5-Minute Flowers

Design by Victoria Stott

These flowers can be crocheted in a few minutes.

There are three different petal styles to choose from and colours are limited only by the leftover yarn you have at your disposal.

Materials needed:

• 10mm Crochet Hook - — move up to a larger size if your work is too solid or stiff
• Blunt-ended large yarn needle
• Left over lengths of T-shirt yarn

Stitches used:

ch - chain stitch, dc - double crochet, tr - treble crochet, dtr - double treble crochet, slst - slip stitch, mc - Magic Circle

FLOWER 1 — CURVED PETALS

Foundation:

1. ch5 , join with ss to form ring

Round 1:

1. ch1
2. 10dc into ring 3. Join with ss

Round 2:

1. all in same st - ch3, tr, dtr, tr, ch3
2. dc in next dc
3. all in same st - 1dc, ch2, tr, dtr, tr, ch2, 1dc
4. dc in next dc
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 three more times
6. Join with ss and finish off

FLOWER 2 — FLAT PETALS