Simple 10-Petal Flower Square

The firs of our flower ides, an afghan square pattern is easy, but just difficult enough to challenge the beginner and produces a beautiful motif that can be worked into an afghan, throw or blanket. The square is 9 inches to a side and is made in three shades of worsted weight yarn and an H hook. You can vary the size by changing the weight of the yarn, the hook size and yarn tension.

Simple 10-Petal Flower Square

Happy New Year Mandala

The first of our new year project ideas is easy and fun. To summarize, to make this Happy New Year Mandala, you will need 4-5 colors of yarn and a 50 cm (20″) ring. In particular, I love the alternating bands of colors and textures

Happy New Year Mandala

My Frida's Blossom Free Crochet Pattern

However, in order to build a flower blanket, you also need flower ideas. So, here is the pattern for the basal building block, a Frida flower on a black, hexagonal background. Overall, it's both colorful and elegant, a rare combination. To summarize, Frida's flowers are a well known motif. Nevertheless, they are still one of the greatest themes for crocheting.

My Frida's Blossom Free Crochet Pattern