What's so great about Red Heart Super Savery Bitty Stripes is the colouring. It can make really cool crochet flowers by just using the ball as is without having to fuss around with changing colours. It does it for you.
Mikey needed to make colourful flowers. He used a colour called Unicorn Maine. One ball can do approximately 28 flowers. These are the Unicorn Crochet Flower patterns.
Mikey's purpose for this design was to add it to an edging of a blanket so that when the round blanket is rolled up, the edging produces a bouquet of fresh-looking flowers.
An example of a Flower Bouquet Blanket is the short video below. Mikey is in the process of doing a incredible stitch sampler blanket, whereas the Unicorn Flowers will be an assortment of colours. His pattern will emerge in the summer.
Design an easy-to-make flower using the elements of Red Heart Bitty Stripes in the colour called Unicorn Maine. Each ball can complete approximately 28 unicorn flowers.
Red Heart Bitty Stripes, 283 g/10 oz, 471 meters/515 yards
Contrast A - Unicorn Maine
Hook 5 mm / H/8 Crochet Hook or size needed to obtain gauge.
Gauge 14 sc and 15 rows = 4” [10 cm].
Measurement 4” diameter.
Abbreviations
- Beg = Begin(ning)
- BLO = Back loop only
- Ch(s) = Chain(s)
- Dc = Double crochet
- FLO = Front loop only
- Hdc = Half double crochet
- Join = Sl st to beg st or top of beg st.
- Rep = Repeat
- RS = Right side
- Sc = Single crochet
- Sk = Skip
- Sl st = Slip stitch
- Sp(s) = Space(s)
- St(s) = Stitch(es)
- Standing sc = Form slip knot and insert onto the hook. Insert hook into st, yoh and pull loop through, yoh through 2 loops.
Unicorn Flowers
TIP: Let the colours come out naturally from the balls of yarn.
Leave long tail before slip stitch to use to attach to a project.
1st rnd: RS. 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Join. 6 sc.
2nd rnd: Ch 1. 2 sc in each sc around. Join. 12 sc.
3rd rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in same st as join. 2 sc in next sc. *1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc. Rep from * around. Join the back loop only of first sc. 18 sc.
4th rnd: Work in back loops only for this rnd. Ch 1. 1 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc, *1 sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc. Rep from * around. Join. 24 sc.
5th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in same st as join. Ch 3. *Sk next sc, 1 sc in next sc, ch 3. Rep from * around. Join. 12 sc and 12 ch-3 loops.
6th rnd: Ch 1. (1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1sc) in each ch-3 loop around; join with slip st in first sc. 12 petals. Fasten off.
7th rnd: Join A with standing sc in any unworked front loop of 3rd rnd. *Ch 1, 2 dc in next front loop, ch 1. *1 sc in next front loop, ch 1, 2 dc in next front loop, ch 1. Rep from * around. Join. 9 petals. Fasten off.
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Crochet Diagram
You can print and/or save the crochet diagram for your records to take the pattern with you.
Tutorial
S. Thompson says
? Had to laugh... I believe that it's Unicorn Mane dear, not Maine. ?