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)

If you'd like a larger flower then simply cast on 7 stitches and follow the same principle of working only on the centre 5 stitches for the first 6 rows and then decreasing by knitting 2 stitches together at both ends of the following rows until you have a single stitch again. Repeat for the desired number of petals.

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 2006-2009.

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.

[Janet]

Thankyou for sharing your patterns.

[lepetit]

so cute !! congratulations! I will be happy receive news, from you and your pictures ...
jkline

[Rina]

I like the cupcake and the flower pattern. Thanks for sharing with us !!

[Heather N]

Would you consider putting a youtube video of you knitting this flower? I'm a more visual person and learn better by seeing it done.

I love your flower, and would love to learn how to make it!

[A]

Aww, those are so cute and just what I was looking for for my knitted MP3/cell cases! Thanks so much!
~A

[metro housewife]

This is the PERFECT finishing touch for a pair of knitted shoes I made that don't quite look "complete". I love these sweet little flowers! Thanks so much for sharing your pattern.

[Online Flower Shop Philippines]

Thanks for sharing your idea,i made those knitted flowers and i put it in my jacket,its nice to see as decoration.

-Ashley

[flowers Philippines]

knitted flower pattern was so cute. It seems so interesting. Thanks for sharing this. I'll try to make it on my own and I'm going to follow your tips. Nice post.

-krisha-

[Yvonne]

I had some wee knitted gifted bags that just needed a little extra pizazz! And a wee flower did the trick!
Thanks!

Yvonne
New Zealand

[Cnline flower shop philippines]

You did a great job in blogging about this!doing some knitted flower pattern looks much fun and enjoyable.thanks for the tips. i will try to do this, keep posting!
-khatie-

[Joanne]

Thank you for this pattern, I am a complete novice knitter and needed a little something to finish off a hat for my little girl. I used your pattern and even with my dodgy knitting it looks fantastic. Thank you for sharing and I am a new fan of your blog. Please stop by and look at the results

http://www.edgeoftheburn.co.uk/?p=344

Joanne

[Debbie Took]

Thank you so much for sharing the flower pattern!

I'd gotten into a lather trying various patterns for a flower to decorate some mittens. This was middling in difficulty level and definitely resulted in the best flower!