I fancied seeing if I could make a flowery crocheted necklace, and here is the result:
I started off making roses in various sizes. The original rose pattern I found at Rahooqa as part of a rose necklace.
These roses are really easy to make:
Chain 65 and into the 4th chain from the hook do a dc *ch1, miss 2 ch, (dc,ch2,dc,ch1) in next st. Repeat from * to end. In last ch do a dc. This makes a row of 'V' stitches.
Row 2: 6 x dc into 1st ch2 sp, sc in next ch1 sp. do this 6 times.
(7 x dc into next ch2 sp, sc in next ch1 sp) 12 times
(9 x dc in next ch2 sp, sc in next ch1 sp) to end.
Leave long tails at both ends, use this to sew/weave in and fasten the rose. Roll up the rose with the biggest petal on the outside, and sew it together with one of your long ends.
I made roses of different sizes simply by varying the number of stitches in the first chain. So there are a couple which are worked in a ch 45, and another couple in a ch 25. And I used shades of red and pink for them, whatever I had to hand.
A leafy chain is used to fasten all the roses together into the garland shape and it is done in green. Start off with a simple chain of 17 stitches, then make a leaf. I did this by continuing with another 5 chains, then making this mini chain into a ring of 5 with a slip stitch. Ch1 then into the little ring you've just made do 2 x 1/2 dc, 2 x dc, 2 x tr, then a chain3 picot ss back into the top of the treble just made, then 2 x tr, 2 x dc, 2 x 1/2 dc and ss back into the starting ch. Do another 17 chain then make another leaf.
Then ch2 and ss into the back of a rose, I had to work across the back of the rose with slip stitches and made another leaf when I got to the other side, then a couple of chains and join in another rose. I just continued in this manner, making leaves between the flowers until I'd got all my roses added in.
This ended up making quite a chunky necklace, which is fastened simply by knotting the ends of the start and end chains together.
You could simply use it as a decorative garland or even stitch it around the neck of a jumper.
I quite enjoyed making this and I have a few more ideas for making different necklaces.
I think the next one I try might be based on peacock feather 'eyes'.
