Whimsical Felted Flowers + Video

Whimsical Felted Flowers

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by Michael Sellick - The Crochet Crowd

The felted flower will measure approximately 3.5" diameter. Before felting is 5" diameter

Size K Crochet Hook or 6.5 MM

2 balls of your choice of colours. To felt you will need 100% Wool. I recommend Patons Classic Wool 100 g or 3.5 oz balls.

Felted-Flowers-1 Flowers-4

Picture on right has the flowers done before the felting process. You can get an idea of shrinkage factor using this photo.

CH 4 and Join with SL ST to the BEG CH to form ring.
CH 3 and then DC 11 Times around The Ring. SL ST to the top of the BEG CH.
* CH 5, SK First stitch and SC into the next. Repeat from * all the way around. On the last SC, secure to the base of the BEG CH 5.
Fasten off.
Fasten on New Colour to any one of the 6 loops. *In the same loop use the looping string to hold the stitches. Crochet around the loop and not into the stitches. 1 SC, 1 HDC, 3 DC, 2 TRC, 3 DC, 1 HDC, 1 SC. Jump immediately to the next loop and repeat from *. On the last loop, SL ST to the beg SC to ensure the flower colour goes all the way around without a gap showing.
Fasten Off.

For Felting... put the flowers through the washing machine.

Throw flowers into washer with an old pair of jeans. Add 1 Table Spoon of Detergent or Baking Soda. Wash at maximum hot and Cold Rinse.
Pull flowers out and shape them. Set in an area to dry. I'm not telling you to do this but what I do to dry them faster is put them on top of a furnace register on the floor so the heat of the house will blow through the flower and dry it quicker.
Expect flower to shrink more when drying.

Enjoy