Thank you to Susie for asking the first question on “Curious and Crafty Readers” about Crochet Bouquet. She wanted to make the red flower that takes the place of the ‘O’ in ‘Crochet’ on the book cover (it also appears on page 11).
I used red Cascade’s Lana Grande, a very bulky yarn, for the flower. The pattern is the Five-Petal Traditional Rose (page 97), worked through Round 5.
The sepals are made with Lion Brand Incredible. The sepal pattern is part of the Fire Wheel (page 84). The yellow Simple Center (page 34) is Lion Brand Fun Fur.
Let me tell you about the other yarns that appear in “Crocheted Flower Basics.”
- Page 8, top flower. Merino Tape from Colinette. Here are a couple of Primrose Layers flowers done in Merino Tape. It’s such fun yarn! The flowers are pretty big, though.
- Page 8, second from the top, is Lion Brand’s Incredible ribbon. The third flower is a very old yarn from my stash, and the orange flower is a synthetic raffia.
- Page 9, orange flower is Caron International’s Simply Soft Boucle, and the other is Caron’s Pizazz. Both are very bulky.
- Page 10, the turquoise flower at the top is Merino Style from Knit Picks.
- Pages 11 and 12. The flowers that illustrate different kinds of stamens are Magallones from Araucania Yarns.
