How to Crochet a Flower: Wagon Wheel Flower Free Crochet Pattern

The first thing we want to do to start a round number one is create our slip knot, wrap it around our finger twice, pull it and then pull it up and over your finger, then just put that loop on your hook, pull it tight . and tight and now what we have to do is create a ring that will serve as the base or the center of the

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. We'll do this by chaining four to you and we need to turn this into a ring the way we're going. to do that is find our first chain, the one right here next to our Slipknot, you're just going to insert your hook into that chain.

I'm just catching a loop there, then slip stitch, so take your working yarn, pull it through the chain and then through the loop that was on your hook, there we have our ring now to start the first round, it What we want to make is a chain that doesn't count as a stitch or anything, it's just preparing us to make seven single

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s in the center. of this ring is one to three times five you six and seven and now to finish the round what we have to do is find our first low point. I can see it here and I'll insert my hook at that point.

I'm going to trap both loops, so if you look at it from above, like you see here, it looks like an inverted V. I'm going to stick my hook under both loops, wrap the yarn through. I'm doing a slip stitch here and then through the loop of your hook and that ends around number one. Now to start round number two, what we need to do is make a chain, so just chain one and for each of our stitches we need to make two single

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s and to start we're not going to count this chain one as a single crochet, but we'll do two single crochets in the same space, it's a little bit easier when we're joining at the end of the round if we're joining with an actual stitch versus this chain that tends to be a little bit hidden, so I'm inserting my hook into that same stitch or the first stitch of this round I make a single crochet and I do it one more time so that I have two single crochets in my first stitch and then we're going to repeat that around two single crochets in each stitch.

We will have a total of fourteen points at the end of this round now that you reach the end of In your round you want to do a quick review and count your points. You should have a total of 14. Then we will find our first low point of this round. Insert our hook into that stitch and slip the stitch that will end the round number. two now, the idea for round number three is to provide a base for our petals, so this round will be pretty quick. The first thing we want to make is a chain three and this chain three will count as a double crochet and then we need to add a space, now this is where we are going to knit the stitches for our petals in the next round, just go ahead and make four chains , so I actually have a total of seven chains here, three of them counting as a double crochet.

The remaining four count as just one slot slot, one four-string slot slot. Now the next thing I want to do is skip two single crochets and a double crochet in the third, so I'm looking at where my chain 7 is coming from. I'm moving. move on to the next two skipping those and then I'll work a double crochet into that third stitch, then I need to create another chain for the space, so I'll make a chain and then I want to skip two single crochets into the third stitch. You and we are going to repeat that chain to skip two double crochets in the third chain to skip two double crochets in the third we're almost done.

The last thing we need to do because we have reached our starting point is we need to continue with our

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chain and then we need to join together to finish the round. I mentioned before that this chain 3 counts as a double crochet, so we want to find the third chain so you can see my first, second and third. Get my hook into that third chain. Now I'm catching two loops this time. I feel like that's a little safer. So we'll do a slip stitch and this is what your

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looks like at the end of the third round.

Now we are ready. to start creating the petals of our flower and this is where things get a little fun and interesting, go ahead and pull the working loop and just hold it with your two fingers there, then look at your work and find this chain 3 now this was acting as a double crochet, but it was actually our chain 3, find that and then insert the hook into the stitch that's right next to it, then we're going to take that working loop and just pull it through the stitch, now we'll do it what do we do. What we are doing here is placing the start of this pedal at the front of the work so that they are offset from each other and now we are going to move on to the stitches of the pedal that we are going to work on. those over this chain to have space and we're just going to do 12 double crochets around this chain you, you, you, so once you have your 12 double crochets in that chain space, what we need to do is secure this cut petal all the way to the back like this, so the way we're going to do it is swinging the hook, sticking it in the front and out the back, so I'm actually grabbing that double crochet post and then we're going to grab our working the yarn , so just yarn over and we want to pull this through the loop of our hook, but we have to go through this as well, so hold it with your fingers to get it out of the way so the loop doesn't fall out. and then we're going to pass this loop through this now we're ready to start our repeat for this round and what we're going to do is chain three chain three doesn't actually count as a stitch, it's just trapping us up to the point where we have to get there, I'm going to pull my working loop and hold it again because the next pedal I want to start in front of this one and the way we do that is by finding our post and the stitch that is. right next to it, this is like what we did at the beginning: you'll insert the hook into the stitch coming out the back and make sure the hook is behind the first pedal, replace that loop and then pull the loop through the stitch now .

We have our next chain here waiting for us to work 12 double crochets around it, so as we did before, now we will start with petal number two and work 12 double crochets, you may have to slip the stitches. down as you go so they all fit comfortably, you're okay, so I've got my 12 stitches there for my second petal. Now what we need to do is secure it on the back one more time to show you what it looks like again, just grab your hook. twist it around the back on the front and back on the other side now just fold everything over the loop, pull from side to side and then we're going to chain three one more time, we're going to start with a new pedal release, that loop find your Double crochet into the stitch next to it, pull it through and then start the next petal, so that's going to be our repeat for the rest of this round.

Go ahead and finish the remaining petals and we'll meet again at the end of this round. Well, I've already done it inside out and the last thing I need to do is sew this petal in place so it stays behind like all the others. We're going to do this one slightly differently and that's because we don't really have a post right now to fix, so I'm still going to move my hook, but I just want to find the first stitch that we made and then just slide my hook down and then continue with the other. side then we're going to wrap the thread and pull it through, so basically we're doing the same motion, but instead of wrapping it around a post, we just work it inside that point and this is what your flower looks like now at the end of the round number four and technically you could go ahead and stop here if you wanted a little bit simpler flower, but the layers of this really add a great effect, so we want to continue with a round number five, but in order to do that, we need to place our hook in a different place, we want to offset this outer layer of petals from this first layer and what we need to do is find our first petal so that this one here is right next to our hook, I'm going to find that open point, I stick my hook there and we're going to do a slip stitch there, that's just going to put our hook in a different position so we can start on round number five, now let's go To start round five similarly to round number three, we want to start with a chain of three and this will act as a double crochet and we're setting that base for the next row of petals, but this time we want the outer layer of petals to be larger than this inner layer, so instead of making four chains like we did when we were setting up this row of petals, we're going to chain six together so we have three.

I'm going to add six to that. now I'm going to turn my attention to the next petal, just fold everything so you can see what you're doing and you can notice that there are two points between this petal, let's go ahead and fold it. crochet in this right here the first one, now we're going to chain six, find the next petal, just fold it down, find the first two stitches, so this is the first stitch in the second stitch, we're going to double crochet. on the first one, if we're being honest here, it doesn't really matter if you're double crocheting the first one or the second one, it'll really work either way, the main thing is that you want to be consistent, so I'm chaining six and we're going to repeat this until the end.

When you've reached the end of your round, just like we did at the end of round three, we'll find that big pitch. chain that we started with I'm going to place the third because remember that those three chains count as a double crochet so I have one two and three I'm going to join with a slip stitch to this third chain that we are making because it specifically counts as a double crochet and that finishes round number five so we have the base for our final rose petals and round six will be worked very similar to round number four the first thing we need to do is get We get ready so I'm going to lift a little bit of this loop and you're going to want to go ahead and fold the first round of petals under so you can see this frame of stitches below.

I can see I have one. stitch that's right here next to that post, so you're going to stick the hook into that stitch. Make sure the hook is facing that chain when you put the loop back on and then you'll just pull it through that stitch now that you're ready. until you work your double crochets around this chain of six, since we have six chains, we want our petal to be a little bigger instead of doing 12 double crochets, we're going to do sixteen and it's worked around the chain, all of you now . Once you have your sixteen double crochets, we want to secure them in the back just like we did before we turned the hook around and in front of that post and pulled it back out, and we're just going to sew it with a slip stitch, so pull it a side to side and then our repetition begins, we will chain three, one, two and three.

I'm going to pull up that loop and then focus my attention. Now here I have a

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stitch that's available so I can put my hook in and make sure your hook is behind it. that pedal, when you replace that loop on your hook, you're going to pass it right through that point and then you're going to continue doing your 16 double crochets around the next chain of six and that's the rep for the rest of the round, you're good, like this which I just finished making my last petal and before I can cast off I need to secure it in the back just like we did before, so I'm going to turn my hook and find the first stitch of this first petal so I can see. that first V right here I'm going to stick my hook in there and again we're doing this just because we don't have that post to fix and I can continue around the back and just fold everything over so things are a little bit easier, you'll wrap the yarn and finally you will pass the loop on your hook.

Now the last thing we need to do is fasten off so leave yourself a tail that is as long as you need if you are going to use this tail to secure it to your project you want to leave it a little longer otherwise you can use a shorter tail and then we'll just put the tail through the loop of our hook, pull it like this nice and tight and Since we had to really squish this in our hand, initially it doesn't seem like much, so what we need to do is lock our fingers a little bit , so you can see that just opening that first round of petals makes a big difference and then we're going to do the same thing with the petals on the outside as well and this is one of those steps that I hope you don't skip because your flower will look a lot better once you have all the petals straightened and positioned like they're supposed to, so they should look nice and wide, and there you have it.