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Abbreviations:
| Abbr. | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ch | chain, chain stitch |
| dc | US double crochet (UK treble) (dcs = plural) |
| sc | US single crochet (UK double crochet) |
| sp | space |
| st | stitch |
Materials:
Yarn: I used Novita’s crochet yarn for this particular rose. The yarn is 100% mercerised cotton. (You can pretty much use any yarn you wish.) I find that a rather thin yarn works best.
Hook: Depending on thickness (weight) of your yarn, use whichever hook suitable. For Novita’s crochet yarn, I used JMRA’s hook size 1,25mm (8).
And a needle to stitch it all up!
Instructions:
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Note 1: You can either leave a long tail of yarn at the start or at the finish of the rose (or both ends), to stitch the strip of petals together. (I leave a tail at the end, after fastening the last row off, so the long yarn tail at the start won’t get in the way.)
Note 2: The example rose includes 39 petals. See alterations below if you wish to make a larger/smaller rose.
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Row 1: Make as many chains as you wish, in order to create a rose the size you wish.
(See below: alterations A.)
For this example rose: start by making 118ch. Then, into 4th ch from the hook, work 1dc. After that: *1ch, skip 2ch from the chain row, and [1dc, 2ch, 1dc] into the next st*. The first row looks like a row of V-shapes. Repeat *-* to the end of the chain stitches. Turn.
(You should have 39 V-shapes at the end of row 1.)
Row 2: First: 3ch (counts as the first dc). Then: [1dc, 2ch, 2dc] into first 2-ch sp (in other words, work the next row into the V-shapes). From then on: *[2ch, 2dc, 2ch, 2dc] in each of the following 2-ch spaces*. Repeat *-* to the end. Turn.
Row 3: This is the row that creates the final petals. See alterations B below, for more information.
Please read the instruction for row 3 before starting:
Start row 3 straight away with double crochet stitches, which will create the petals, after turning (do not add any chain stitches), and work the double crochet stitches into the 2-ch spaces of the previous row, and then attach each dc-petal to the next 2-ch space with a sc.
At the end of Row 2, you have 39 two-chain spaces on top of the V-shapes and also extra 2-ch spaces between the V-shapes, meaning you can create 39 petals, and have extra spaces into which you’ll attach the petals. Note: do not skip any spaces!
I have divided the petals and the amount of double crochet stitches made into them as follows:
- 10 petals of 10 dc
- 8 petals of 8 dc
- 7 petals of 7 dc
- 9 petals of 6 dc
- 3 petals of 5 dc
- 2 petals of 4 dc
START ROW 3 HERE: So following this division of dc-petals, make [10dc into next 2-ch sp, 1sc into next 2-ch sp] 10 times in total. And then [8dc into next 2-ch sp, 1sc into next 2-ch sp] eight times.. and so on, until you get to the final petal of 4dc. Attach the final dc on top of the 3ch of the previous row with a sc or a slip stitch. Leave a tail long enough to weave in, and fasten off.
Assembling the rose
Roll up the rose, starting from the smallest petals (the last one made on row 3). Roll the next layers of petals around the base of the smallest petals. Keep the base of the rose flat so that the rose doesn’t turn into a spirally cone (try to look at the base too while you’re rolling it up).
(Of course, if you don’t want the rose to be flat, you can push the middle of the rose up a bit from the base, and then just stitch it up to fasten the new shape.)
Adjust the petals to the positions you want them to be in, and then stitch it all up, making sure that the petals aren’t moving too much.
Tip: You can roll the rose up so that either side of the strip is facing up, if you want. The rose will look different if you make the “wrong” side face
The right side up. ^
The wrong side up. ^
And here’s one more photo of how I sew my rose. (Note: I don’t use contrasting colors – this is just for the sake of making the stitches clear for your viewing.)
Alterations:
A) For the first row: If you wish to add more petals, increase the chain count by 3 chain stitches at the beginning of the first row, for each petal. For example, 38 petals means: 38 x 3 = 114 chains. Plus, add 4 chains for each calculation, as the first row starts with skipping the first 4 chains (this creates one petal). For example, if the total chain count is 118 chains, it will create 39 petals. A formula, if you will, is as follows: [the number of petals you want] x 3ch + 4ch.
B) If you wish to change the size of the petals, you need to make more/less double-crochet stitches at the last row (row 3) into the 2-ch spaces. Depending on the thickness of your yarn, you can start with making, for example, 10dc into each petal, and then gradually make less and less dcs into each petal, or even make the same amount of dcs into each space, creating petals that are all the same size. Test out how the petals are divided into each rolled-up layer (for instance, if you make 10 petals that all have 9dc, they will create the base for the rose, then the next rolled-up layer will be smaller, so make fewer petals with less dc in them). My suggestion is that you should make a lot of medium-sized petals in the middle of the strip, with 6 or 7 dcs in them, and about one or two layers of bigger petals for the base, and just a few smaller petals for the center of the rose, where the roll is the tightest. (You can’t really tell how many dcs each petal has in the finished product, so this isn’t an exact science, but the rose rolls up differently depending on how big the petals are and how many petals there are to roll up. It’s all very trial-and-error.)
Examples of roses:
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And that’s it!
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As someone who doesnt usually have difficulty reading patterns this one just doesn’t make sense to me. No matter how many times i count out 118 stitches i cannot get 39 V shapes into it. It comes out closer to 29. Also used the formula for 39 petals which was 39×3+4 according to your formula you gave and come up with 121 and still nowhere close to 39 v shapes.. Is there anyway you explain what i may be doing wrong? I am currently doing the initial dc *ch1 skip 2ch dc ch2 dc in next stitch repeat*
Hi,
It’s simple math, really. Each V-shape is fit into only one chain stitch, because the V is made into only one chain stitch, and then you skip 2 chains, and make the next V.
So it looks like:
○○V○○V○○V and so on. And each V is in one previous chain stitch.
You’re possibly reading the pattern wrong. It says: *1ch, skip 2ch from the chain row, and [1dc, 2ch, 1dc] into the next st*. You can’t take the brackets away.
Which means that the part inside the [ ] square brackets is all made into the same stitch, aka the same chain stitch from the starting chain. So the pattern is: you chain 1, then skip 2 chains, and make all of [1d, 2ch, 1dc] into the same third chain.
And that means you’ve used 1 chain for the V, and skipped 2 chains. So if you want 39 petals, you count 39 x 3. 🙂
Does that make more sense?
And here’s a tiny drawing to show how the V is made.
you explain it so well thank you
Glad to hear! Thank you! 🙂
I’m having a bit of difficulty following this pattern as I am almost a complete beginner. I’m a little stuck on the second row and I wish you had a more close up picture of what a single series of *-* looked like!
Hi Leila! There is a close-up photo of Row 2 on my blog, but do you mean something even more closer? https://wp.me/aKYsb-na
I can try and explain the row better.
After you’ve finished with row 1, you should make 3 chain stitches. These 3 chain stitches are meant to be the first double crochet stitch. Then, go right into the first 2-chain stitch space (there were 2 chains-spaces created on row 1, which are kind of like the top of the V-letters), you should do the following stitches: 1 dc (then make 2 chain stitches) and into the same space, make two more dc-stitches.
Also note: when you “go into the 2ch-space, aka the V-shape”, you’ll sort of go around the previous stitches. You don’t have to try and push your hook into the previous stitches, but just loop your hook around the space. If that makes sense?
And then when you’ve done all of that into the first space, continue with making 2 chain stitches (not connected to any space), and then: 2dc into the next space, and then make 2 chains again, and then 2 dc again into the same space.
So basically, into each V-shape, you’ll make 2dc + 2ch + 2dc, and between all of these, before you go on to the next V-shape, you will have a 2ch-space again, so that’s why you’ll have to do the 2 chains before you move onto the next V.
Does that make any sense? If not, I can try and make a short video for you. 🙂
Thank you so much for replying! I did mean an even closer picture, and I was having some misunderstanding about which hole was which. After your much more in depth explanation, I think I understand it now. Thank you so much 🙂
I’m not sure how to sew up the back when done. A picture of the bottom of the rose would be nice.
Hi Nell!
I roll the rose up so that the base of it is flat (it’s easier to finish up that way). Then, I go through two layers at a time, and make these straight lines with a simple whip-stitch (or whatever stitch works). You can really sew it all up however you wish.. there’s no right way to do it. 🙂
Here’s a photo: https://wp.me/aKYsb-nb
Hope that helps!
Love these roses. Just had a new grand daughter named Oakley Rose and are using these roses in a variety of sizes and colors to make a pillow for the nursery. Easy to follow direstions. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations on the new addition to your family, Terry! Oakley Rose is a lovely name!
And glad to hear the rose pattern is useful for your project. 🙂
Thank you for commenting!
Wow, nice ideas.it’s really so amazing and creative idea. you giving perfect and loveable patterns to crochet lovers. thanks for the helpful ideas with new and creative thoughts.
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Thank you for these instructions.. My roses came out beautiful!
Beautiful Rose! Just what I was looking for. I found too many patterns for rose that are small and really don’t look like roses because of the petal size (boring flowers). Thanks for the instructions.
Thank you so much for your rose pattern. I hope I am allowed to have permission to use your pattern for two dollar tree crosses for two deceased close family members who have passed away and I want to do something in memory of them both.
Both my step grandparents are now deceased my step grandpa passed away this year on March 13th 2020 and the town cremation home decided to cremate him and he passed away of Dementia and they marked him down as Covid 19. He was already sick and dying. I chose your pattern due to the simple step by step instructions. Thank you for sharing your pattern to the public and for having a free download
Hi!
Sorry for the delayed reponse. For some reason I didn’t get a notification of your comment.
I’m so sorry for your loss. And of course you can use my pattern however you wish!
How big are these roses? Thanks!
Hey Cara,
The size of the rose depends on the yarn and the hook you use. You can also change the size by changing the number of chain stitches at the start. If you look at the alterations, you can see that you can pretty much design your own rose and its size.
If you use the pattern I’ve written out, and a small hook with fine yarn, the rose will fit inside your palm.
How big of a rose would you want? 🙂
This is an awesome pattern. Its the third rose i made and the first one my friend actually approved of for a hat I’m making her!
One note on the chain length for altering size, I think it needs to be (number of petals) x3ch +1ch. Because you end up with petal, 2 chain, petal, 2 ch, etc until the last petal, where there is not a ch2 space afterward, just the 3 chains that make up the first dc for the petal. 39 petals x3+1=118 chains.
Glad to hear you liked the pattern. 🙂
I’m not sure which row you mean.. do you mean that you would need an extra 2-chain space at the end of row 1? Or row 2?
I love this pattern! I have a new great granddaughter. Her name is Rose and I have been looking for a beautiful rose pattern to surprise my granddaughter. I just hope mine turns out as beautiful. Thanks again
Hi Linda!
Thank you for your comment, and congratulations! I hope you have a fun time making roses for Rose! 🙂