Personalize the gifts you give this Holiday Season with crocheted flowers from Crochet Bouquet! Flowery gifts are the focus of our Crochet Bouquet Crochet-Along for November and December 2008.
Your job, if you would like to join in, is to embellish a purchased or hand-made gift with a crocheted flower.
Remember to share your creations in our Crochet Along groups on Yahoo or Ravelry or in the comments to this blog. (You can use html to insert a photo into a comment.)
I hope the handbag and slippers you see here will give you some ideas.
Rose Handbag
You will need
- Crochet Bouquet
- Metallic yarn, like Twilley’s Goldfingering (available at herrschners.com)
- 3.5 mm crochet hook (size E US), or size needed for a firm gauge
- Purchased handbag
- Sewing needle and thread
- Crochet two Shelly Roses (page 68) and two Corrugated Leaves (pages 109–110).
- Arrange the flowers and leaves onto the handbag. Sew them in place.
Luxurious Slippers
You will need
- Crochet Bouquet
- Super Fine weight (1) yarn, very soft. I used Jojoland International’s 100% cashmere.
- 3.5 mm crochet hook (size E US) or size needed for a firm gauge
- One pair plush terry cloth slippers
- 12 oblong cultured pearls
- Sewing needle and thread
- Beading needle and pins
- Crochet two each:
Large Sweetheart Rose (pages 93-94)
Small One-Row Leaf with One Leaflet Pair (page 120)
Small One-Row Leaf with Two Leaflet Pairs (page 121) - Arrange flowers and leaves on each slipper, using the photo as a guide. Pin and sew in place. Sew a pearl above each leaflet as in photo.
Thanks!