Motivo Floral Crochet

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hawaiian flowers

August 18, 2009 by sarah

Aloha! hawaiian flowers bursting with colour!

I hope you’ve had fun with this month’s mystery motif.

I’ll be posting a mystery motif on the first of every month!

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rings

August 14, 2009 by sarah

Tiny rings of colour, the beginnings of a mystery motif! I’ve had a lot of requests about this motif that featured on my old blog so I’ll be posting the ‘how to’ here for you. This motif comprises of 4 rounds, today we will work the first.

Chain 8, slip stitch into first chain to form a ring.

Round one:

Chain 1, work 12 double crochet into ring, join with a slip stitch into first double crochet.

Fasten off.

See you tomorrow with Round two!

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round two

August 15, 2009 by sarah

Are you ready for Round two of the mystery motif, here goes!

Round two:

Join a new colour into any double crochet, chain 1, work 1 double crochet into the same stitch, * work 1 double crochet into the next stitch, chain 11, 1 double crochet into the same stitch, work 1 double crochet into the next stitch, chain 1, 1 double crochet into the next stitch, repeat from * around, omitting last 1 double crochet into the next stitch and join with a slip stitch into the first double crochet.

NOTE: Do not fasten off, you will be using the same colour to work Round three.

See you tomorrow with Round three!

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round three

August 16, 2009 by sarah

Our mystery motif will start to take shape once this round is worked. Ready, lets go!

Round three:

* Work 18 double treble (wrap wool twice around hook) into the 11 chain loop, slip stitch into the 1-ch space of the previous round, repeat from * around, join with a slip stitch to end.

Fasten off.

See you tomorrow with Round four!

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round four

August 17, 2009 by sarah

An edging of colour completes our mystery motif, the ‘Hawaiian Flower motif.’

Round four:

Work a round of double crochet in a contrasting colour as such:

Work 9 double crochet up one side of the petal, chain 3, work 9 double crochet down the other side of the petal, work 1 double crochet into chain 1 space of round two, continue around, join with a slip stitch to end.

Fasten off.

I am joining my Hawaiian Flowers as I go.

You’ll find my tutorial for ‘joining as you go’ here, which you can adapt to join the Hawaiian Flowers.

Tomorrow I’ll show you my progress, they do look pretty all joined together!