Floral Corsage

I've put this corsage together and a friend asked me to 'customise' it and make it into a Jubilee Corsage - she also says it will be coming out when its the Olympics!  It's made by crochet, easy to put together and I've trimmed it up with ribbon.  Here's a pic and a pattern......the pattern is also available as a freebie on Ravelry.......just look for 'fairislerona'

FLOWER CORSAGE

ONE SIZE  7.5 CM / 3 IN

MATERIALS

2 Small amounts of Double Knitting  - approx 20gms

I pair 5mm Crochet hook

button, safety pin and ribbon

ABBREVIATIONS

ch   chain   sl st  slip stitch  

dc    double crochet   tr  treble

dtr  double treble

N.B. Pattern uses UK crochet terms

SMALL FLOWER

Using 5mm crochet hook.  Chain 4 and join into a ring with a slip stitch.

1st round: 1ch, 6 dc into ring.  Join with a slip stitch into 1st dc.

2nd round: 1ch, 1 dc into same stitch as chain,

(2ch, 1 dc into next dc) 5 times, 2 ch.  Sl st into 1st dc. (6 spaces)

3rd round: (1dc, 2ch, 3tr, 2ch,1dc) into each 2 ch space, sl st into 1st dc.  Fasten off.

LARGE FLOWER

Using 5mm crochet hook.  Chain 4 and join into a ring with a slip stitch.

Ist round: 3 ch (counts as 1 treble), 11tr into ring.  Join with a slip stitch into 1st tr. (12tr)

2nd round: 1 ch, 1dc into the same stitch as chain, 

(3ch, miss 1tr, 1dc into next tr) 5 times, 3ch.  Sl st into 1st dc. (6 spaces)

3rd round: (1dc, 2ch, 1tr, 3dtr, 1tr, 2ch, 1dc) into 3 ch space, sl st into 1st dc.  Fasten off.

TO MAKE UP

Place the smaller flower in front of the larger flower and sew together in the centre

with the button.  Sew safety pin into place.

Sew ribbon into place on the back if required.