Button Flower pattern...requested

Chunky Button Flower Pattern

Alpaca dk 4mm hook

US Terms UK terms in brackets

PATTERN:

BUTTON CENTRE: 1ST COL. finger wrap of 10 wraps

 ROUND 1: COL 1. 16sc [16dc], into wrap, continue and do as many rounds as required to fill the button, over the top of the first 12sts. Finish with 16sts, sl st to complete

Round 2: Petals, sc [dc], in any stitch, a cluster of 3tr [3dtr], in next st, sc [dc], in the next st, a cluster of 3tr [3dtr], in next st, sc [dc], in next st, repeat until you have 8 cluster 'petals', sl st to complete, (8petals)

JADE..

So many little treasure, hiding in my sample boxes, enough for a life time...

JADE Square 

another colour way in Alize cotton/acrylic yarn....

 Rich pickings in my sample boxes

Throw or a wrap, shawl or a scarf?

Giant Flower

This Giant flower, measures over 28" in diameter, drawn to scale before i started, the whole blanket was going to be approx. 6' in diameter but i think a repeat of the flower looks OK too...

several versions of these giant flowers in my sample boxes...

CUP PETAL FELTED FLOWER PATTERN

FELTED OR UNFELTED CUP PETAL FLOWER

ROUND ONE: COVER A SMALL RUBBER RING WITH SINGLE CROCHET SLIP STITCH TO FINISH...16 WILL GIVE YOU 8 PETALS

ROUND2: CHANGE COLOUR AND ATTACH WOOL IN THE 1ST STITCH 3 CHAIN STITCHES THEN IN THE SAME STITCH DO 3DC AND THEN 3 CHAIN AND SLIP STITCH IN TO SAME STITCH

NOTE: DOING ALL THE STITCHES INTO ON STITCH WILL GIVE THE CUP EFFECT WHEN FELTED

SLIP STITCH INTO THE NEXT STITCH

*THEN SLIP STITCH INTO THE NEXT STITCH AND CHAIN 3 DO 3DC INTO SAME STITCH CHAIN 3 THEN SLIP STITCH INTO SAME STITCH

SLIP STITCH INTO NEXT ST8....repeat until you have 8 petals

SL ST TO FINISH

PULL ENDS THROUGH TO BACK OF FLOWER AND FINISH OFF

14 SC ON RING = 7 PETALS

16 SC = 8 PETALS

18 SC = 9 PETALS

20 SC = 10 PETALS

WASH TO FELT OR LEAVE UNFELTED

Hi Debbie...hope that helps

K's BAG MY PRESSIE A SICK BATHROOM AND A BIT OF RUBBER

Only 4 colours but l'd run out of the beige and couldn't remember where l'd got it from ooops!

Was ROBIN DK Acrylic and I found a ball in the tiny wool shop in town

so made great head way this morning so not far off finished

Added a bit of a ripple...now do l go back to straight again and do the draw string or do a strap and open top?

What do you think K?

A pressie for me! xx

Another friend gave me a beautiful recycled felted cream flower last night and l absolutely adore it...one of my favourite colours......thank you so much Kaz making something special for this little beauty...watch this space!!! lol

You can't have it Kathryn HEHEHE.......its all mine but I will make something similar for your bag because it does look lovely on your bag?

Had a couple of days of not feeling quite well myself!!....ok this morning though

Maybe l came out in sympathy with the very sick bathroom!!!.....pipe work all sorted now.....but the shower cubicle was still leaking from the one corner........gggggggrrrrrrrrrrr said Pmacs

Been a real problem for a couple of years now and we decided the tiled floor had just got to come up......and that's the 'royal we' Pmacs did it all l just pushed a couple of bits of pipe..hehe

He removed all the sealer and resealed it all last night now we have to wait and see!!

Then we're going to lay new floor boards and a new floor covering.....something we can lift easily if needs be!

Thought RUBBER maybe for the new floor covering!

PARTY BUNTING

Vintage Halloween postcard bunting for the Halloween Camper Party next weekend

Large 'flower' to hang in the camper

Assortment on the peg rail....made the bunting then took terrible photos of it...to follow

SEPTEMBER SWAP 12

Simple basic granny square as one and.....

For my 2 squares l used Sarah London's Hawaiian flower pattern (August posting)

then added some free crochet to make it a 12" Square

Reminder of my received squares....together the two that l received from Jessika and my 2

PATTERN: CYCLE BASKET DECORATION

I really needed to take more exercise. Crochet is such a relaxing hobby, but not so good for the waistline if you do it for many hours a day.
 Walking of any great distance, was really hurting my ankle so cycling or swimming was the next option... 
I dug out my old bike.
 I've not been on it for about 5years and found it needed some attention and was then told it wasn't the right bike for me.....

So I ordered a new bike, at first I went for a favourite colour, pale Ice blue/aqua  but then decided i wanted style not trend, who knows what will be popular in 5years time? 
Lots and lots of very stylish people have black bikes....
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Pinterest pictures 
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So I changed my mind and decided on black, bought a beautiful chunky looking basket for the front, and decorated it with mini bunting and rose buds for the trendy bit.

PICTURE OF NEW BIKE AND BASKET HERE

MINI BUNTING PATTERN
Finger wrap of 10 wraps, holding firmly roll off your finger and add
16sc into circle.
ROW 1: Ch4, dc into 3rd chain from the hook, turn. [2dc]
ROW 2: Ch2, counts as first dc, 2dc into next sp, turn. [3dc] 
ROW 3: Ch2 counts as first dc, dc in next sp, 2dc in last sp, [4dc]
ROW 4: Ch2 counts as first dc, dc, in next 2sps, 2dc in last sp, turn, [5dc]
ROW 5- 9: Repeat row 4 with the increase of one st each row
make as many mini bunting as you need to circle your basket, for mine it was 16 to fit around my basket

Join Mini Bunting together
 ch20 [tie], then sc, in every st, of first mini bunting then in every one to the end, ch20, [tie], pull yarn through last st, sew off end
Tie securely around your basket.
Add as many rosebud/leaves as you want 

 HEART LEAF PATTERN
These are tiny (1.5-2" top to bottom) but really really simple,
 U.S. Terms, 
aran weight,
 5mm hook
dk, 4mm hook, these will be smaller.

Magic loop, so you can pul the centre tight, with no hole at all.
ch3, 8tr, ch3, 8tr, ch3, sl st, into magic circle pull tight leave long ends start and finish to sew to what ever project you want.
A smaller leaf, can be made the same way with dc instead of tr.

ROSEBUD PATTERN

 it is equally as simple as the heart leaf.
Aran weight yarn, 
5mm hook.US Terms

Ch15, turn
ROW 1: 2dc into second St from hook.
2dc in every following St.
1dc, 1 sc in last st, pull yarn through, leave a long end.
Thread long end into darning needle or bodkin, 
roll the rosebud gently and sew the base of the Rosebud securely, 
only takes a few stitches.

To make rosebud and leaf pin/decoration.....
Make 2 leaves, leaving long ends tie two leaves together so they over lap a little, sew on a rosebud then add a pin to the back.

CYCLE BASKET DECORATION
 I added the rosebud and leaves as a decoration to a row of mini bunting and secured around a cycle basket.
And got my first compliment... 'what a lovely basket' I was today while out for our second bike ride in 2 days...might have been a mistake to go so far on the second day nearly didn't make it home...

Slipper decoration

 I added this rose bud leaf to my slipper a few years ago too...

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