This is my attempt at a dandelion flower, lovely Rae from Morning Sun Rae Blog mentioned she loves dandelions, so I thought I would give it a try:)
I used brushed Mohair to create the full fuzzy effect of the dendelion flower and once I was finished knitting and stuffing the flower, I brushed the wool to give it a fluffy appearence...
Materials:
Wool needle for sewing up
Circular needles
2 double pointed needles
Green yarn for the stem and Brushed Mohair for the flower head.
Fleece for stuffing
Straw or pipe cleaner for making the stem firm.
I have knitted this flower using the magic loop technique.
Pattern:
With circular needles cast on 9 stitches.
Round 1: Knit the first round.
Round 2: Increase into every stitch in the second round, you will now have 18 stitches.
Round 3: Knit 1 round.
Round 4: Increase into each stitch in the 4th round, you will now have 36 stitches.
Round 5 to 9: Knit
Round 10: Knit 2 together all across the round.(18 stitches)
Round 11: Knit.
Round 12: Knit 2 together all across the round. (9 stitches)
Round 13: Knit.
Leaving a long thread, break yarn and thread onto a wool needle, thread your wool needle through your stitches and turn your flower inside out, so that the fluffy side is showing.
Stuff your dandelion with stuffing and then pull your thread tight. Roll your dandelion to make it nice and round. Taking a small comb, comb the mohair until you achieve the desired effect of a fluffy, dandelion like surface:)
Stem:
Knit the stem with 2 double pointed needles. Cast on 6 stiches and knit an I-cord for a few inches, as long as you would like the stem to be:)
Cast off.
Push your straw through the stem, leaving some of the stem sticking out and then push this into the dandelion flower head. Sew the stem onto the dandelion.
Sew in all ends:)
xo
Linda
Blog: http://www.naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com/
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mamma4earth
Wool Shop: http://purewool.co.za/
I love your knitted flowers so much! I can't wait to try my hand at them. Thanks for generously sharing the patterns!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteYou did such a great job, thanks so much for sharing the pattern.
This one is GORGEOUS! Would love to make it and hope that I can find the materials here in Kenya. . . thanks for sharing your beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteLinda, this is stunning!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed : )
I'm not sure that my first comment went through...Here is another try : )
ReplyDeleteLinda, this is stunning!
I'm impressed!
For a second I was fooled I thought the top was a real dandelion!! Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteLinda, this dandelion is just perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis is so sweet!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this!! I would love to buy one for my nature table!!??
ReplyDeletesuch a wonderful idea! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteI love dandelions too, this is adorable! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteyou are so sweet!!! this is absolutely beautiful. your talent continues to impress. :) maybe if i start now i can make one for each of my students. being that our program is called *dandelion hill*, the children that graduated got a rose and those that would be returning got a dandelion. these would be so sweet to hand out instead!! thank you, thank you! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteDear Bec,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I have listed one Dandelion in my Etsy shop:)
xo
Linda
lovely. they will go perfectly with my knitted flowers from your other patten!
ReplyDeleteToo Cute!!! One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock......100 0'clock LOL ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful way to welcome Spring!
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever.
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteI have some mohair to spin so I know what I'm going to knit with some of it now too, thankyou xx
Really impressive, Linda! Goodness, you really are Number One Creative Mama!
ReplyDeleteHappy spring days to you, dear friend.
it's adorable Linda! I love dandelions.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful....:)
ReplyDeleteI saw it on ravelry and followed the links.
So cute. Great job.
ReplyDeleteYour take on the dandelion is ASTOUNDING! And that you interpreted it as the dandelion *gone to seed* is just further evidence of your creative super-powers.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I don't think my first attempt at commenting registered. What I wanted to say was that your take on the dandelion is ASTOUNDING! Your interpretation of the dandelion *gone to seed* is further evidence of your creative super-powers :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda for sharing your patterns with us. The dandelion seedhead is fab!!! I just want to fwOOf it away :-)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Ali,
New Zealand
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ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful pattern, thank you so much!! Here's another great place to a variety of free crochet patterns:
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Hey, first of all, every one of your patterns are amazing and inpiring, and capture the beauty of nature. Secon, you have knitted your flowers in the magic loop technique. Could they be done just on dpns? Thanks in advance!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean attempt? This is awesome!
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