Sunday, May 27, 2007

Pick Up Sticks Patterns

Check out the beautiful flower patterns for sale from:


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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Lion Brand Velveteen Flower


"Real Simple Flower" with Lion Brand
Velvetspun & Fun Fetti

With B, ch 5; join with slip st in first ch to form a ring. Cut B, join A.

Round 1 With A, ch 1, [sc, ch 4] 5 times in ring; join with slip st in first ch – 5 ch 4-loops.
Fasten off.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Lorna's Laces Angel Flower


This flower was knit from Lorna's Laces Angel yarn
Cast on 57 sts on US 7 needle

Row 1 (WS): Purl

Row 2: K2, *K1, sl this st back to the LH needle, lift the next 8 sts on the LH needle over this st and off the end of the needle, [YO] 2 times, K the 1st st again, K2; rep from * (27 sts)

Row 3: P1, *P2tog, drop 1 YO loop, inc 1 (by knitting into the front and back) in the rem YO loop, P1; rep from * to last st, P1 (22 sts)

Row 4 (this could be done in a contrasting color if desired): K1, *K3tog; rep from *, end K1 (8 sts)

Row 5: *P2tog; rep from * (4 sts)

Sl 2nd, 3rd and 4th sts over first st and off the end of the needle. Fasten off and sew seam.
Compliments of

JIMMY BEAN'S WOOL

Friday, May 4, 2007

Berroco Peruvia Roses

"A glorious bouquet of long stemmed, felted roses are a heartfelt mother's day gift."
Knit and felted with Berroco Peruvia
Check out the free pattern:

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Crochet Pattern Central

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Saturday, April 7, 2007

Paton's Fabulous Flowers

Fabulous Flowers Book # 500834

"They're fast, fun, and fabulous to knit and crochet. "

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Thursday, April 5, 2007

Crystal Palace Bag with Rosettes

Crystal Palace has TONS of free patterns and this felted bag with FLOWERS is just stunning!!


Look for Felted Bag Patterns at their website....



Sunday, April 1, 2007

Stashbuster Flowers


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presents

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a free stashbuster flower knit pattern

and a free pattern to crochet

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Look under "ARCHIVES" for their SPRING 2006 ISSUE at the

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Check out these amazing felted bag and

felted flower patterns

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Lion Brand Flower Patterns

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has wonderful patterns for Crochet "Rosettes"

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Knit "Open Rose"

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and this lovely crochet "Six-Petal Flower Motif"

You can find these free patterns and TONS more in EVERY category by clicking on the

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

Knitted Posies

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SUPPLIES:

Small bits of yarn, any weight (worsted weight pictured).
A button for the center.
Corsage pin.
Double pointed needles or 12” circular of a size appropriate to your yarn.

SEAMLESS VERSION

Large Circle

cast on 60 stitches, Join to form a circle.

Knit around for about 2”— to 1/2 finished size, considering the slight curl at the edge.
Cut yarn leaving ~10”tail.
Using yarn needle, thread yarn tail through live stitches and pull them into a circle.

Small Circle

Cast on ~40 stitches – enough stitches to reach around if your are using the circular needle.
Knit around for about 1”
Finish as above.

Place the circles together. Use the yarn tails to tack them together.


Add the button to cover the center hole.


STRAIGHT NEEDLE VERSION

Knit two Stockinette rectangles using the same number of stitches and inches noted above.

Enjoy!

Thank you to:
Peggy O’Neill/June, 2004

Blue Bell Knitting Guild, Pennsylvania

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HERE

Flowers from Head Huggers

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I came across this site for the flowers but Head Huggers' more important role is to make Chemo Hats for cancer patients. The site offers many free hat patterns and inspiration, in addition to the free flower patterns.

Many diverse crochet & knit flower patterns, and hat patterns can be found

Knit Flower
Designed by: Sue Thompson

Knit on size 8 knitting needlesYarn: Best when made with 3 ply or DK yarn

Cast on 4 sts (leaving 4-5" tail)
Row 1: (RS) Knit in front and back loop of first stitch (increasing one stitch), k3 (5sts).

Row 2: Knit in front and back loop of first stitch (increasing one stitch), p4 (6sts).

(At same time, anchor tail thread by knitting/purling it along with 3-4 stitches.)

Row 2: Knit in front and back loop of first stitch (increasing one stitch), p4 (6sts).

(At same time, anchor tail thread by knitting/purling it along with 3-4 stitches.)


Row 3: Knit in front and back loop of first stitch (increasing one stitch), k5 (7sts).

Row 4: Knit in front and back loop of first stitch (increasing one stitch), p6 (8sts).
Cut yarn and leave sts on needle, leaving 4-5" tail.

Make 4 more petals (casting on the first four sts on the needle holding the prior petals).Do not cut the yarn after making the fifth petal.

Row 5: Join petals by knitting 40sts. (At same time, anchor tail threads by knitting them along with 3-4 stitches.)

Row 6: (P2tog) across (20 sts).

Row 7: (K2tog) across (10 sts).

Row 8: (p2tog, p3 tog, p2tog, p3tog) (4 sts).

Cut yarn leaving a 15-inch tail. Thread yarn onto tapestry needle and run through the four sts. Pull tight and anchor thread.
Continue with same thread (on purl side) and sew open edges of 1st and 5th petal together loosely. Work thread back to center of flower. Use remainder of thread to sew three beads to the center of the flower (on the knit side).
Fasten off and cut thread close to the flower.

Petals of flower may be lightly ironed or block them to flatten them a bit.

Abbreviations: RS - right side, tog - together, sts - stitches


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and here's a lovely

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From: Annie's Crochet Newsletter, March-April 1984
Designed by Mary Pacella for her granddaughter, Christa

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Materials:

sport yarn-small amounts yellow, gold, and green
C hook

Directions:

Rnd 1: With C hook and yellow yarn, ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 3, 11 dc in ring, join with sl st in top of ch 3 (12).

Rnd 2: Working this rnd in back lps, ch 3, dc in each st around, join as before.

Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in each st around, join.

Rnd 4: Ch 2, sc in first st, (ch 2, sc in next st) around, join with sl st in first ch of ch 2. Fasten off.

Rnd 5: Join gold yarn with sc in front lp of any st on round 1, ch 2, skip next st, (sc in next st, ch 2, skip next st) around, join with sl st in first sc (6 lps).
Rnd 6: Sl st in first ch lp, *(ch 2, tr, 3 dtr, tr, ch 2, sc) in same lp, sl st in next lp; repeat from * around.

Rnd 7: *Sc in each of next 2 ch, sc in each of next 2 sts, (sc, picot, sc) in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, sc in each of next 2 ch; repeat from * around, join as before. Fasten off.

Rnd 8: Join green yarn with sc around post of any st of rnd 5, ch 4, skip next st, (sc around post of next st, ch 4, skip next st) around, join with sl st in first sc (3 lps).

Rnd 9: Repeat rnd 6, do not fasten off, turn.

Rnd 10: Ch 2, (hdc in top of ch 2, hdc in each of next 2 sts, 3 hdc in next st, hdc in each of next 2 sts, hdc in top of ch 2) around, join with sl st in first hdc (not in top of ch 2), turn.

Rnd 11: Ch 1, *sc in next 4 sts (sc, ch 3, sl st in third ch from hook, sc) in next st, sc in next 4 sts; repeat from * around, join with sl st in first sc.
Fasten off.

Pinku Flower

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Here is a lovely knitted pink flower from the KnitBuddies flower exchange....



To make this flower, you will need to know


HOW TO MAKE AN I CORD
(excellent animated instructions on MANY techniques courtesy of Sasha Kagan)

YARN USED:

Coats and ClarkFiber: 100% CottonYardage: 100yards Orchid Pink

Needles: 2

Black Leather, Victorian Glass Jet Beads, Japanese Silk Thread,

and standard pin back


Pattern:

1) Cast on 4 stitches to create an icord, Knit for approximately 18 inches or to the size of your petals.

2) Cut the string leaving about 24 inches of thread.

3) Cast off by taking a needle and running it through the four stitches and tieing it off.

4) While the needle is still threaded start to fold the i-cord onto the needle forming 5 equal petals. You will want to run the needle through the petal base.

5) Then when you are happy with the equal petals pull the needle all the way through and form a circle with the petals and knot the thread. Then run the thread through the center several time to give it support.

5) Cut a small piece of leather 3/8*3/8inches. Then take a nail and hammer to punch holes around the edge of the leather.

6) Place in the center of the flower and thread a needle with the silk thread. Run the thread through the leather and place a vintage bead in each hole.

7) Attach the pin back


and ENJOY !!!!

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Flowers by the WOOL PEDDLER

Flowers by Stephanie Shiman, the

WOOL PEDDLER

at


Look at the patterns link for "PETALS" in the Spring 05 issue.

"Flowers are fabulous fun to knit. In a short amount of time, with a small amount of yarn you can have instant gratification."


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Stephanie also has a lapel flower pin pattern on her website
you can find it



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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Link to Free Flower Patterns




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Sunday, March 4, 2007

Nicky Epstein's "Knitted Flowers"

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Nicky Epstein's book "KNITTED FLOWERS"

is the BEST resource available for you!!

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Welcome


With SPRING just around the corner,
I have decided to start a NEW BLOG dedicated only to

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Here you will find tons of links to patterns in BOOKS, free patterns ON LINE,

patterns available for sale or download, and MUCH MORE!!


Please SUBMIT your own ideas, patterns, photos of flowers you have created, and

ANYTHING related to knit and crochet flowers.


See SIDEBAR or send an email to me at:

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Disclosure: The owner of Flower Patterns to Knit and Crochet Blog is not responsible for any errors in the patterns presented. Check the individual designers websites for additional information. The only patterns posted here are patterns that people themselves have designed and contribute and FREE PATTERNS available on the internet to avoid copyright infrigement.