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Carnation Flower Pattern #805
A crochet carnation with green calyx, pink petals, wire stem, and leaves in Puritan or Deluxe crochet cotton, originally published in Star #80, Crochet Gay and Gifty Ideas.
Materials
- Steel crochet hook · No. 5
Pattern instructions
Calyx
With Green ch 5, join to form a ring, ch 1 and work 10 sc in ring, join.
Ch 1 and work 2 sc in each sc, join (20 sc).
1 sc in each sc, join. Repeat the last row 5 times, cut thread.
Attach Color, * ch 9, skip 1 sc, sc in next sc, repeat from * all around (10 loops).
Sl st into loop, ch 7 and work 29 dtrtrc (5 times over hook) in same space, * 30 dtrtrc in next loop, repeat from * all around, join in 7th st of ch.
* Ch 2, sc in next dtrtrc, repeat from * all around, cut thread. If desired this last row may be worked with a contrasting color.
Fasten a knot in end of heavy wire and pull through calyx, fill calyx with cotton and sew together under the flower.
Leaf
With Green ch 50, sc in 2nd st from hook, 1 sc in each remaining st of ch, working on other side of ch and over a ½ inch length of medium wire, leaving 2½ inches of wire free at lower edge, work 1 sc in each st, join, cut Green. Work 2 more leaves in same manner for each flower. Cover flower stem with a ½ inch strip of Green crepe paper and attach 1st leaf about 1½ inches from calyx and each of the next 2 leaves about 1 inch apart working down the stem.
