Materials:
- Yarn of your choice. Cotton, acrylic will do.
- Colors: white, green, red, for flower pot yarn color of your choice. The consumption of yarn is small
My flower is crocheted from 200m / 50gr "Baby" yarn. The height of the flower is 13cm
- A crochet hook, I have 1,25 mm crochet hook
- Hollow fibre for stuffing
- A sewing needle, red threads for sewing
- A piece of cardboard or plastic for the bottom of the pot
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc - double crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in 1 st)
dec – decrease (single crochet two stitches together)
(...) x N times – repeat instructions in brackets N times
Flower pot
Work with any color
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) 6 inc (12)
3) (1 sc, inc)х 6 times (18)
4) (1 sc, inc, 1 sc)х 6times (24)
5) (inc, 3 sc)х 5 times, inc, 2 sc, 1 sl st (30)
Cut a circle from a cardboard or a dense plastic to the size of the part.
6) Into the back loops only: 30 sc
7) 30 sc
8) (2 sc, inc, 2 sc)х 6 times (36)
9) (5 sc, inc)х 6 times (42)
10) (3 sc, inc, 3 sc)х 6 times (48)
11-12) 48 sc
13) (3 sc, dec, 3 sc)х 6 times (42)
14) (5 sc, dec)х 6 times (36)
15) (2 sc, dec)х 6 times (30)
16) 30 sc
17) 29 sc, 1 sl st (30)
18) Into the front loops only: (1 sc, 1 ch)х 30 times (30+30 ch)
Fasten off, cut off.
Insert cardboard stand.
Leaves (make 4)
Work with green yarn.
1) 10 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 2 sc, 2 hdc, 3 dc, 1 hdc, in the last stitch: 3 sc, continue along the other side of chain: 1 hdc, 3 dc, 2 hdc, 2 sc
Fasten off, cut off.
Chamomile
Work with white yarn.
1) 7 sc in a Magic Ring
2) Into the front loops only: 7 inc (14)
3) (8 ch, starting from 2nd ch from hook: 7 sc, into the base of the flower: 2 sc)х 7 times
It turned out 7 petals
4) Further crochet each petal: 2 sc, 5 hdc, 4 hdc in 1 loop, continue along the other side of petal: 5 hdc, 2 sc, into the base of the flower: 2 sl st)
Fasten off, cut off.
Stem
Connect the green colour thread behind the flower to leaving back loops of the 2nd round.
1) 7 sc
2-14) 7 sc
15) attach the first leaf to the stem, work the loops of the leaf and stem together: 2 sc, continue: 5 sc (7)
16) 7 sc
17) 4 sc, attach the 2nd leaf to the stem, work the loops of the leaf and stem together: 2 sc, continue: 1 sc (7)
18) 7 sc
Change to black or brown colour yarn. Fasten off and cut off the green yarn.
Next, we will crochet a clod of earth. Stuff as you go.
19) Into the front loops only: 7 inc (14)
20) (inc, 1 sc)х 7 times (21)
Take a piece of wire, fold the wire in half. Insert the wire into the stem.
21) (1 sc, inc, 1 sc)х 7 times (28)
22) (3 sc, inc)х 7 times (35)
23-29) 35 sc
30) (3 sc, dec)х 7 times (28)
31) (1 sc, dec, 1 sc)х 7 times (21)
32) (dec, 1 sc)х 7 times (14)
33) 7 dec
Pull off the loops. Cut the thread, hide the end.
Heart
Work with red, pink or yellow yarn. Stuff as you go.
1) 6 sc in a Magic Ring
2) 6 inc (12)
3) 12 sc
Crochet two details. Fasten and cut off thread of detail 1, do not cut thread of detail 2.
4) attach the first detail face down, crochet 2 sc, capturing the loops of the 1st and 2nd details at the same time, continue: along the 2nd detail 10 sc, along the 1st detail: 10 sc (20)
5) (3 sc, dec)х 4 times (16)
6) (2 sc, dec)х 4 times (12)
7) (1 sc, dec)х 4 times (8)
8) 4 dec
Pull off the loops. Cut the thread, hide the end.
Sew the heart to the middle of the flower.
Plant a flower in a pot.
A souvenir for Valentine's Day is completed!
