These cute little flowers are constructed to be knitted flat. They can be used as decorations, e.g. to applique them on a garment (e.g. wrist warmers or hats) or to create brooches (e.g. in combination with pearls or buttons).
Knitting them can be quite addictive :)
Since this piece starts with a small stitch count and is generally a small project, it can be quite fiddly. It also uses techniques like short rows, provisional CO and grafting in garter stitch. Therefore, it is NOT a beginner pattern.
As to the name, Blüten is the german word for blossoms.
The pattern PDF is available via
- Ravelry (soon)
- Payhip
- Lovecrafts (soon)
The pattern PDF is 7 pages long and contains
- written row-by-row instructions for knitting this piece – including five photos of the different stages
- a pattern chart of one petal
- short photo tutorials for the following techniques
- provisional CO with a crochet hook and how to undo it
- knitted CO
- grafting in garter stitch
- short rows with wrap and turn and picking up the wraps
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Of course, these pieces can be knitted with any yarn weight and appropriate needle.
- yarn
- with fingering yarn I used about 11 metres
- knitting needles
- with fingering yarn I used 2.5 mm needles or 1.5 mm needles (the ones knitted in 2.5 mm needles measure about 8.5 cm in diameter, the ones in 1.5 mm needles measure about 7.5 cm in diameter)
- a crochet hook of roughly the same size as the knitting needle
- scrap yarn of roughly the same weight as size than you knitting yarn
- a tapestry needle for grafting and to weave in ends
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