The third granny square

Hello Friends. I hope you are enjoying our crochet along granny square adventure. For March I decided to do a solid square. This way we can play with the appliques for both this month and the coming months . This square is easy to do but it does a little more time than the last two squares. It will be worth the extra work, I promise. If you have any questions or concerns about any part of the process please feel free to ask in the comments and I will answer as soon as I see the message. I really am happy to help. Also it is not to late to get started on the granny square blanket. Granny square project details, first granny square, and   The first two squares are super easy to and you will be able to catch up in no time. So here is the video for our third granny square.

I thought these little octopuses were cute. I have boys so I tend to gravitate towards boy stuff.

So I checked the March calender to see what was coming up and what do you know Saint Patrick's Day!

 

Also the first day of spring is on the 20th this month. So we have to have an easy flower to celebrate.

 You can make these bigger or smaller simply by changing your hook size. They are quick to work up and when you are finished you have a cute flower that you can make into a pin, hair clip, or add it to any project you are working on like a hat or maybe a granny square.

 

You do not have to make all of the appliques. I wanted to post a little something for everyone. If you do not like any of the appliques you do not have to make any of them. It is your blanket make it the way you like it. Do what will make you happy.

 

Here are my granny squares. I am really happy with how they turned out.

To be honest I love my multi purple square the most.

A simple flower that goes great on anything.

Well I added an extra leaf for luck.

Hello Octopus.

 

 All of the little appliques took less than twenty minutes to work up. They are easy to make and will make you look very clever to non-crocheters. Have fun. If you think of anything that you would like to see on here just let me know. I will see what I can do. To be honest as of right now youtube does not have appliques for a penguin or a TARDIS. I am working on my very first written pattern. I hope to share it with you when I get it perfected. Right now there are still a few kinks to work out.

 

I hope your day is filled with inspiration, love, and laughter. Be well my friend.



Flared Rose

Today's flower is the Flared Rose from the book 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet.
http://issuu.com/lesliss/docs/100_flowers_to_knit_and_crochet/1

Today there are no inspirational pictures because I think that a Flared Rose is only found in crafts. It was an easy flower to make. Mine is a little too big for a hair clip so it will go into a box for a friend of mine who asked for a box of flowers. Between you an me I have been slacking on her box of flowers. It is one down, a bazillion to go.

Here is my flared rose.

Turns out red is not the best color to photograph

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with love and laughter. Be well my friend.

Lazy Daisy

Today's flower is the Lazy Daisy from the book 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet.
http://issuu.com/lesliss/docs/100_flowers_to_knit_and_crochet/1

First some inspiration pictures from google

http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/lazydaisy.html

This is one of my favorite flowers so I was excited to crochet my own.

This flower was very easy to crochet. I added the stem to add stablity to a hairclip

This is the finished clip.

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with Love and Laughter. Be well my friends.

Chrysanthemum

Lets start with inspiration pictures:

http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/aboutflowers/tropicalflowers/chrysanthemum


http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1600&bih=754&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=PGUJGPBj4yknNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.flowerspictures.org/flowers/chrysanthemum/&docid=irMPTabX_3_dVM&imgurl=http://www.flowerspictures.org/images/flowers/chrysanthemum/chrysanthemum_25.jpg&w=660&h=495&ei=eKbtT5jTD4-q8ASNwfytDQ&zoom=1


http://www.feng-shui-tips-for-wealth.com/chrysanthemum.html

This Chrysanthemum Flower was not my favorite. In fact as soon as I took the picture I pulled the yarn and made it disapear. Again here is the link to the bookhttp://issuu.com/lesliss/docs/100_flowers_to_knit_and_crochet/1 

Here is my flower. . .

I really think that there is a better way to crochet a Chrysanthemum flower.

If you had a better result I would love to see it.

I hope you are having a wonderful day filled with love and laughter. Be well My friends.

Buttercup

Today's crochet flower is the buttercup.

Here are the inspiration flowers from google

http://www.flickriver.com/groups/656517@N23/pool/interesting/


http://www.free-cute-backgrounds.com/flower-backgrounds/buttercup-flower.php

Now here is how my crocheted buttercup turned out

I am only using the yarn I have on hand.

This is not my favorite flower but it is cute.

I hope you are having a wonderful day filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.

Hellebore

Today I am crocheting the first flower from the book 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet
http://issuu.com/lesliss/docs/100_flowers_to_knit_and_crochet/1 is the Hellebore. First I thought it would be nice to see what the actual flower looks like in nature.

http://en.cvetq.info/news.php?extend.80.13

http://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/hellebore/

http://ferrebeekeeper.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/hellebore/

  
I want to be totally honest with you I googled these pictures because I had no idea what they looked like. I was surprised by the many colors their many different colors.

I added a slip stitch around the finished flower.

This is the back of the flower

This was my first attempt.

The hardest part is that the pattern is written in the UK terms so it takes a minute or two to get used to the stitch names. If you have any trouble with the flower I might be able to help if you ask.

I hope you are having a wonderful day filled with love and laughter. Be well Friends.