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The first piece in a new series from Mollie Makes magazine shows you how to whip up a rainbow bouquet from leftover yarn These tiny flowers are sweetly adorable, totally thrifty and really easy to do. In mere minutes, you can whip up a rainbow bouquet from scraps of your leftover yarn. And when you're done growing flowers you can gift them to all the crafty folk you know. Although we bet they'll be making them too … Materials:
• Cotton DK yarn in various colours
• 3.5mm (UK9/US E4) crochet hook
• Tapestry needle Abbreviations
UK terms are used in this pattern:
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
htr – half treble crochet
tr – treble crochet
dtr – double treble crochet
rep – repeat
sl st – slip stitch
st – stitch If you'd like to use a different weight of yarn, just check the label for the recommended crochet hook size and use that. Instructions:Row 1: ch 3 Round 2: 11 tr into 3rd ch from hook, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3 (12 tr made) Round 3: Join 2nd colour into top of any tr st from last round. *(ch 2, tr 1) into tr st, (tr 1, ch 2, sl st) into next tr st*. Rep from * to * 6 times. Fasten off. Round 4: With 3rd colour and working behind row 2, work 1 sl st into stitch (Hook 2 loops to create a stable base to work from – see left) between petals, (ch 4, 1 sl st in stitch between next petal) 5 times. Ch 4, sl st to 1st sl st to close. (6 x 4 ch loop spaces made) Round 5: sl st into 1st ch space. (2 ch, 3 tr, 2 ch ) over each 4 ch loop space. Cut yarn and fasten off. Round 6: With 4th colour and working behind round 4, work 1 sl st into stitch between petals, (ch 5, 1 sl st in stitch between petals) 5 times, ch 5, sl st to 1st sl st to close. (6 x 5 ch loop spaces made) Round 7: sl st into 1st chain space (2 ch, 4 tr, 2 ch ) over each 5 ch loop. Break yarn and weave in all ends. You could try adorning lampshades and fashioning necklaces out of the flowers you make. It's easy to sew them on to a brooch back or straight on to a bag or hat. You could even wear them in your hair! • Mollie Makes is a brand new craft magazine that focuses on contemporary fabric crafts, providing readers with inspiring projects from around the world. Carmen Heffernan works from her home in the Irish countryside. When she's not busy at her day job as a sign painter, she's obsessively making flowers for her Etsy shop. This project first appeared in Mollie Makes magazine, issue three.
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