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Jan 13th / Wednesday / '10

hooksandkittens asked: how did you make the flowers for your scarf with pockets?
it won't let me click through the link, and i really want to learn to make those adorable things!

that’s because i messed up the links :) (they’re fixed now) i re-wrote the pattern for you, though. (in human language!)

  1. chain 4, join to make a tiny little ring.
  2. chain 2. then make 9 single crochet stitches around the ring itself. (might be a tight squeeze)
  3. slip stitch into the 2nd chain you made in the last step.
  4. for each petal: chain 2, double crochet into first stitch. then half-double-crochet into the same stitch. close it off with a slip stitch in the next stitch. this whole thing should take up 2 sittches total. work around the flower.
  5. you should end up with 5 petals. slip stitch and finish it off.

i’ve been expanding on this like crazy. there are two ways to make larger, ruffly flowers from this base pattern (excellent for stacking!)

  1. keep repeating the petal pattern going all the way around. you should be able to work two new petals into a single one. this makes excellent medium + large sized flowers.
  2. make 3-stitch chains going between the high and low points of the flower. (chain 3, slip stitch) and then in the next round, single crochet around them.

hope this helps!