, fasten off

Rnd 2: Join 2nd color with slst, ch 1, sc 2 in same st, sc 2 in each st around, join with slst to 1st sc, fasten off

Rnd 3: Join 3rd color with slst, *skip 1 st, dc 5 in next st, skip 1 st, slst in next st: repeat from * around, join with slst to 1st slst, fasten off, weave in ends

Enjoy!!!
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**You may sell items made from this pattern. Please do not sell or copy this pattern or any part of this pattern.

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Crochet Flower Ring Tutorial

Hey Divas! Okay, so I decided to take a break from making earrings for a second and decided to make a ring. This is what I came up with and since this is my first real pattern I decided to share it (so bear with me). :-)

Printable Version

Materials:
Aunt Lydia's Size 3 Fashion Thread (I used colors Tangerine and Warm Teal)
Size 0/3.25MM crochet hook
Tapestry needle
Small beads of choice
Needle and Thread
Permanent fabric bond (optional)

Special Stitch:
Picot-3: ch 3, slst in 3rd ch from hk

Flower:
Rnd 1: Start with magic ring, ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc 19 into ring, slst to top of ch 3 (make sure to tighten your magic ring). Fasten off.
Rnd 2: Join new color with slst to any st. Ch 1, sc 1 in each st around, slst to first sc.
Rnd 3: Ch 1, **sc 1 in first st, sk next st, (dc 4, Picot-3, dc 4) in next st. Repeat from ** to end. Slst to first sc. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Ring Band:
ch 6
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hk and in each remaining chs
Row 2: ch 1, sc in each st.
Repeat Row 2 until band wraps perfectly around your desired finger. Fasten off leaving a 6 inch tail. Use the tail and tapestry needle to sew both ends of the band together. Weave in ends.

Assembly:
There are 2 different ways to do this part. I'll start with the way that I chose to do.

Option 1:
Sew beads onto flower making sure that you tie a knot around each bead to lock it in place. Use a small amount of  permanent fabric bond to glue the flower to the ring band. To keep this step from getting messy I poured some glue onto a paper plate and I used a foam brush to brush the glue on. Let the ring dry according to the directions on the permanent glue bond. (I chose this method because I did not want any thread to be seen. You may choose option 2 if you do not have any permanent fabric bond.)

Foam Brush

Option 2:
Sew the flower and the beads on at the same time making sure that you tie a knot around each bead to lock it in place.

This is what it should look like once assembled.

Enjoy!!!
Please comment below.

**You may sell items made from this pattern. Please do not sell or copy this pattern or any part of this pattern.

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