TOOLS & SUPPLIES
- Flower measures 3½” in diameter.
- RED HEART® With Love™: 1 skein each 1704 Bubble Gum A and 1601 Lettuce B.
- Crochet Hook: 5mm [US I-9]_x000B_
- GAUGE: In sc: Flower = 3½” in diameter. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
- Red Heart® With Love™, Art. E400, available in solid color 7oz (198g), 390 yd (357m) and multicolor 5oz (141g), 230 yd (211m) skeins.
Special Stitches
Beg popcorn = Ch 3, 4 dc in same space, drop loop, insert hook, from front to back, in top of beg ch-3, pick up dropped loop and pull through.
popcorn = 5 dc in same space, drop loop, insert hook, from front to back, in top of first dc, pick up dropped loop and pull through.
cluster = Yo, insert hook in next st or space, draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook, (yo, insert hook in same st or space, draw up a oop, yo and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice, yo and draw through all 4 loops on hook.
picot = Ch 3, slip st in 3rd ch from hook.
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FLOWER
With A, ch 5, join with a slip st to form a ring. Round 1: Ch 1, [sc in ring, ch 1] 6 times, join with a slip st in first sc – 6 sc; 6 ch-1 spaces. Round 2: Beg popcorn in first st, ch 1, *popcorn in next st, ch 1; repeat from * around, join with a slip st in top of first beg popcorn – 6 popcorns; 6 ch-1 spaces. Round 3: (Ch 3, cl, ch 3, slip st) in same space, (slip st, ch 5, slip st) in next ch-1 space, *(slip st, ch 3, cluster, ch 3, slip st) in top of next popcorn, (slip st, ch 5, slip st) in next ch-1 space; repeat from * around, join with a slip st in first slip st. Fasten off.
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LEAVES
With right side facing, join B with a slip st in any ch-5 space, *[ch 3, cluster, picot, ch 3, slip st] twice in same space, ch 1, (slip st, ch 3, cluster, picot, ch 3, slip st) in next ch-5 space, ch 1, slip st in next ch-5 space; repeat from * around, placing last slip st in same space as first leaf. Fasten off.
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ABBREVIATIONS:
ch = chain;
sc = single crochet;
st(s) = stitch(es);
[ ] = work directions given in brackets the number of times specified;
* or ** = repeat whatever follows the * or ** as indicated.