Motif of the Month August 2015 Loopy Flower Crochet Tutorial

Hey everyone, it's Deja Yatmer from CrochetReactor.com. Today is the newest motif of the month, August 2015, and this is the Loopy Flower motif. So, just using some medium worsted weight yarn, a 6mm USJ hook, and the pattern is below. Just click on the link, and we'll get started on this fun. Alright, get started on our lacy flower. We're gonna put a slipknot on our hook, and chain 5 for a loop in the circle center. So yarn over back to front. Pinch your hook down and pull through, and do that join with a slip stitch in the very first chain we made. So insert your hook anywhere. It's pretty big, it's pretty easy to work in. So for round one, we're going to do the pattern. So the first thing we're going to do is chain three, and that's going to count as a double crochet. And then we're going to do a group of four double crochets inside our ring. So we're going to yarn over, insert our hook all the way through the ring. First two, three more times. So that's going to count as a group of five double crochets all together, then we're going to chain four. Then we're going to do another five double crochets and chain four, and we're going to do that three times, this counting as the first, it'll be four times four of these groups all together. You can see I've already run out of room on my ring, so what I'm going to do is I'm just going to pull this over, I've got the whole other half of my ring to go. So we're going to do this two more times. So we're going to do five double crochets and our chain four, and then we're going to join our round. Okay, I just finished the last five double crochets, and now I'm doing my chain four. And then I'm going to join with the slip stitch in the top of my chain. So this looks really disproportionate and sloppy right now, but what we're going to have after we do our next round is kind of a 3D effect double crochets. You'll see that in just a second. Okay, so to begin round two, we're going to chain three. We're going to make a double crochet four together. So we're going to take these next four double crochets and put them all into one stitch. So to do that, we're going to yarn over, insert our hook in the first double crochet, yarn over, pull up a loop and stop there. And go on to the next. So yarn over just like we're starting a brand new double crochet, pull up a loop to the first two loops and stop. We're stopping on the very last loop of each of these double crochets. I'm going to yarn over and I'm going to go to the next double crochet. Pull through two, four to go, and now we have five loops on our hook. So this can be difficult to work if you don't know the trick. So yarn over, if I just start pulling I'm going to get stuck. The easiest way to get through all these without getting stuck on anything is turn your hook straight down and pull through all of them. And now we create this kind of bobble stitch from these two rounds. It's going to be a kind of a three-dimensional poof. Then we're going to chain seven. We're gonna do seven cha And then we're going to single crochet to kind of anchor this because this is going to be one side of our, this is going to be kind of our corner here. So I'm going to single crochet in here. I'm going to do another seven chains so that I can get back over here to this next bobble. So now the difference between this one and this one is that I have all five double crochets to do here. So this is going to be a double crochet five together. So we yarn over and it's the same thing, it's just we're doing it five times instead of four. If you change colors after this first round, you can join with a standing stitch and do the whole DC five together over here, double crochet five together, like we're doing on this one. So, just like before, This chain is going to wrap around. Just ignore it. It's not going to mess you up at all. It still gives you your loops over here. Yarn over and pull through the first two. Just don't pull through all three. So you'll see I still have two from the chain and from the double crochet. Yarn over, go into the next one. Pull through the first two. Yarn over next, make sure to bring your hook down. And pull through all of them in our second. So we're going to do these chains again. Seven chains, single crochet, seven chains. Do the same stuff all the way around, so just keep doing 7 chains in your DC 5 together. Finished my last chain 7, and now we're going to join with a slip stitch at the top of our chain 3 right here, so we go 1, 2, and put your hook in that chain, and then we're going to fasten off. There's one thing I want to show you, just in case. Some people, there's two really ways to fasten off and I usually do the chain one and pull it tight and then pull the chain one down, but just so you know there is another way. So if you're making something and you don't like the little bump that may form when you do that chain one, you can just pull out the loop and cut it like that with scissors and then when you weave in The only thing is, this can come out because it's, see how easily it can pull out? That extra chain one kind of tightens it down, so if you're not going to be weaving in the ends right away, it's better to go with that chain one so that your stitches don't pull out accidentally, especially if you're doing motifs, because if you have something like this loopy chain that gets caught on something, you can pull your stitch out. With the chain one, it's not going to pull out because it's been tightened down and it's like a little lock-in chain. But you can do this, so if you're making maybe the edge of the motif, you can cut it without the chain one, and then when you weave it in, it's a little bit flatter, not super, you know, not a huge difference, but it's a little tiny bit flatter, so if you are, you know, kind of a perfectionist about your edge and you don't want the bump, just do that, just make sure that you don't pull it out before you weave it in, so kind of weave these in right away if you're going to do that kind of fasten off. But that's another way that you can fasten off. That will reduce the bump. Now we're going to switch colors. That's why I cut off the blue for the final round. You could keep the blue and just keep on going, but I want to put a nice bright pink around this. So I'm going to go grab that and we'll do the final round. Okay, this final round three is going to be a really easy round. We're going to go ahead and put a slipknot on our hook and we're going to do a standing single crochet to join in our... Just like our standing double crochets, all we do is we just start working our stitch. So we're going to work into any chain seven spots. So pick any of these loops that you want to work into. Remember I did that, um, fasten off the other type of fasten off. So probably don't start with this one so that you don't pull it out. I'm going to start next to it and I'm going to start kind of over on this side because we're going to put a lot of single crochets around the loop. You could start wherever you want and just push them over as you go because they will move. Because you're going to crochet around the entire chain. So you're going to put your hook straight through the big hole, yarn over, pull up your loop, and we're just going to single crochet. So that's how we're joining in with our standing single crochet. Very no stitches on chain 1. And you can see I can move that freely because it's around the whole chain. I'm going to push it all the way over because I'm going to put another 11 single crochets. around these seven chains. It's going to get a little crowded and make it stick out pretty good. Now notice I just kind of did a really fast one and I'm kind of far from the other one. And you'll notice the top V, the top of the stitch right here, is kind of long. So if I turn it sideways you can see that this V is a little shorter than this one. So I want to kind of avoid that because as I go and then I push this over it's going to create this little bump. I want my stitches to look all the same, so when I do these, I want to keep them right next to each other. So I'm going to kind of push them over, make sure my loops are the same size as my shaft, and that's going to give me more consistent stitches. So just kind of push everything over to the stitch you just made, and make your single crochet. I'm going to do a total of 12, because our standing single crochet counts as one, and We do the same thing on all of the other loops. There's no joining or chaining in between. As you work, you're going to get close, so just push them over and add more room. They're really hard to count if you're new and if you're not new because they're all squished together. So if I tried to count the running Vs, I would have no idea how many I've done and I haven't been counting as I've been making them. So I turn them sideways and I count the Vs on top. So I can do one, two, three. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. So I have 4 more to go, and then I'll push them kind of back over because I think I'll have even a little bit of room left. Then I do these 4, even them out, totally kind of into the end, because you can kind of push them out a little so that they're all even. So we're going to do another 12 in the next one, so we do nothing in between, we just start single crocheting. So it's a very easy way, and keep those stitches right next to each other. So do 12 in every single loop you come to, come back and join at the end. I'm going to go ahead and join my round with a slip stitch in and a very first single crochet right into those two loops. And maybe I'll try that here so you can see the flatness of the join and see if it goes Nice and flat, rather than... When you have the chain one, you get that little chain there, but when you pull tight on it and then you weave it in, it goes pretty flat too. So the benefit of the chain one is that you can't pull it apart. The benefit of not chaining one is that it will be a tiny bit flatter but you can't pull Whatever works better for you, whatever you like better, if you really want a flat edge on that final fasten off, then do it without the chain one. I'm going to weave in the ends and then we'll take a look at the finished flower. going to come in and all weave it in. Three-dimensional loopy flower. This would be cute as an applique or you connect them different spots to make a cute scarf or shawl.