This gorgeous flower from the garden was my inspiration to go and review some of the rose patterns and videos available online .
Justy Joey is a beautiful standard rose that I fell I in love with at the garden centre about 4 yrs ago the scent is heavenly and the colour a beautiful peach. However once we settled him into the flower bed he didn't thrive at all no matter what we did or where we put him, but we brought him with us to the new house and within a few months he rewarded us with this beautiful big flower that lasted for several weeks.
Firstly I reviewed several step by step videos on youtube by She's Crafty, the videos are a little long but do take you through the step by step process of crocheting the individual petals, sepal and leaves and construction of a long stem rose in 3 sizes, bud, opening rose, and full bloom. It took me one or two replays of a few parts of the videos to get the hang of what I needed to do, and it took me a few days to produce the rose. The pattern was fairly simple and the written pattern she includes in a list format was handy to carry around once I'd worked the pattern once on a petal.
The wool used is 100% acrylic for this project, and the hook size is 3mm, you will also need florist wire for the stems and florist tape in green to attach the petals to the stem. A glue gun is used to secure the petals together, and a candle which is used once the crocheted pieces are completed. Hovering each piece over the naked flame to melt the tiny acrylic fibres that give your work a fuzzy texture gives them a smooth shiny, polished effect.
The petals are worked in 3 sizes small, medium and large.
To make a bud you work 3 small petals. Rows 1-9 = small petal
To make an opening rose work 3 small petals & 3 medium petals. Rows 1-10 = medium petal
To make a full blooming rose work 3 small, 3 medium & 3 large petals. Rows 1-11 = Large petals.
The petals are worked in Amigurumi style, and finished with 3 chain and 2 double crochet into the final stitch to form a loop. This loop is used to fix the petal to the stem, it helps to leave a small length of yarn also for wrapping around the stem.. This is a small petal
The large petal on the left is finished slightly differently with a single chain between each of the two stitches of the increase stitch. This gives a slightly angular effect to the outside petals of the full bloom rose and enhances the natural appearance of the petal.
Rose Petal Steps
Row 1. Make a magic circle and crochet 6 single crochet into it
Row 2: Crochet 2 single crochet (V) into each of the single crochet (sc) of row 1 (12 stitches)
Row 3: single crochet (sc) into first stitch, 2sc into 2nd stitch (V) repeat to end of row.
Row 4: sc , sc, V repeat to end
Row 5: sc, sc, sc, V repeat to end
Row 6: sc, sc, sc, sc, V repeat to end
Row 7: sc 10 stitches *V, sc, sc, sc, sc (ie 4 sc )** repeat from * to ** 3x, V, sc 10 stitches
Row 8: sc 10 stitches * V sc, sc, sc, sc, sc (5sc) ** rep from * to ** 3x, V, sc 10
Row 9: sc 11, * V, sc 6** rep * to ** 3x, V, sc 11
Row 10: sc 11, *V, sc 3 ** rep from *to ** 6x, V, sc 12
Row 11: sc 12 * V, sc 4 ** rep from *to ** 6x, V sc 12
