These oversized wallflowers are a fabulous way to add a touch of tactile crochet to your living space. While they can be used individually as trivets around your kitchen and dining table, they look absolutely stunning when joined together to create a colour-blocked geometric wall hanging.
If you substitute the yarn with another jersey yarn, be sure to use the correct hook, as jersey yarns can vary greatly between manufacturers. This pattern will scale well to suit any hook and yarn size you choose, but remember that using a different size hook and yarn will alter the finished size of your flowers.
Individual wallflowers should measure 24.5cm (93⁄4in) in diameter when blocked.
The wallflower hanging should measure 67cm (261⁄2in) long by 1m (391⁄2in) wide.
When sewing in loose ends of jersey yarn, to easily thread it onto the wide-eyed needle first unroll it. Once flat, fold it in half and thread it through the eye; a few centimetres will be enough it hold it securely.
Make 9, three each in Spearmint Green, True Blue and Hot Latte.
Foundation ring: using jersey yarn and 12mm hook, ch8, ss to form ring
Round 1: ch3 (counts as first tr), 19tr into ring, ss into 3rd of starting ch3
Round 2: ch2, tr into next st (counts as first tr2tog), *ch3, tr2tog over next 2sts* rep from * to * 9 times, ch3, ss into top of first tr2tog
Round 3: ch1, [dc, htr, tr, ch1, tr, htr, dc] into each ch-sp around, ss into first dc, fasten off yarn and weave in loose ends
First insert your fingers or thumbs into the ch-sp of opposing petals and pull the flower to stretch out the motif; do this with all petals. Then, lay the flower face down and gently steam press on reverse, allowing the steam to penetrate through to the front of the flower. Gently pull the flower into a neat shape, even out the petals and allow to dry fully.
Lay the flowers face down in the colour arrangement shown in the finished photograph. Then, with the sewing needle and strong thread, use a whip stitch to join the petals together at the points marked with a red star on the chart, ensuring that the stitches will not be seen from the right side.
Small panel pins are ideal for displaying the wallflower hanging as they will be hidden amongst the flowers once the display is complete. Five panel pins will be enough for this hanging, one for each flower motif along the top edge. Once you have marked the positions of the panel pins on the wall, hammer each into place leaving 1cm (3⁄8in) protruding, which is just enough to hold the hanging without them being seen.
