How to Make a Knitted Flower

March 19, 2012

For those that don’t know me, I am an avid knitter, and I like to sew and attempt many other crafts. For a while now I have been trying to find a knitted flower to use: to embellish my hats, to embellish headbands, or even to make into a brooch or pin. However, I haven’t found any that I liked and knitted up nicely. One of my favourite places to discover new patterns, recipes, and crafts is Pinterest! Be sure to follow Shair and Label Daddy on Pinterest!

I just recently discovered a new site called Head Huggers, and they have a cute flower that you can make. I love this one: Knit Flower Pattern. Using this as a guide, and after some trial and error, here is my version:

For this pattern you can cast on using Size 8 knitting needles (or you can use smaller or larger ones if you would like a smaller or larger flower). I used cotton worsted weight yarn for these, but using thinner or thicker yarn would again make a smaller or larger flower.

I tend to be a very tight knitter, but I found that during cast on, and the first 4 rows, it was best to do those in a looser tension. It made it easier, and quicker to accomplish

Cast on 47 Stitches

P1, *YO, P2 tog. Repeat from * to end – 3 rows

picture shows the 2nd row of this set

Purl 1 row

The rest of the rows, I try to do in my normal tension, as it is tighter, and you want the flower to start curling in on it’s own.

*K2tog. Repeat from * to last stitch, Knit 1

I chose to change to a second colour on this one, as I wanted the middle to be Navy Blue.

*P3 tog. Repeat from * to end

Cut yarn at least 12″ long and run thru stitches to fasten. I go around a 2nd time with my needle to make sure it is pulled really tight, and not going to come apart.

Sew short inside seam of flower together.

What I love about this pattern is, it is easy, rather quick, and can be made to suit your tastes. I have made them in variegated yarns, and this one that I did in 2 colors. You can add beads, or buttons to the middle to make if fancier or just leave it plain.

It takes very little yarn to make, and is a great stash buster project. I love finding little projects that I can use up small bits of yarn, as then I have a ball finished and I can add it to my Destash Challenge points. Also every completed item gets 50 points, so I can make these up in about 15-30 minutes.

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Shari – who has written 36 posts on Label Daddy.
Shari is a mom of 3 young boys who loves to knit, sew and watch Nascar, you want to read more of her writings be sure to check out her blog, The Knit Wit by Shair. Shair’s Facebook on Facebook, KnitWitShair on Twitter and now Shari on Google Plus