Pay it forward flower pattern
"You don't pay love back; you pay it forward.”
Lily Hardy Hammond, 1916
Lily Hardy Hammond, 1916
I hope you will make this and give one away to a friend or a complete stranger! Please use the hashtag #payitforwardflower and #spreadkindness too possibly. I write TAKE ME! on the tag too because often people do not take them as they think it is public art. Here is a photo of my flowers ready to go (and some Yarnified Love Bomb hearts started by the caring Nallie Radloff @nallieradloff on Instagram or her blog Nallie Makes.)
A flower to celebrate the wonderful creativity and support freely given by so many people! A simple flower that uses many crochet stitch sizes so it is good for beginners to practise or people wanting to use a variety of stitches.
I used 8ply cotton and a 4mm hook. Any yarn and a matching hook could be used.
You will not need very much yarn to make each flower.
Gauge is unimportant.
A third flower in medium size is coming...when it is just right. :)
US Terms
Ch – chain
Sc – single crochet
Hdc - half double crochet
Dc – Double crochet
Tr - treble crochet
Dtr - double treble crochet
Ss – Slip stitch
St – Stitch
Sp – space
2dcc - 2 double crochet cluster
How to make a 2dc cluster (2dcc):
1. Yarn over, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over, draw yarn through the stitch, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook, leaving last loop of this dc on the hook. (You should have 2 loops left now in total.)
2. Yarn over, insert hook in same stitch, yarn over, draw yarn through the stitch, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook, leaving last loop of this dc on the hook (there are now 3 loops on the hook).
3. Yarn over, pull loop through all 3 loops on hook (this completes one 2dc cluster).
You will not need very much yarn to make each flower.
Gauge is unimportant.
A third flower in medium size is coming...when it is just right. :)
US Terms
Ch – chain
Sc – single crochet
Hdc - half double crochet
Dc – Double crochet
Tr - treble crochet
Dtr - double treble crochet
Ss – Slip stitch
St – Stitch
Sp – space
2dcc - 2 double crochet cluster
How to make a 2dc cluster (2dcc):
1. Yarn over, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over, draw yarn through the stitch, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook, leaving last loop of this dc on the hook. (You should have 2 loops left now in total.)
2. Yarn over, insert hook in same stitch, yarn over, draw yarn through the stitch, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on hook, leaving last loop of this dc on the hook (there are now 3 loops on the hook).
3. Yarn over, pull loop through all 3 loops on hook (this completes one 2dc cluster).
Small Flower
(approx 6cm across)
Round 1
Begin with a magic ring.
Ch 3, dc, ch 3
* 2dcc, ch 3*
Repeat from * to * 4 more times so that you have 6 spokes.
Ss into the top of the first dc. Ch 1.
Round 2
* Sc into the ch 3 sp. Ch 3, then into the same sp work dc, sc, dc, ch 3, then sc in the same sp.
Skip the next st. *
Repeat from * to * 5 more times creating a total of 6 petals.
Ss into the ch 1 of round 1. Finish off. Weave in ends.
(approx 6cm across)
Round 1
Begin with a magic ring.
Ch 3, dc, ch 3
* 2dcc, ch 3*
Repeat from * to * 4 more times so that you have 6 spokes.
Ss into the top of the first dc. Ch 1.
Round 2
* Sc into the ch 3 sp. Ch 3, then into the same sp work dc, sc, dc, ch 3, then sc in the same sp.
Skip the next st. *
Repeat from * to * 5 more times creating a total of 6 petals.
Ss into the ch 1 of round 1. Finish off. Weave in ends.
Large flower
(approx 9cm across)
Round 1
Begin with a magic ring.
Ch 3, dc, ch 4
2dcc, ch 4*
Repeat from * to * 4 more times so that you have 6 spokes.
Ss into the top of the first dc. Ch 1.
Round 2
* Sc into the sp, ch 6, then into the same sp work dtr, tr, dc, tr, dtr, ch 6, then sc in the same sp.
Skip the next st. *
Repeat from * to * 5 more times creating a total of 6 petals.
Ss into the ch 1. Finish off. Weave in ends.
(approx 9cm across)
Round 1
Begin with a magic ring.
Ch 3, dc, ch 4
2dcc, ch 4*
Repeat from * to * 4 more times so that you have 6 spokes.
Ss into the top of the first dc. Ch 1.
Round 2
* Sc into the sp, ch 6, then into the same sp work dtr, tr, dc, tr, dtr, ch 6, then sc in the same sp.
Skip the next st. *
Repeat from * to * 5 more times creating a total of 6 petals.
Ss into the ch 1. Finish off. Weave in ends.