Flower Children
Materials
25 grams MANUELA-Color size 10 color M201,
crystal (baby colors ombre); MANUELA size
10 color M025, apricot and size 10 color
M027, green for leaves and stem.
Steel crochet hook size 8
Small amount of filling material and small
amount of gray and red floss for eyes and
mouth.
Decoration Materials
Tirol, Art. 5008/121, bright yellow,
width 170 cm, from I.C. Leibfried, Germany.
Cedar wood blocks (repels moths),
from Susanne’s Klöppel-Zentrum, Germany
Flower Children
Size: about 3 inches
Note:
All Rnds are joined with slip stitch and each first st has to be worked as ch instead (ch 1 for sc, ch 2 for hdc, etc.). Head, collar and dress are worked continuously.
Instructions:
Head in apricot (color I)
Form a ring.
Rnd 1: 12 sc in ring (12).
Rnd 2: (2 sc in next st, sc in next st) around (18).
Rnd 3: (2 sc in next sc, sc in next) around (24).
Rnds 4-8: work sc in each st around.
Rnd 9: (sc dec over next 2 sts, sc in next 2 sts) around (18).
Rnd 10: sc in each st around. – Start stuffing head –.
Rnd 11: (sc dec over next 2 sts, sc in next st) around (12). Collar in green (color II)
Rnd 12: 2 sc in each st around (24).
Rnd 13: V In the following st work: sl st, ch 4, 3-dc cluster, ch 1, sl st, ch 3, skip next 3 sts of previous Rnd V.
Rep from V to V around (6 flowers). Dress in crystal “ombre” (color III)
Rnd 14: V Sc into the ch 3 from last Rnd,
ch 3 V, when you do this hold the leaves towards the head and have the ch’s go behind it, repeat from V to V around (6 ch total).
Rnd 15: V In next ch 3 sp, sc, ch 3, 2 trc, picot, 2 trc, ch 3 V. Repeat from V to V around.
Rnd 16: same as Rnd 14 but ch 4 instead of ch 3.
Rnd 17: Same as Rnd 15 but 3 trc instead of 2 trc.
Rnd 18: Same as Rnd 14 but with ch 5.
Rnd 19: Same as Rnd 15 but with 4 trc.
Rnd 20: Same as Rnd 14 but with ch 6.
Rnd 21: Same as Rnd 15 but with 5 trc.
Rnd 22: Same as Rnd 14 but with ch 7.
Rnd 23: In next ch 7 sp V sc, ch 3, 6 trc, picot, 6 trc, ch 3, sc V.
Repeat from V to V around. Flower Hat in green (color II) Leave beginning thread long to make stem later.
Rnd 1: 12 sc in yarn ring or ring of ch’s.
Rnds 2-4: Sc in each st around (12 per Rnd).
Rnd 5: 2 sc in each st around (24).
Rnd 6: In next st V (sl st, ch 4, 3 trc cluster, ch 4, sl st, ch 3), V skip next 3 sts. Repeat from V to V around.
Flower leaves in crystal “ombre” (color III)
Rnd 7: V In ch 3 sp between leaves from
previous Rnd, sc, ch 3 V, repeat from V to V around – hold leaves towards the “crochet beginning” and work ch’s and sc behind it.
Rnd 8: Repeat Rnd 15 from Dress. Flower Stem in green (color II) With beginning thread from hat, ch 7, turn,
sl st in 2nd from hook and rem 5 chs.
Finishing:
Onto the head with gray and red yarn, stitch mouth and eyes. With a few stitches attach
hat to head if desired and a loop for hanging.
Tip:
When the flower children sleep, push the head into the flower (the hat would have to
be taken off for that).
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