RE POST OF WEEK 8 FREE FLOWER PATTERN 2012

WEEK 8 FLOWER PATTERN

USA Terms, DK and a 4mm hook

Ch 3, sl st, into a circle...col 1

R1: 12 dc into circle, sl st to complete round....col 2 (12sts)

R2: 2sc in each st, sl st to complete round....col 3 (24sts)

R3: 1sc in each stitch (24sts) this the extra round at the centre

R4: Start in any stitch, 2dc in first and second st, ch4, miss a st, repeat until you have 8 sides sl st to complete round....picture above is the original octagon, the chain loops are just one ch st longer to take the petals

R5: attach yarn between the 2sets of 2dc with a sc,

4dc into chain loop, chain 4 sl st into the base of the 4ch, [picot), to make the point of the petal, 4dc into same chain loop sc in the middle of the 4 dc of previous round, repeat until 8 pointy petals have been made, sl st to complete round.

hey presto!..... an Octagon becomes a Flower

A WEEK 8:FLOWER VARIATION

Chain 8 sl st to complete the circle OR do a large magic circle

R1: 24 dc into the circle, sl st to complete round.

R2: 1sc in each stitch, sl st to complete round

R3: Start in any stitch, 2dc in first and second st, ch4, miss a st, repeat until you have 8 sides sl st to complete round....picture above is the original octagon, the chain loops are just one ch st longer to take the petals

R4: attach yarn between the 2sets of 2dc with a sc,

4dc into chain loop, chain 4 sl st into the base of the 4ch, to make the point of the petal, 4dc into same chain loop sc in the middle of the 4 dc of previous round, repeat until 8 pointy petals have been made, sl st to complete round.

Happy Hooking x