© June Gilbank 2012

Posy Blossoms is a versatile mix-and-match pattern to make sweet miniature flowers in seven designs with two leaves. Make each blossom in one or two colours of your choice; stack the smaller blossoms on the larger ones in the same or contrasting colours; combine your blossoms into a unique posy.

A few ideas for using these blossoms…

• Use a single flower to embellish a hairclip
• Stitch two or three to a bag or purse
• Combine into a larger posy for a brooch or pin
• Stitch around the neckline of a t-shirt or cardigan
• Embellish a photo frame
• Decorate your amigurumi
• Create floral crocheted jewellery

You may also like my Crocheted Embellishments tutorial which walks you through how to create clustered embellishments and attach them securely to hardware (hair clips, barrettes, hairbands, pin backs etc), like these:

Now back to the Posy Blossoms pattern! Here are the 9 components included in this pattern:

A: Small Blossom; B & C: Medium Blossoms; D & E: Large Blossoms; F & G: Spiked Blossoms; H: Single Leaf; I Double Leaf

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Terminology

You will need…

• E US/3.5mm crochet hook
• Small quantity of worsted weight yarn in the colours of your choice
• Yarn needle to weave in ends

Size

Approx 0.75″ – 1.5″ (2 – 4cm) wide. (Your gauge and yarn choice will affect the finished size slightly.)

Gauge

Gauge is unimportant for this pattern. I like to crochet with a small hook so they aren’t too floppy and there are no gaps between the stitches; if you prefer a looser, floppier look, use a G or H hook instead.

Notes for all blossoms

• Do not turn work between rounds.
• As you crochet each blossom, if you plan to stack another blossom on top or add a knotted centre, don’t pull the magic ring too tightly closed. This will make it easier to thread yarn through the centre of the ring when you stitch the pieces together.

Blossoms

A: Small Blossom

To make this flower, you must be comfortable with the magic ring technique. Instead of single crocheting into the magic ring, the entire flower is crocheted directly into the ring, and then the ring is pulled tight to complete the blossom.

Small Blossoms, L-R: A (plain); A, with knotted centre added (see Stacked Flowers, below, for instructions)

Make a magic ring, ch 2.
Rnd 1: sl st into magic ring, (ch 2, sl st into magic ring) four times.

Cut yarn, leaving a long yarn end. Pull on the remaining loop on the hook until the cut end is drawn through to the top. Pass the end down through the centre of the magic ring, to the back. Pull the magic ring tightly closed:

The small blossom before (left) and after (right) pulling the magic ring closed.

Continue to Yarn Ends (below).

B & C: Medium Blossom

Medium Blossoms, L-R: B (solid); C (bi-coloured)

Make a magic ring, ch 1.
Rnd 1: 5 sc in magic ring.
Option C only: change to petal colour.
Rnd 2: (sl st in next st, ch 1, hdc in same st, ch 1) five times.
Join with sl st into first stitch of the round.

Cut yarn, leaving a long yarn end. Pull on the remaining loop on the hook until the cut end is drawn through to the top. Thread the end onto a yarn needle and pass it through the same stitch as the last sl st, to the back.

Continue to Yarn Ends (below).

D & E: Large Blossom

Large Blossoms, L-R: D (solid); E (bi-coloured)

Make a magic ring, ch 1.
Rnd 1: 5 sc in magic ring.
Option E only: change to petal colour.
Rnd 2: (sl st in next st, ch 2, 2 dc in same st, ch 2) five times.
Join with sl st into first stitch of the round.

Cut yarn, leaving a long yarn end. Pull on the remaining loop on the hook until the cut end is drawn through to the top. Thread the end onto a yarn needle and pass it through the same stitch as the last sl st, to the back.

Continue to Yarn Ends (below).

F & G: Spiked Blossom

The Spiked Blossom is the same size as the Large Blossom, but has 10 pointed petals instead of 5 rounded ones.

Spiked Blossoms, L-R: F (solid); G (bi-coloured)

Picot: ch 3, sl st in back bump* of 3rd chain from hook.
* For an explanation of the back bumps of a chain, see ‘What are the back bumps?‘ (below).

Make a magic ring, ch 1.
Rnd 1: 5 sc in magic ring.
Option G only: change to petal colour.
Rnd 2: (sl st in next st, picot, sl st in same st, picot) five times.
Join with sl st into first stitch of the round.

Cut yarn, leaving a long yarn end. Pull on the remaining loop on the hook until the cut end is drawn through to the top. Thread the end onto a yarn needle and pass it through the same stitch as the last sl st, to the back.

Continue to Yarn Ends (below).

Stacked Flowers

Stacked Flower examples, L-R: blossoms F + C; blossoms D + B + A + knotted centre

To make stacked flowers, layer smaller blossoms on top of larger ones, in the same or contrasting colours.

To keep them in position, you have two options:

• Stitch together: Use the yarn ends from the top blossom to stitch down through the stack. Tie the yarn ends together on the back.
• Knotted centre: Make a contrasting coloured centre for the flower by cutting a 6″ length of yarn and tying a large knot in the centre of the length.  Thread both ends onto a yarn needle and pass the needle through the centre of the stack to the back. Tie the ends together on the back.
  Note: You can also give any of the flat blossoms a contrasting-coloured centre with this method!

What are the back bumps?

L: The front of a chain, showing the V shape of each chain stitch.
R: Flip the chain over and you’ll see a bump at the back of each chain stitch (marked by arrow).

Leaves

All leaf stitches should be worked into the back bumps of the starting chains.

Leaves, L-R: H (single); I (double)

H: Single Leaf
With green yarn, ch 6, sc in 3rd chain from hook, dc in next 2 chains, sl st in last chain.
Cut yarn, leaving a long yarn end.
Draw end through last loop and pull tight to fasten off.

I: Double Leaf
With green yarn, (ch 6, sc in 3rd chain from hook, dc in next 2 chains, sl st in last chain) twice.
Cut yarn, leaving a long yarn end.
Draw end through last loop and pull tight to fasten off.

Both Leaves: continue to Yarn Ends (below).

Yarn Ends (all Blossoms and Leaves)

Tie the two yarn ends together (tie each pair together for the 2-coloured flowers). You have two options for finishing, depending on what you’d like to do with your blossoms and leaves:

• Use the yarn ends to stitch the blossoms/leaves into position.
• Snip the yarn ends short. Making sure the remaining ends are hidden underneath each blossom/leaf, glue the blossoms/leaves into position or stitch them down with a needle and sewing thread.

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