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:

1. If sewing flower directly to crocheted item omit instructions between [ ].
    
2. 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.