Motif of the Month July 2015 8 Petal Flower Motif Crochet Tutorial

Hey everyone, it's Deja from crocheteverafter.com. Today is the newest motif of the month. This is July 2015 and this is the petal flower. So it's a very easy motif. You can use one to four colors because this has four rounds. I used three. I'm going to show you how to join colors without having to do chain stitches. This is worsted weight yarn, red heart. I'm using a 5.5mm We're going to go ahead and make a slipknot, and we're going to make a center ring. So we're going to chain six, always yarn over from back to front, turn your hook down through. Do that six times. We're going to join this round in our first chain, so just insert your hook anywhere in that very first chain right next to your slipknot, yarn over again, so it's kind of a layover. It just kind of lays right on top of your hook, catch it and pull it through the loop on your hook. The chain 6 round creates a nice big open circle so it's easy to work into for round 1. So we're going to go ahead and get started. So the first thing we're going to do is chain 3 and that's going to count as our first double crochet. So yarn over, pull, that's our first double. Now we're going to do 15 more. So this is going to be an eight-petal flower. Multiples of 8, so we're going to do 16 all together because this chain 3 counts as a double crochet. So we yarn over, insert our hook through that nice big hole we have, yarn over and pull up a loop. Then I yarn over and pull through the first two, yarn over and pull through the second two. So notice I always point my hook down when I'm pulling through my loops. It keeps me from getting stuck on them. Because we're working around this ring, you might run out of room as you go. So what you do is you just pull. So keep going until you get to 15 total double crochets, 16 total stitches, and then we'll move on to round two. Okay, just finished number 15. So if you're new and you find it difficult to count the front of your stitches as you go, just remember you can turn your work and the stitches that you do in crochet, the top The top of them always have this stacked V look. If it's hard to see the V, you can count those all the way around, make sure you have 15, and then a chain 3, so even a V on top of the chain 3, you can count it as a chain 3 or as a stitch. So now we're going to join with a slip stitch in the top of our chain 3, so we have 1, 2, 3, we want to do it at the top, not down at the bottom, because the circle should be joined, And we want it to be a nice. We are ready for round two. So round two is going to be a little different. We're going to start with a chain five and that's going to count as a double crochet. The first three is going to be a double crochet. And then we're going to do another two which count as a chain two. And that'll make more sense in just a second. So now we're going to double crochet but we're going to do it right in that same stitch that we just did all of these chains out of. Did all these chains out of So it's kind of like a combo stitch. So we're going to put our hook right back in there where that slip stitch was, and do another double crochet, and that's going to give us kind of a V stitch. Okay, and then after that double crochet, we're going to chain one, and then we're going to start kind of our pattern over. So we're going to skip that next stitch that we come to, that little one that looks like a V, like a post, and then we're going to double crochet, chain two, double crochet again in this next stitch. Chain two, double crochet right back in there. And then we're going to chain 1 again. Next stitch and double crochet, chain 2, double crochet. So this is the pattern that we're doing all the way around for a total of 8 of these. So we've done 3 so far. Double crochet, chain 2, double crochet, chain 1. We just keep doing that all the way around until we get back to the front. Okay, just finished off that last double crochet, now I just have my chain one, and then I'm going to join the round. So I need to join it not at the top of the chain five, because then I'm crossing over that first double crochet, so I need to join it in the third chain of my chain five. So I'm going to count one, two, and three, so it's just like joining it at the top of a double crochet. Now we're going to fasten off because we're going to change colors and we're going to start with a standing stitch. So I'll show you how to do that if you've never done it. It's a really cool, easy way to put in a new color without having to do any kind of slip stitching and chaining. Okay, let's go grab our new color and start a round. Okay, we've got our first two rounds and now we're going to join in our new color. So the first thing to do is put a slip knot on our hook and then the rest is pretty easy. Tighten that down. So we're going to start with a standing double crochet, and we're going to start in any of the chain two spaces. We have chain one spaces and chain two spaces. The chain two is in between those two double crochets coming out of one stitch. So any of these you want does not make a difference since we're working in a circle. So I'll just start right here, and we're going to start with a standing double crochet. Normally when you join a new color you might slip stitch it. And then do three chains to count as your first double crochet. But instead, what we're going to do is just start double crocheting. It's going to eliminate those chains. So I'm going to yarn over and hold onto your tail, because otherwise it's just going to flip right around and you're going to lose it. So hold onto your tail while you're working this stitch so you don't lose your yarn over. Then I'm going to insert my hook into that chain two space. I'm going to yarn over and I'm going to pull up a loop. And then I'm just going to work like a regular double crochet. I'm going to yarn over and pull through the first two. Notice I let go of my tail. I need to to get this far apart so I can get my hook through. But then I grab it when I pull back through. Then I yarn over and pull through the last two. So now I've just started my new color by making an actual double crochet. It's going to be easier when I come around and join because I'll have a double crochet right to join into. And the tail doesn't matter because we weave it in. So whether it's at the top or the bottom doesn't make a difference. So now we are ready for the rest of the round. Okay now the rest of the round is going to be similar to this previous round with just an extra double crochet. So instead of doing a double crochet, chain two, double crochet, we're going to do we are going to do two double crochets, chain two, and then two double crochets back in that same spot. So it's like a double dc fan, double double crochet fan. And then we're going to do a chain one, just like we did before. This time when we go to work, we're going to work into our next chain two spot. So we're going to do again two double crochets, and then a chain two, two double crochets in that same spot, and then a chain one. So that is the pattern for round three. Same thing over and over again, eight total times here. So we just ignore the chain one area and go straight to our chain twos. So do this eight times all the way around. I did the last double crochet, and now I have my chain 1, and now I'm ready to join, so now you can see that I have a V to join with, but I don't have any chain 3s that I have to join with. Just yarn over, fasten this off, because we've got one more color to do. Alright, we have our final color for our final round, so we're going to go ahead and do a slip knot, and we're going to do a standing double crochet again. We're going to do it in any of our chain 2 spaces. So pick whatever one you want and I'll start right here just because it's in front of me and you start with your double crochet. Let go or let that tail get second double second through on my double crochet. So now we're going to put another six double crochets in this chain two. So I'm pulling this over to the side because I need lots of room. It's going to make like a double crochet fan all the way this chain two space. It's going to be seven double crochets And that's going to be part of our pattern. This pattern is very easy again. You'll see that it kind of naturally pushes itself out into this fan position. So the next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to double crochet around this chain one spot, just to make our fan, pull it down. When we join over here, it's going to pull it down too. We're going to do another seven again. So yarn over, go into your chain two spot, and start double crocheting. That's what we're going to do all the way around. We're going to do seven double crochets. In every chain two spot, and then we're going to do a single crochet to anchor it to the chain one spot. Keep on going all the way around and see how it joins. Okay, just finished my last seven double crochets, and now I'm at the beginning of the round. So I do my single crochet in that chain one spot, and then to bring this down to here, we're going to slip stitch. You have your completed flower. Depending on if you want to change colors. How many times do you want to change colors? Because technically you could change colors. You'll have quite a few ends to weave in so I'm going to go weave these in and then we'll look ready. Because these are nice and big so they would take a long time to make a whole blanket out of. You can just connect a petal. So if you have any questions leave them below and thank you