A knitting pattern for a very realistic tulip that is around 27cm (11”) tall.

Included in the pattern:

• pdf with altogether 13 pages
• very detailed step-by-step written instructions
• tons of pictures and helpful tips
• video tutorials for all knitting techniques are available (on my blog)

Difficulty:
Intermediate+

This tulip is knit mostly knit flat on 2.00mm double-pointed needles using a very simple form of double knitting. Only about half of it is knit in the round. Puzzling the 5 parts together will be a lovely challenge for intermediate knitters.

Wire and some creative blocking are used to get them in shape. There are only 2 small seams.

Yarn and yardage:
While you can more or less ignore my gauge, I really recommend picking a good lace or light fingering yarn (scraps are enough). Knitting this tulip with bigger needles and a heavier yarn will result in a much bigger (and larger than life) flower.

Skills required:
knit, purl, SSK, k2tog, K3tog, and the KLL & KRL increases.
Step-by-step video tutorials are available for all techniques.

Additional materials:
thin copper or jewelry wire (to support the leaves)
a thicker wire for the stalk (or you twist 2/3 lengths of thin wire into one sturdier support)