I made a little flower

Hi everyone
I made a little flower last week, and since—for once—I didn’t rip it out, I thought I’d upload a picture of it.

The pattern was in this video here:
Crochet Rose Tutorial Crochet Pattern
http://youtu.be/H3VZYUCTIbs

It actually went pretty quickly; it took me about an hour.
I didn’t have any red yarn on hand, so I used gray and salmon-colored yarn.
It looks a bit yellowish in the photo, but I think I overexposed it.
I took the photo on a lined notepad for size comparison.

Sewing it together was a bit tricky—for me, it didn’t drape into such nice folds and curves as shown in the video. But thanks to the crochet technique, twisting it together isn’t actually all that difficult. The crochet technique itself lays the groundwork for twisting it together. With a little more practice, you’ll surely get the hang of it.
Plus, the cat has been using the flower as a pillow in the meantime. :)

But I think I’ll just crochet this rose again and see if it goes better. The top and middle petals, in particular, were a bit stubborn when it came to twisting them together. I sewed them together from the bottom using the leftover yarn. I didn’t have a darning needle on hand, so I used my crochet hook instead. It was a bit fiddly, but doable.

My rose is just for me—I won’t be sewing it onto anything, especially because of the somewhat adventurous color combination. But if I make this again soon, with more sensible colors, I can definitely see myself actually sewing this rose on as a decoration. I’m not sure exactly where yet.

This video is definitely suitable for beginners. However, there’s absolutely no getting around counting stitches. You’ll mainly need chain stitches and double crochet. The video explains exactly how to do that clearly. I’d definitely recommend it for (almost) beginners. I’ll definitely make another rose—or maybe even several of them.

hallo muetzekatze

das Blümchen ist schön geworden. Falls Du noch ein Blümchen machst, könntest Du ja versuchen, die unteren Blütenblätter etwas weiter auseinanderzuziehen.

Sidney

schickes Blümchen! als Dekoblume eine feine Sache.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/542354_422615854481637_117380162_n.jpg
guck mal da
die haben auch Blümchen gemacht, aus Herbstlaub - passend zur Jahreszeit.

aber das Blümchen von muetzekatze gefällt mir besser :)
weiter so :)

Hast Du eigentlich einmal versucht, etwas zarteres Garn für die Deko-Blumen zu verwenden?
Erfahrungswerte hierzu wären schön. Mir gefällt das Blümchen sehr, aber ich hätte es gerne ein paar Nummern kleiner.

hab ich mir auch schon überlegt
ich hab noch extra dünnes Häkelgarn und normal dünnes Häkelgarn hab ich auch.
muss mal gucken,wie das wäre. ob das nicht ein "Gefiesel" wird
hast Du denn auch schon probiert oder fragst Du erst mal wie es bei mir gelaufen ist?