Introduction
365 Flower Bouquet Project – PATTERN DIRECTORY, the landing page of my blog contains links to all the flower crochet patterns I've designed so far.
If you are familiar with Ravelry and you’d like to have a go at my patterns, join us at 365 Crochet Flowers Bouquet on Ravelry.
Today’s pattern challenge is Magnolia Stellata.
Also known as Star Magnolia, this variety is one of the most popular magnolia trees. It is the smallest of them all, growing up to 3-4m round bush when fully mature. The white flowers about 7-10cm wide cover the trees in early spring, before the leaves open. They are star-shaped, with at least 12 thin, delicate tepals. In case you’d wonder what tepals are … tepals are sepals modified to look like petals that some flowers exhibit.
You can find the instructions for making the magnolia bud below.
Inspiration
Magnolia Stellata Flower Bud Crochet Pattern
INSTRUCTIONS:
Yarn: tapestry cotton colour A =white, wool colour C =brown.
Crochet hook: 2mm, 3mm
Details of components:
- the flower bud with 5 tepals enclosed inside a brown sheath.
Flower Bud Tepals
Start: using A, _make 6ch, skip 4ch and in next ch make:
R1: (1tr, 1r, 1tr, 1tr, 1tr)
R2: 5ch, 3st-tr decrease, 1picot, 5ch, 1 sl st, 4ch, 1 sl st in first ch. Repeat from _ 4 times = 5 tepals. Finish off A, leaving a long tail.
Crochet Sheath
Start: using C, _make 4ch, skip 2ch and make 1dc. Repeat from _, 1ch
R1: (1dc, 1dc, 1dc, 1sl st in next ch)x2.
Assembly
Roll the petals and thread a tapestry needle with the tail of yarn. Secure the petals in a bunch. Cover base with the crochet holder and secure all together.
Magnolia Stellata Crochet Flower Bud is ready!
The instructions to create the big Star Magnolia Flower are available in:
All photographs and crochet patterns instructions are the copyright of Meli Bondre. All patterns are for your personal use only.
Happy Crocheting!
_Camelia
 |
