Crochet Flowers, Pin and Necklace

Materials:

size F crochet hook
Grace cotton yarn: pink, purple, yellow, green
large-eye yarn needle
pin back
sewing thread
sewing needle

1. Make flower with desired color of cotton yarn following either of the flower patterns below.

2. Make flower center with green yarn, leaving a long tail.

3. Attach the flower center to the middle of the flower with the large-eye yarn needle and the long ends.

4. Make one large and one small leaf and attach to the back of the flower.

5. Sew on pin back.

Take time to check your gauge!

Single Row of Petals

ch 5, join with al st to first ch to form ring

Rnd 1: ch 2(counts as 1 sc), work 15 sc into ring, join with sl st to beg ch (figure A)

Rnd 2: [ch 4, skip 2 sc, sl st in next sc] 5 times, end last rep st st in base of beg ch (figure B)

Rnd 3: In each ch 4 sp around work (1 sc, 4 dc, 1 tr, 4dc, 1 sc), join with sl st to first sc (figure C)

ch 5, join with a sl st to first ch to form ring

Rnd 1: ch 2(counts as 1 sc), work 15 sc into ring, join with sl st to beg ch.

Rnd 2: [ch 4, skip 2 sc, sl st in next sc] 5 times, end last rep st st in base of beg ch

Rnd 3: In each ch 4 sp around work (1 sc, 4 dc, 1 tr, 4dc, 1 sc), join with sl st to first sc (figure D)

Rnd 4: [ch 5, sl st between next 2 sc (between petals)] 5 times, end sl st to base of beg ch (figure E)

Rnd 5: in each ch 5 space, ch 1, work (1 sc, 5 dc, 3 tr, 5dc, 1 sc) around, end sl st to beg ch (figure F)

End yarn and leave a long tail of at least 6 inches (figure G)

Flower Center

ch 3, *yo, insert hook into 1st ch, and pull through 2 loops* repeat between * 4 more times, yo pull through all 6 loops on hook

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail of at least 6 inches, and pull through last loop.

ch 12 and sc in second ch from hook and in the next 2 ch, hdc in each of the next 2 ch, dc in the next 4 ch, hdc in the next ch, sc in the next ch, 3 sc in last ch (figure H)

Working down the other side into each ch work 1 sc in the 1st ch, 1 hdc in the next ch, dc in the next 4 ch, hdc in the next 2 ch, then sc in the last 3 ch

End yarn and leave a long tail of about 6 inches (figure I)

Small Leaf

ch 9 and sc in the 2nd ch from hook and in the next ch, hdc in each of the next 2 ch, dc in the next 2 ch, hdc in the next ch, 3 sc in the last ch

Working down the other side into each ch, work 1 hdc in the 1st ch, dc in the next 2 ch, hdc in the next 2 ch, then sc in the last 2 ch

End yarn and leave a long tail of about 6 inches.

Materials:

size F crochet hook
Grace cotton yarn:, burgundy
20 amber-colored beads
small-eye yarn needle

Gauge: 20 sts and 26 rows = 4 inches in sc

Take time to check your gauge!

1. With the yarn needle, strand the 20 beads on the yarn.

2. Ch 50, pull up a bead (figure A), * ch 3, pull up bead * (figure B), repeat 9 times, ch 51, turn

3. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in the next 47 (48 sc), *work dc in the next 2 ch, slip bead, ch 1, dc in the next 2 ch (between beads of previous row) (figure C) * repeat 9 times, sc to end

4. Weave in ends to finish.