The Crochet Charm

Tiny Spiral flower.

Start with a chain of 7 .

Row 1 : put a SC in the second chain from the hook , work a HDC in the next stitch and work 4 DC in the remaining stitches . so we have total of 6 stitches .

work reverse SC and come back to the beginning of the work after you finish working a reverse SC on top of 1^stRow’s SC , work a chain of 3 . for detailed picture please refer my bigger spiral flower with 10 petals .

Row 2 : work a SC in the 2^nd chain form the hook , work a HDC in the next , work 1 DC in the next 2 stitches and work 2 DC’s into the next same stitch. Leaving the top of previous rows last 3 dc’s free.

Row 3 : repeat the same for this row and till you have 5 petals .

For finishing the flower and sewing the ends please refer my tutorial for larger spiral flower .
And i also made a video on this plz check out this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U91ToaUc9ms&feature=player_detailpage

HAPPY CROCHETING :)

Spiral Flower

Yarn used is 4ply yarn ( any material it can be like acrylic ,wool or cotton or any )

Crochet hook used is 2.25mm for 4ply.

Tapestry needle.

Terms used :

SC = Single crochet

HDC= half double crochet

DC= double crochet

TC= Treble crochet

EXPERIENCE NEEDED: for single crochet , HDC,DC, TC. Crab stitch or reverse single crochet .

METHOD :-

Put 13 chains ( 13^th chain is only for turning the work around or it can be called a turning chain).

Row 1: Turn and put 1 SC in the second cchain from the hook ( or the 12^th chain when counted from the beginning) . put another SC in the next chain ( insert hook under both the loops all the time) totally it is 2 SC’s .

Put 1 HDC in the next two chains ( 1 hdc in each ) total 2 HDC’s .

Work 1 DC in the next three stitches ( one in each ) so total of 3 DC’s.

Now work 5 TC’S in the next 5 stitches ( one in each ) so we have total of 5 TC’s.

After the final TC , chain one and work reverse single crochet or crab stitch and go all the way to the beginning of the work( i.e, starting form sc) and at the end put a chain of 3 ( chain of 3 is for the stsarting of row 2). The crab stitch gives the pattern the kind of rimmed look which is the main thing.

This completes the first petal and row 1.

Row 2: (extra care needed for tthis row J) work 1 sc in the second chain form the hook , work another sc in the next . Total 2 sc’s.

Work a HDC on the previous petals 1^st sc and another on the next. ( which is worked behind the crab stitch ). Total 2hdc’s.

Now work 3 dc ‘s ( one in each in the next 3 stitches ) . total of 3dc’s.

Work 1 TC in the next stitch and 2 TC ‘s in the next same stitch and again work 2 TC’s in the next stitch , total of 5 TC’s .

At the end work crab stitch and go back to the beginning of the petal . At the end of crab stitch work 3 chains , which for the starting of the row3.

Row 3 – Row 10 : repeat row 2. Each row has a total of 2 sc’s , 2 hdc’s , 3 dc’s , 5 tc’s . Now you have a total of 10 petals.

After row 10 fasten off the yarn ,leave a little yarn about 10cms to sew the 10^th petal to the first petal .

But before sewing the edges , take a tapestry needle and add yarn, don’t tie a knot to the end of the yarn added to the needle, leave it free and just pass the yarn at the centre of the flower at the edges through all the petals, make sure the yarn you needled has enough length coming out of both the edges.