As a crochet jewelry designer I love using flowers in my designs. They are deeply and strongly associated with the most important occasions in our lives thus being an integral and inseparable part. For thousands of years flowers have been given as tokens and symbols of love, friendship, affection, sympathy, achievements, and intentions.
This tutorial contains patterns for 4 types of flowers and 2 frames. By combining them you can get a wide variety of beautiful and eye-catching brooches.
What you need:
sport cotton yarn of your choice (I can recommend Phil Cotton 3 and Tango) and a 3.00 mm hook (UK11) (US 10/3). Left over yarn is best for this project.
Also needed: tapestry needle for weaving ends, st-markers, sewing needle and thread, scissors, brooch pin.
Stitches: chain (ch), chain space (ch-space), skip (sk), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc), half double crochet (hdc), double crochet (dc), treble (tr). American terminology used.
Measurements:
Flowers: 6-9 cm/2-3” long
Frame 1: 9x9 cm/ 3.5x3.5”
Frame 2: 8x8 cm / 3x3”
Note: The set of brooches can be made in whatever yarn weight you desire. Heavier weights will yield bigger brooches / flowers, and smaller weights will yield tinier brooches/flowers.
Please note that I work very hard to make my crochet patterns come to live so I appreciate if you understand that they are for personal use only and may not be distributed in any way. Please DO NOT recopy, rewrite, redistribute or resell these patterns. However, you are most welcome to sell finished items from this tutorial. Thank you.*