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Flowers: A Girl's Best Friend Create a trio of blooms that won't fade or wilt. From "Uncommon Threads" episode DUCT-163

The group Crochet Me shares a bit of flower power with these floral-inspired projects.

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Flower Ring

Flower Ring

Cecily Keim crochets a simple flower ring that can be whipped up in minutes.

Materials:
crochet thread or lace-weight yarn
appropriate size crochet hook.

Abbreviations, stitches and techniques:
ch chain/chains
dc double crochet
hdc half double crochet
sc single crochet
sl st slip stitch
st stitch/stitches
tr treble crochet
working in the round

Create the center of the flower:
Ch 2.
Work 4 sc into the second ch from the hook.

Make petals:
Each petal consists of several stitches worked into one sc from the first round.

Ch 3, work 3 tr into the first sc, ch 3, sl st into the same sc.

Sl st into the next sc. Create another petal: ch 3, work 3 tr into the same sc, ch 3, sl st into the same sc.

Figure A

Repeat twice more to create 4 petals total.

Finish the ring:
Turn the flower over, sl st into a nearby st, ch the number of st necessary to fit your finger (figure A). Sl st to the back of the flower to finish. Tie off and weave in the ends.

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