Tung Blossom Bouquet
Original design by @木可杨织艺
A tung-blossom bouquet set — six wired petals, a calyx, a bud and small and large leaves, all shaped over craft wire.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Materials
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Stitches used: ch, sc, hdc, dc, tr, inc, dec, sl st, MR
Tung Blossom Bouquet — Petals, Calyx, Bud & Leaves Petals (make 6) Rnd 1: Ch 12, from 2nd ch, 10 sc, 3 sc in end st, 10 sc down the other side Rnd 2: insert wire; inc, 3 sc, (dc, inc), hdc, 4x(hdc-inc), (dc, inc), (dc-inc) at tip; work the other half symmetrically Calyx Rnd 1: MR, 15 hdc Rnd 2: Ch 7, (from 2nd ch: sl st, sc, dc, 3 hdc, k2, sl st) repeat 5 times Bud Rnd 1: MR, 6 sc Rnd 2: 6 inc (12) Rnd 3-4: 12 sc Rnd 5: change color, (2 sc, dec) x3 (9) Rnd 6: 9 sc Rnd 7: (sc, dec) x3 (6) Rnd 8: 3 dec Small Leaf (make 2) Rnd 1: MR, 10 sc Rnd 2: ch 2, turn, 10 hdc-inc Rnd 3: ch 2, turn, 10x(hdc, hdc-inc) Rnd 4: insert wire, turn, 12 sc, 2 dc, (hdc-inc, ch-3 picot), hdc-inc, 2 dc, 12 sc (fold the leftover wire back and cover with sc) Large Leaf (make 2) Rnd 1-3: same as small leaf Rnd 4: ch 2, turn, 10x(2 hdc, hdc-inc) Rnd 5: insert wire, turn, 16 sc, 3 dc, (hdc-inc, ch-3 picot), hdc-inc, 3 dc, 16 sc
Notes
Wire-cored tung-blossom bouquet: 6 petals, calyx, bud, 2 small + 2 large leaves. W = 3 sc around the chain end; picot = ch 3.
Frequently asked questions
Why add wire?
Wire is crocheted into the petals and leaves so the flower can be bent and posed like a real bouquet stem.
