Blüte Monique

This one is named after my mum. I needed a birthday gift for her, and as she loves gardening, flowers and all that stuff, as well as handcrafted things, I created especially for her a sustainable gift box in a flower design. Each part of the flower is fixed on a small magnet. These magnets I put on a metal box. So you have a real pretty box and you can use the magnets for example on your refridgerator.

I used only leftover yarn for this small project, in DK size with a 4 mm hook, You can choose any yarn you find in your stash, as long as the sizes fit together and to your hook size.

Pattern uses U.S. Terms

Material:

• yarn of your choice

• hook

• scissors

• yarn needle

• 3 little magnets

• hot glue

• a little pearl for decoration (if wished)

Abbreviations (in alphabetic order):

• ch – chain

• dc – double crochet

• FO – fasten off

• hdc – half double crochet

• rd - round

• sc – single crochet

• slst – slip stitch

• sk – skip

• st – stitch

Special stitches:

Picot: ch 3, slst to the upper loops of the stitch just worked before the ch 3

Popcorn: 5 dc in indicated st. Remove hook from loop and insert into first dc. Take the actual loop again and pull through. Ch 1 to close.

Note: the first stitch of a round is a standing stitch, unless otherwise stated. If you don't feel comfortable with standing stitches, you can slst and work ch- stitches instead of the first st (ch 1 for sc, ch 2 for hdc, ch 3 for dc,...)

Pattern:

The blossom

1. ch 4, close to circle with slst. 8 sc into that circle. Slst to first sc. Do not FO. (8 sc)

2. 12 sc into the middle circle, over the rd 2 sc already there. Slst to first sc. FO (12 sc)

3. Work in front loops only. Start in any sc: (slst, ch 3, sk 1 st) x6. Slst to first slst. Do not FO. ( 6 ch- 3- spaces, 6 slst)

4. Work only in rd 4 ch- 3- spaces: slst into next ch-3- space, (3 sc, picot, 3 sc) x6. Slst to first sc. FO (18 sc, 6 picot)

5. Start in any 2^nd sc of a 3- sc- group before the picot: [sc, ch 1, pull picot in front of ch 1, sc in 3^rd sc of a 3 sc- group after the picot, popcorn into rd 3 front loop (where you already worked the rd 4 slst)] x6. Slst to first sc. FO (12 sc, 6 ch-1, 6 popcorn)

6. We still didn't work in every second stitch of rd 4 AND in all back loops of rd 4. That we will now do for the leaves. I recommend to use green yarn now. Work from the wrong side!

Turn your work. Start in a back loop st now lying in front of a popcorn: [slst, (3 dc, picot, 3 dc) all worked into the next stitch, was has been completely skipped] x6. Slst to first slst. FO.

Weave in all ends.

Fix the blossom with hot glue on the top of your magnet. If you want, you can decorate the middle with a small pearl.

The leaves (work 2 of them)

ch 9, 8 dc in second ch from hook, 2 hdc, 3 sc, picot. Turn your work 180° counterclockwise and work further on to the foundation ch, so that you work in a round: 3 sc, 2 hdc. Slst to first dc. FO.

Weave in ends. Fix every leaf on one magnet.

That's it! Have fun! Copyright April 2023 by Loewenzahm