Crochet Hortensia in Ceramic Flower-Pot
You’ll need:
1 skein of brown yarn (50% cotton, 50% acryl; 150m/50g);
Odds of turquoise and green yarn (100% polyester; 95m/50g);
Crochet hook 2,5;
Ceramic flower-pot (5 cm diameter);
Stuffing;
Green wire;
Plastic foam “ball” (40 mm diameter);
Glue gun.
Instructions
Soil in Flower-Pot
Make 2 chain sts.
1st row: 6 single crochets in the 2nd st from the crochet hook;
2nd row: 2 single crochets in every st;
3rd row: * 1 single crochet, 2 single crochets in the next st* (18 sts);
4th row: * 2 single crochets, 2 single crochets in the next st* (24 sts);
5th row: * 3 single crochets, 2 single crochets in the next st* (30 sts);
6th row: * 4 single crochets, 2 single crochets in the next st* (36 sts);
7th-8th rows: single crochets;
9th row: * 4 single crochets, 2 single crochets tog* (30 sts);
10th row: single crochets;
11th row: * 3 single crochets, 2 single crochets tog* (24 sts);
12th-14th rows: single crochets;
15th row: * 2 single crochets, 2 single crochets tog* (18 sts);
16th-18th rows: single crochets;
19th row: * 1 single crochet, 2 single crochets tog* (12 sts);
Fill in with stuffing.
20th row: 2 single crochets tog.
Cut the yarn, weave in ends.
Hortensia
Flowers
Make 15 small flowers for each flower head.
Start with 3 chain sts, (1 half crochet, 1 double crochet, 1 half crochet, 1 single crochet) x 3 times in the 3rd chain st from the crochet hook, finish with slip st in the 2nd chain st. Cut the yarn, weave in ends.
Big Leaf
Make 2.
Make 12 chain sts, skip the 1st chain st from the crochet hook, 1 single crochet, 1 half crochet, 1 double crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 double crochet, 1 half crochet, 3 single crochets, continue work from the other side of chain: 1 half crochet, 1 double crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 treble crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 double crochet, 1 half crochet, 1 single crochet, 2 single crochets in the next st, 1 single crochet, 1 half crochet, 1 double crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 double crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 treble crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 double crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 double crochet, 1 half crochet, 2 single crochets, 1 slip st. Cut the yarn, weave in ends, fasten the yarn.
Small Leaf
Make 2.
Make 8 chain sts, skip the 1st chain st from the crochet hook, 1 single crochet, 1 half crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 treble crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 half crochet, 3 single crochets in the next st, continue around the second side of chain: 1 half crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 treble crochet, 2 double crochets in the next st, 1 half crochet, 1 single crochet. Cut the yarn, weave in ends.
Assembly
Cut the plastic foam “ball” inhalf. Glue flowers to each half-circle. Take a piece of wire about 11 cm long and insert it in the base of half-circle in the middle. Pin the flower head in the soil in the middle. Sew leaves together and join to soil.