Black Eyed Susan Flower
If you're looking for a great crochet project, why not create this lovely Black-Eyed Susan flower? It's perfect for a gift or to make a pin. This flower has 5 orange petals with black center and stamens.
Materials:
- Red Heart Yarn, Center – Black #312 2 yds.
- Red Heart Yarn, Petals – Sea Coral #246 5 yds.
- Stamens – DMC #310
- H hook
Instructions:
Center of Flower:
With H hook and black [leave 30” for behind petals], ch 2, 5 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join to beg sc and fasten off.
Petals:
With sea coral (sc, ch 4 , 3 trc, ch 4, sc) in each sc, join to beg sc and fasten off.
With 6 strands DMC #310 fill entire center of the flower with french knots.
(Continue with Rnd 1 as established in general instructions.)
General Instructions:
- If sewing flower directly to crocheted item omit instructions between [ ].
- If continuing a pattern behind the petals of a flower, use all instructions for the flower then crochet the following:
Rnd 1 – (Behind Petals)
With H hook and 30” strand of yarn (left behind flower) work in center of the
flower *sc between any 2 sc, ch 3, cont from * around evenly spacing 3 more
ch 3 sps, join to beg sc and fasten off. (4 ch 3 sps)
Continue with your pattern.
