Hello all, gosh it's been a bit!
Behind the scenes has been absolutely crazy lately. Thankfully I've had some time to get a lot of new patterns sorted, and you'll be seeing them over the next few months. Also lots of IBGHD prep, how exciting!
Today's pattern is a simple medium sized 5 petal flower. One of the items Chance's Clothes Project need a LOT of is keepsakes, as they go out in every single pack that gets made. A keepsake is simply a hand or smaller sized soft item that comes in a matching pair. One stays with the family, the other stays with bub. It's something many families appreciate and gives a tactical connection, something that can be held onto.
I've been challenging myself to make 50 keepsake sets, and I've done 12 using this particular pattern. The beauty of using flowers like this is they are easy to make, simple to memorize and use a very very small amount of yarn. In fact each pair uses on average 4g of yarn. You can use any weight of yarn and hook size you like. All the ones I have pictured use various DK/8 ply yarn and a 3.5mm hook.
5 Petal Flower Keepsake
Hook Size: 3.5mm
Yarn Weight: DK/8ply in 2 colours.
Finished Size: 5.5 - 6cm
Amount Of Yarn Used: 3-5g
Special Stitches; Triple Crochet Cluster or TR Cluster: yarn over twice, insert hook through stitch, yarn over and pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over twice, insert into the same stitch, yarn over and pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over twice, insert into the same stitch, yarn over and pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, pull through all 4 loops. Cluster complete.
With center colour
1: Ch2, make 5 sc into the first chain and join. - 5sc
2: Ch1, sc into the same stitch, 2sc in each remaining stitch around, join to the ch1. -10sc
With petal colour
3: Ch4, TR Cluster in the next stitch, ch4, slst into the next stitch, *ch4, TR Cluster into the next stitch, ch4, slst into the next stitch*, repeat for the remaining petals, slst into the bottom of the initial ch4. End off, weave in all tails.
