The editorial team and Lark Books and I wanted to fit as many flowers as possible into Crochet Bouquet , so we didn’t have room for a lot of step-by-step photos. I’m offering some of those illustrations here to make your flower crochet experience a little easier.
The Columbine in Crochet Bouquet is a two-part flower. The base is the medium-sized Star Flower (page 92). It’s easy to crochet. I leave a long thread end, which I use to sew the base to the top petals. This saves some weaving–always a good thing.
The Columbine’s top petals are on pages 49-50. There’s an error in Round 2 of the pattern in the book. Find the correction here.
The top petals look like this when you’re finished with Round 2.
After Round 3, they look all floppy and unColumbine-like. Why? Because you still have some work to do on them. The instructions tell you how to pull the petals together, by running a thread around the stem of the stitch at the innermost point of each petal. Here’s a close-up.
They look much better after you tighten the thread. The next step: glue or sew the sides of each petal to the petals next to it. Gluing is much faster. Here is where to put the glue.
I like to pin the glued surfaces together. Clothespins work well, too.
When the glue is dry, remove the pins. Now you’re ready to add embroidery or buttons and stamens. That’s the subject of the next post.
