Stained Glass Flower
6" crocheted square By ForEverett Crocheting for Hope http://www.ravelry.com/designers/lois-everett G hook - your center flower should be 3" tip to tip. Red Heart Super Saver - I suggest a stiffer yarn since the pattern is so open and a lighter yarn would not keep the structure needed to make this motif square. 1. magic circle, 12 sc in to ring, pulltight. Join with slip stitch to first sc. 2. \*ch 4, slip stitch into next sc. Repeat from \* around. Slip stitch to first ch. (12 loops of ch4) 3. \*(3sc, ch3, 3sc) all in first loop. Sc in next loop. Repeat from \* around. Slip stitch to first sc. (6 petals and 6 sc's between petals). Finish off. 4. Join with second color with a sc any of the sc between petals. \*Ch 4, sc in ch3 space at tip of petal, ch 4 sc in sc between petals. Repeat from \* around, joining with slip stitch to the joining sC. (12 loops of ch4)
5. \*Ch 12, skip three of the ch 4 spaces and sc the sc from previous round. Repeat from \* ending with a slip stitch instead of a sc. [NOTE: Your first loop will attach to the tip of a petal, the 2nd between two petals, the 3rd at the tip of a petal and the 4th will slip stitch to your first chain of the round] (4 ch12 loops)
6. \*Ch 6, slip stitch in 6th ch of ch 12 from previous round, ch5, slip stitch in same stitch. ch 6, slip stitch in sc from previous round. Repeat from \* around. Finish off. (8 ch6 spaces and 4 ch5 corners)
7. With new color join in any corner space. \*Corner with 2hdc, ch 3, 2hdc. 7dc in each of next two ch6 spaces. Repeat from \* around. Finish off. (48 dc and 16hdc) 8. With new color, Join with sc in any dc. \*Sc in each stitch to corner. Corner as (2sc, ch3, 2sc), repeat from\* around. Slip stitch or invisible join. Finish off, weave in ends and block if needed.
