Akua's Daisies: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Beautiful Crochet Flowers with Detailed Stitches and Variations

Akua's Daisies

I have learned soooo much on the internet and been comforted by other thread and yarn bearers! I love flowers and am now working toward another flower pattern collection. I like dimensional flowers, but am impatient: if a flower takes more than 90 minutes, it's not for me (as certain chrysanthemum patterns do). Anyway I'm delighted to have decoded my improvisation and refined it. And along the way, I've imprinted my own daisy, as I couldn't find my Daisy patterns. (I know you all may be thinking, she could just look them up, but once I'm out of the wheelchair, that's it for awhile and my bed is another worksite with table, hooks, yarns at one side, patterns notes and tools in a huge canvas bag at the other). Stitches

Adjustable ring

Make a slip knot with your yarn leaving 3" long tail, leaving center loop open. Insert hook in top loop. yarn over and draw up loop. This is your Chain 1. Do not count this as your first sc). Crochet over center loop and the yarn tail for the designated # of stitches in the first round. When finished, pullthe tail to close the ring. Slip stitch (slst) Insert hook in next st, yarn over and draw through alloops. :h and draw up a loop (2 loops on hook), yarn over, draw through both loops on hook. Yarn over, insert hook in next stitch and draw up a loop (three loops on hook) Yarn over and draw through two loops( two loops on hook). Yarn over and draw through two loops.

Treble Crochet (trc)

Yarn over twice, insert hook in next stitch and draw up a loop (four loops on hook) Yarn over and draw through two loops (three on loops on hook). Yarn over and draw through two loops (two loops on hook ). Yarn over and draw through last two loops

So here's Akua's Daisy

In adjustable ring, ch1, 5 sc in ring: 5 sc sc in each sc: 5 sc sc in each sc: 5 sc \*sl st, ch3, trc, (ch2, sl st: picot), trc, ch3, sl st\*, in each sc: 5 petals Fasten off.

Variation

In adjustable ring, ch1, 5 sc in ring: 5sc sc in each sc: 5 sc sc in each sc: 5 sc \*slst, ch3, 2trc, ch3, slst\*, in each sc: 5 petals Fasten off.

Variation

With color A: In adjustable ring, ch1, 5 sc in ring: 5sc sc in each sc: 5 sc sc in each sc: 5 sc sl st to first sc, fasten off. join Color B in same spot \*sl st, ch3, trc, (ch2, sl st: picot), trc, ch3, sl st\*, in each sc: 5 petals Fasten off.