Shelley Husband - Flowers Abound: 20 Floral Crochet Patterns US Version

Flowers Abound 20 Flower CrochetPatterns US Version Published by ShelleyHusband at Smashwords Copyright 2015 ShelleyHusband All rightsreserved. Smashwords Edition,License Notes This ebook is licensedfor your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold orgiven away to other people. If you would like to share this bookwith another person, please purchase an additional copy for eachrecipient. If youre reading this book and did not purchase it, orit was not purchased for your use only, then please return to yourfavourite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you forrespecting the hard work of this author.

Many thanks to thefollowing folks who helped me enormously
while I was writing this ebook
SiewBee for all your wonderful testing and proof reading
Tammy for all your wonderful testing
Everyone on Instagram who shared with me the words for flower inmany languages
Table of Contents Introduction Hello there! Im Shelley and I love designingcrochet patterns. This collection has 20 new flower patterns Ivedesigned for you. There are some very 3D flowers that really standup, all the way down to very flat flowers. All the patternsare named the word Flower in different languages so youll travelthe world from Europe to Asia to India to Australia with each newpattern. Well, the Australian one isnt really in a language otherthan English its more a funny pronunciation thing. I want you to beable to successfully make every pattern in this book, so Iveincluded the with links to videos Ive made so you can seeexactly what stitch is what. I want you to beable to successfully make every pattern in this book, so Iveincluded the with links to videos Ive made so you can seeexactly what stitch is what.

Every round of every pattern has astitch count so you can make sure you are on track easily. Each pattern iswritten for a specific colour way, but I also suggest other optionsso you can make the same flower pattern in lots of different ways.Its amazing how this can change the look of a pattern. I have come upwith a border pattern which I think suits the floral blocks well a . Its pretty easy, buteffective. Please do let meknow if you find any errors in the book. I have tried my best tomake sure the patterns are error free, but I'm only human afterall.

My contact details can be found here : YarnIdeas I have made each pattern with a fewdifferent yarns. I love working in cotton, but you can of courseuse any yarn you like. Each pattern lists the approximatemetreage/yardage in total, not for each colour. I used CascadeUltra Pima Cotton in the following colours to make the blues andcream versions : Centre Blue =Turquoise - Number 3733 Middle Blue =Aqua - Number 3732 Outer Blue/green= Ice - Number 3736 Cream = Natural- Number 3718 Using the Cascade,the blocks all measured 6 (15 cm) when I used a 5 mm hook. Pleasenote that I do tend to crochet tighter than most and a 4 mm hook isrecommended for this yarn. In some of thepictured patterns, Ive used Bendigo Woollen Mills 8 ply cotton invarious colours.

All measured 6 (15 cm) using a 5 mm hook, butagain, a 4 mm hook is recommended. I used King ColeCottonsoft for the red flowers in the following colours : Centre Yellow =Buttercup Number 1600 Red Petals =Cherry Number 719 Green Leaves =Lime Number 1601 Cream Edges = Ecru Number 711 Using the KingCole, the blocks all measured 6.25 (just under 16 cm) as it isslightly thicker than the Cascade and Bendigo Woollen Mills yarns.Again, I used a 5 mm hook where a 4 mm is recommended. No matter whatyarn and hook combination you use, as long as you use the samethroughout, your blocks will all be the same size. Tipsfor Seamless Crochet I'm a bit pedantic aboutseamless crochet. I really don't like seeing where rounds begin andend. So I use a few little tricks to help hide those beginnings andends.

False Double Where patterns saych 3, which counts as the first double traditionally, there are acouple of options you can do instead. I like to use a false doubleinstead. It is a bit fiddly when you first try it, but I think theresult is worth persevering for. You can find my video showing howits done here . Its not compulsorythough, so please dont feel you have to do it. Honest. Changing colours When I recommend acolour change in a round that begins with a sc, you will notice Isay Attach yarn with a standing sc, instead of the moretraditional attach yarn, ch 1, sc in sp. Changing colours When I recommend acolour change in a round that begins with a sc, you will notice Isay Attach yarn with a standing sc, instead of the moretraditional attach yarn, ch 1, sc in sp.

Its really easy to doand looks much better than joining your yarn with a ss and thenmaking a sc there is less bulk and no confusion about where tojoin to once you finish the round. All you do is makea slip knot on your hook, then make a sc in the space indicated.You can watch my video showing how its done here . While you can usethis method to make a standing dc and tr, I prefer to attach thenew yarn with a ss and use the false dc method I spoke about above,especially when you are only doing 1 round in that colour, as itseasier to deal with the ends if they are in different spots. Thestanding stitch means both ends from a single round are in the samespot which can make it trickier to hide them. I also find thestanding dc to be a bit loose at the top. Its up to you though.Use whatever you prefer.