A Knitted Flower (with pattern) November 25, 2010
Posted by misscraftyfingers in Crafts, Free Pattern, Knitting.Tags: Free Pattern, Knitted Flower, Knitting
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I joined a swap on brooch swap on ravelry and has been trying my hands on making a knitted flower. This is my first knitted pattern! 
Materials
DK weight yarn
3.5mm needles (straight or circular, doesn’t matter)
Sewing needle
Sewing thread (matching colour as yarn)
Beads, pearls, buttons or sequins of your preference
Optional (if you’re making it into a brooch):
small piece of felt
Safety pin or brooch pin
Abbreviations
CO – Cast on
k – knit
p – purl
sl1k – slip 1 knit wise
sl1p – slip 1 purl wise
k2tog – knit 2 stitches together
p2tog – purl 2 stitches together
YO – Yarn Over
BO – Bind off
Pattern
Petal (make 6)
CO 8
Row 1: sl1k, k7
Row 2: sl1p, p7
Row 3: sl1k, *K1, YO* (repeat from * to * till end of row) (14 stitches)
Row 4: sl1p, P to end
Row 5: sl1k, K to end
Repeat rows 4 and 5 till the work is around 1.75 inches.
Start to reduce on a knit row as follows:
Reduce Row 1: sl1k, k2tog, k to last 3 stitches, k2tog, k1
Reduce Row 2: sl1p, p2tog, p to last 3 stitches, p2tog, p1
Repeat Reduce Row 1 & 2 till you have 3 stitches left on a knit row. BO all 3 stitches, weave in ends.
Assembly
Thread your sewing needle with thread. Hold the base of the petal and sew it tight for each petal so as to create the “crease” so the petals will curl. Sew all 6 petals together.
Sew on your beads, pearls, sequins or a button to the centre of the flower.
For Brooch
To make a brooch, you may sew the flower onto a small round piece of felt that fits the underside of the knitted flower and sew on a safety pin or brooch pin onto the felt. You can also sew or hotglue this onto a hairband.
Notes
With DK weight yarn (I used Sirdar Wash ‘n’ Wear double crepe DK), my flower came to about 4 inches or so. If you are using a thicker yarn and larger needles, you can CO less stitches. I tried with Caron Simply Soft yarn and CO only 6 stitches. It works too. I find it easier to sew with sewing needle and thread rather than tapestry needle and yarn for assembly. It’s really up to your own preference. But with sewing needle and thread, you will have to make sure that the stithces sewn are very tight otherwise the petals will come loose.
I suggest using yarn that has a bit of sheen, especially if you are putting pearls in the middle. It make the flower a lot prettier!
Hope you enjoy this pattern! have fun making flowers! I did! 
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Is the base of the flower (the part I’m sewing) the longer flat part or the short pointy part?
I’ve only knitted one petal so far, so it will probably be more apparent once I’ve completed all six. Thanks for the pretty pattern.
it’s the part you cast on, the broader part. The pointy part is the tip of the petal.
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What size is 3.5mm needle used in U.S. size?
Hi Jane! According to the chart I see on ravelry, 3.5mm needles are US Size 4 needles.
hope that helps!
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If knit this twice the size of the pattern (both in number of stitches and size) in wool yarn and felted it, would that work?
Hi, honestly, I have no idea because i’ve never felted anything before. you can try it though.
Beautiful pattern! I’m making one in hot pink wool. When I sew the petals together, do I sew into the cast on stitches, the holes created by the YOs, or both? I can’t see the YO holes on your flower. Thanks in advance for your answer.
hi! thank you! i sew through the holes and make sure the stitches are really tight. that’s why you don’t see the YO holes. if you check out the ravelry projects by some other crafters, you can see that they have assembled the flowers differently. To each of its own!
I don’t know what ‘YO’ means – it’s not on your list of abbreviations – are you increasing the no stitches? if so – how many should there be before you ‘reduce’ ?
Thanks
Hi, YO means yarn over. It is increasing. I have to reknit the petal again to answer your question. will do in a little bit!
There should be 14 stitches after the yarn overs. from there, you work in stockinette till the length of petal you want, then decrease. Hope that helps.
I would like the pattern for the headbands with flowers.
I love the patterns of these flowers on this site. I wish I had them when I finished the baby sweater I made for my 19th great grandchild. It was a sweater where the pattern didn’t have closures. They spoke of ribbion. I did the ribbon and it didn’t look right with sewing on the ribbon, I needed something to go over it to cover up the end that was sewen on the sweater. I looked all over the web for patterns on flowers. I didn’t find what I wanted. So I had a nap and dreamed about making flower or bows. I woke up and sent in and strated back at it. I did finnally make a bow and it was to small so I took the two bows and put one ontop of the other and it looked like a flowr and it fit over the place. It looks good. I still wished I had these flowers I had seen. Good work on here. I love this site. Keep up the good work on here. I will be back.
Can’t get pattern to print. Love the look of it. Thanks!
you’re welcome!
If you have the patter on your monitor press the CTRL key & press the letter P (for print) Just a thought good luck. I love this flower too.
Do I assemble the petals and then put on the hat or do I assemble them one petal at a time on the hat? (BTW – Love them!)
I’ve never put it in a hat before … but I think you should assemble the petals first before putting them on a hat.
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Recently I saw someone wearing a red felted pointesetta on a black
V necked blouse. Yes, I thought. I have only found one other pointestta pattern and I think I can make this pattern into a pointsetta after felting. Maybe cut the tips to shape………..
Thanks! M.
Thank you so much. I have been looking for this type flower
for some time and will make headbands for triplet girls.
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