crochet big flowers

Big flower- I've used 2/3 colours, as then each row of petal can be seen clearly.

R1 - in magic circle, make 3 ch, then 11 dc, total 12 dc
R 2- join to top of the 3rd ch, sl st to next sc, ch 4, * skip 1 dc, dc in next dc, ch 1 *, rep till the end, joining to the top of the 3rd ch, at this point while joining, you may change to different colour, but don't cut the thread, as you can use it for the last row to highlight the flower.
R 3- *in each ch 1 sp., make 2 ch, 3 dc, 2 ch, sl st., then sl st to the next ch space* & rep *- * till the end, joining with sl st to the 1st st.
R 4- make ch 5, join from the back of the petal to the sl st of the next petal, continue in this way, join with sl st in the 1st space.
R 5- in each ch 5, make 1 sc, 2 hdc, 3 dc, 2 hdc, 1 sc, join to 1st sc, change to 1st colour or new colour, then either make sl st. in each st., or make sc in each. As in 1 flower I made sl st in last row, in another made sc, which I felt looked better.

for leaves & stem see my previous post.


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