Friday, December 9, 2011

An Easy Knitted FLower

This flower is very quick and easy to make.



Worsted yarn with large needles. (10 -13)
Cast on 7 st. leaving a long tail (6-8 inches)
Knit one row. Purl one row.
Change color.
Row 3: K1, YO across, ending K1.
Row 4: Purl
Row 5: Repeat row 3.
Row 6: Purl
Row 7: Repeat row 3.
Row 8: Bind off in knitting.

Thread tail from cast on in tapestry needle. Run the needle through the cast on stitches and pull into a circle. Tie off. Sew up the edges of the flower. Weave in yarn ends.

Viola!

If you felt them, they look like this:


If you make two, one with larger and a second with smaller needles, and layer them, they look like this:


I used size 13 for the red layer, and 10 1/2's for the pink and yellow layer.

10 comments:

  1. Your flowers are so pretty! Jana found one I was using in a display and asked if she could pin it on her purse. She really loved it. It was one of the maroon felted ones with a yellow center.

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  2. I am almost done with knitting the "felted slippers" from your pattern and I love it - plan to knit several more pairs for family!!!
    Thank you

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  3. Be sure to look at the variation of this I made when I grew tired of this one.
    http://pilgrimpurse.blogspot.com/2012/01/variation-on-easy-flower.html

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  4. These are really lovely,I'm a novice knitter and have already made a couple of these for my coat. One question, does "bind off in knitting" mean purl wise, as I'd like my edge to be as frilly as yours. Thank you.

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    1. No, when I said "bind of in knitting" I meant bind off knit-wise. Thank you for commenting and Happy knitting!

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  5. What is the size of these? Approximate inches please. :)

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    1. The size is going to depend on the yarn you use and how much you felt. Mine are around 3" in diameter or so. If you want smaller ones, use finer yarn and smaller needles.

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  6. Could you tell me what k1 & YO means please

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  7. What do you mean to yo across?

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    1. Knit one, Yarn Over alternating across the entire set of stitches. You double your stitches, minus one.

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