3D multi petal flowers

3mm hook,depends of the yarn

Row 1. Slip knot, Ch 6, join with Sl St. to make a small ring.

Row 2. Work 12 DC into ring, join with Sl St.  Change colour.

Row 3. Begin with Chain 6, turn work, Sk next st, and Sl St to join to next st, in the back loop, turn work before back of the stitch only.  

Row 4.  Chain 3, turn work to front and work 12 DC into space made by the Ch 6; i.e. over and along the Ch 6. End with a Sl St into the next st on the center wheel.  

Row 5. Ch 6. to being next petal. Turn and repeat as in Row 4.  Repeat 10 more times till 12 petals have been made. To snug off, end the last petal on the front, into one of the SC’s in the outer wheel of the center.

Note:  the center section ended with what looks like neat chain stitches around it.  Chain st and SC, etc. have a front and back rung. Use the back rung only for joining the chain.  

Note: This flower consists of 12 petals. It might help to think of the numbers on a clock.  A 6-chain stitch row beginning at 10 o’clock will end at 12 o’clock.  Mentally, draw an arch mentally on the outside of the clock from 10 to 12. The next 6 chain stitch will begin with at 9 o’clock and end at 11 o’clock --and the DC’s will go from 11 o’clock to 9’o’clock, and so on, overlapping around the clock. I think Tina is working counter clockwise. Lefties would work clockwise. 

The join of the end of the chain st row for each consecutive petal is in the skipped stitch of the center wheel, between the beginning and the end of each previous row of 12 DC’s. It can be tricky to see this space once several petals are done. If you watch the video the woman slows and pokes about a bit to find it. If necessary, turn the work, find the stitch from the front, poke a pin through it and turn to the back again to work through the stitch.

Watch the video to see how the woman turns the work, from front to back.  You are working the DC’s along the chain rows from the back. The first few vanes or petals one makes feel awkward, but one gets the hang of this pretty fast.  After you have made several petals it also feels awkward at first, but just bend then towards yourself and work the DC’s over the chain as usual.