Butter Cookie Rose

Great for accessorizing on headbands, garlands, afghans, and more, this simple Butter Cookie Rose resembles those classic butter cookies that we all loved eating as kids.  This crocheted flower pattern is simple and quick, making it great for beginners and advanced crocheters alike.  Create a rose in all your favorite colors for a lovely bouquet that you can have on display all year long.  Also great for using up yarn scraps, this crochet flower will not only help clear out your yarn stash, but will easily beautify your home.

Materials:

• 5 mm (H) crochet hook
• 12 yards of Chic Cotton Yarn
• Stitch marker
• Wool needle

Instructions:
At the end of each round just carry on, do not join with a slip stitch unless otherwise marked.  Mark the start of each round and then move marker as a round is completed.

1. Ch 31
    
2. Row 1) 1 sc in 2nd ch from hk, 29 sc, ch 1, turn (30)
    
3. Row 2) *(1 ss, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 ss) in st, miss 1 st* x 4,  *(1 ss, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 ss) in st, miss 1 st* x 5, *(1 ss, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 ss) in st, miss 1 st* x 6
    
4. Leave enough yarn to sew the flower together. Roll the flower around remembering to leave a space in the middle to put the button through and sew together.