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Boutonniere Pattern #1522
A crochet boutonniere with light peach and steel blue petals, pep centers, and wire stems in Star pearl cotton, originally published in Star #15, Book of Crocheted, Knitted, Tatted.
Materials
- Steel crochet hook · No. 8 or 9
Pattern instructions
Peach Petals
With Lt. Peach, ch 8, join to form a ring, ch 1 and work 15 sc in ring, join.
Ch 1, 1 sc in each of the next 3 sc, ch 1, turn.
Increase 1 st each side.
Increase to 8 sts and work 1 row even.
Decrease 1 st then decrease 1 st each side until 1 st remains, sl st down side of petal and work 4 more petals, break thread.
Steel Blue Petals
With Steel Blue, ch 8, join to form a ring, ch 1 and work 15 sc in ring, ch 1 turn and next 2 rows increase 1 st at the end of each row then decrease 1 st at the beginning of each row until 1 st remains. Sl st down side of petal and work 4 more petals. Place these petals over the Peach petals and fasten them together.
Assembly
Place a length of wire over 7 pep centers, fold in half, slip through both sections of flower and fasten in back of flower. Wind Blue Pearl Cotton around stems. Work 2 more flowers, arrange in position and wind thread over the lower half of three stems and bend wire so the end is under the flowers.
