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Pattern: Crocheted flower

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This was my first flower design for #365daysofcrochetflowers This pattern was first published via Instagram @thecrochethookup
Pattern for flowers 1-91 can be found from the blog The Loopy Stitch and from flower number 92 ->  from the @thecrochethookup


The pattern can be found in Finnish from my other blog.  Click here if you prefer the pattern in Finnish.

Stitches used – US terms mrMagic Ring chChain scSingle crochet dcDouble Crochet fptrfront post treble crochet sl stslip stitch fbscfront post single crochet


PATTERN


Round 1, color A              * Make a mr, ch 5 (counts as dc, ch2)              * Dc, ch 2 x 11, sl st to 3rd stitch on starting chain. Fasten off.                  (12 dc, 24 ch)
Round 2, color B             * In any ch 2 sp, make a standing dc, 2dc in the same sp, skip dc              * 3 dc in the ch 2 sp, skip dc x 11, sl st in the 1st dc. Fasten off.                   (36 dc)

Round 3, color A               *Make a standing sc to any 1st dc of the 3 dc cluster, ch 3, skip d…
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Yarndale 2018 - crocheters dream

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This was my first trip to Yarndale and it exceeded all my expectations and beyond. I described the trip afterwards to my friends as unbelievably awesome, incomprehensible staggering!
I hope that at least some of my feelings as described above can be found below.

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I had been following this event from the social media for few years and I remember thinking that some day I will go there. It was February when I decided that I think no more, I go! What a good decision that was! I asked my husband if he wants to go with me and he did.  So we traveled together to Yarndale.  I booked the accommodation in Skipton and flights to London already in March.


We departed from Finland early on Thursday morning 27th of September. We flew to London via Copenhagen (note to myself: book direct flights next time). We arrived to London around 2 pm, local time.  We had one night reservation at a hotel near to King`s Cross train station. We dropped our luggage to the hotel and had a traditional fish and chip…
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Pattern: The May Flower

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This was my second flower pattern for the #365daysofcrochetflower. I shall call it May Flower as it was published May (how original is that!)
This pattern was first published via Instagram @thecrochethookup
Pattern for flowers 1-91 can be found from the blog The Loopy Stitch and from flower number 92 ->  from the @thecrochethookup

You can find my patterns also from Ravelry, from here.


The pattern can be found in Finnish from my other blog.  Click here if you prefer the pattern in Finnish.


Stitches used – US terms
mrMagic Ring
chChain
scSingle crochet
dcDouble Crochet
trfront post treble crochet
sl stslip stitch

puffyarn over, insert hook to the specified stitch, yarn over and pull up a long loop. Repeat two  more time, you have 7 loop on the hook, yarn over and pull through all loops

dc3tog
yarn over and insert hook into the st. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through 2 loop x 3


PATTERN


Round 1, color A
-Make a MR, ch 3 (counts as dc), 15 dc, sl st to 3rd stitch on st…
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