knitted flower pattern

Can be used singley as a decoration on clothing and accessories or grouped to make a posy and sewn onto a hairband or hairslide. Knitting it in green will give you a shamrock / lucky clover. I’m sure there are lots of other uses too.

Materials: Using 2.25mm (USA size 1, UK/Canadian size 13) needles and 4 ply yarn

Pattern:

cast on 5 stitches
row 1: **slip 1, knit 3. turn leaving remaining stitch unworked
row 2: purl 3, turn leaving remaining stitch unworked
row 3: knit 3, turn leaving remaining stitch unworked
row 4: purl 3, turn leaving remaining stitch unworked
row 5: knit 4
row 6: purl 2 together, purl 1, purl 2 together (3 stitches)
row 7: knit 1, knit 2 together and pass first stitch over to give 1 stitch on needle
Use this stitch to cast on 4 more stitches (5 in total) and repeat from ** to give desired number of petals (3, 4 or 5)

To finish:
thread end through last remaining stitch and then gather up the middle of the flower by catching up  2 stitches the from base of each ‘petal’, pulling up tight and tying off the ends.

Attach to article and sew a contrasting french knot / button / felt circle in the centre of flower.

Working on the middle stitches only gives the ‘petal’ a natural curl. Once the flower is finished you can choose to curl petals up or down.

This pattern is an original design. You are welcome to knit up for personal use but please don't use it for commercial purposes, thanks. Copyright Julie Williams 2008.

Comments

[Tania]

Love the little cup cakes!!!!!!!!!!
they look good enough to eat.

[CharlieP]

The colours you use are just so gorgeous. Mmmmm, yarn.

[deborah]

Adorable!

[liz white]

My mum can only wear very soft things on her feet so I have made her some knitted ballerina-type slippers. She doesn't like them with ribbon threaded through the top edging so I make crochet cords to tie them with and these little flowers look cute on the ends. They stop the cord unthreading itself and look better than pompoms.

Thanks for the pattern, from me and my mum.

[Lacey Sinclair]

I absolutely love your knitted monkey and wonder if there is anyway I could get the instructions. Please let me know. Thanks, Lacey.