Flowers for Mum

Happy Mothers day to all those mums out there! To celebrate I decided to make my mum a vase of crocheted flowers.

Difficulty:

Easy - Medium

You will need:

• dk yarn in green, yellow, white and blue (the blue is for the vase so this can be whatever colour you want it to be)
• cotton 4ply yarn in red and white
• A darning needle
• 2mm crochet hook
• 3mm crochet hook
• 2.5mm crochet hook
• 3.5mm crochet hook (E)
• 2 green pipe-cleaners
• craft wire

If you don't have all of the right sized crochet hooks you can just use the 3mm one for all of it but I like the way it looks with the different sized hooks.

For the roses:
I used this pattern:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/roses-8
and made one white and one red using the cotton yarn and 3mm hook. I would recommend making them quite a bit shorter with less leaves as the top bit is very heavy so they tend to droop a lot. Also they are too tall to fit in the vase so I had to curl the around to get them in

For the daisies:
I used this pattern:
http://beacrafter.com/crochet-daisy-applique/
with the dk yarn and the 2.5mm hook and make 2 small ones. For the stem I made an i-cord (If you don't know how to make them watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVEObLX2qY) and  threaded a piece of wire through before sewing up the ends and attaching it to the back of the daisy. It doesn't really matter how long you make the stem but mine were about 12 cm long.

For the daffodil:
I used this pattern:
http://www.simplycrochetmag.co.uk/2015/03/05/free-pattern-crochet-daffodils-mothers-day/
with the dk yarn but this time with the 2mm hook. The stalk was made in exactly the same way as the daisy's stalks were.

For the vase:
Using the blue dk yarn and the 3mm hook make a magic loop with 6 sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the 1st st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Round 5: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (36sc)
Round 6: sc in the first 5 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (42sc)
Round 7: sc in the first 6 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (48sc)
Round 8: sc in the first 7 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (54sc)
Round 9: sc in the first 8 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (60sc)
Rounds 10-14: (5 rounds) sc in each st (60sc)
Round 15: sc in the first 13 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (56sc)
Round 16: sc in the first 12 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (52sc)
Round 17: sc in the first 11 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (48sc)
Round 18: sc in the first 10 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (44sc)
Round 19: sc in the first 9 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (40sc)
Round 20: sc in the first 8 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (36sc)
Round 21: sc in the first 7 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (32sc)
Round 22: sc in the first 6 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (28sc)
Round 23: sc in the first 5 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (24sc)
Round 24: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (20sc)
Rounds 25-30: (6 rounds) sc in each st (20sc)
ss and fasten off.

Weave the yarn tails in and arrange the flowers in the vase. Stuff lightly to give the vase more shape. After you are happy with how it looks embroider the letters onto the front of the vase. You can do this before  you put the flowers in and stuff it but I find it easier to do it afterwards, though you need to be careful and make sure that you're not sewing through the flower stems as well.



You are permitted to sell finished items but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Also please could you not republish these photos as your own. Thank you!