Julia's Flower - 6" Square

Here's the entire pattern for Julia's Flower. This pattern was named after my maternal great-grandmother. She inspired me to learn how to crochet. As I remember her, she was always crocheting. I have several of her beautiful doilies  as keepsakes. She was a very talented crocheter and as far as I know, always crocheted in thread, even in her twilight years when her eyesight surely must have been an issue. I hope that in me, and maybe other relatives - I don't know - her lagacy of crochet lives on.  I hope to do her proud.

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SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate Beginner

FINISHED SIZE: 6”

MATERIALS: Worsted Weight Yarn, 5 colors, ½ oz. Each

Crochet hook, size H/5.0mm

Tapestry needle

STITCH GUIDE Beginning Cluster: Ch 3 * YO, insert hook in st indicated, YO and pull up a long loop, (YO and draw through 2 loops on hook), repeat from * once more. YO and draw through all 3 loops on hook.

Cluster: * YO, insert hook in st indicated, YO and pull up a long loop, (YO and draw through 2 loops on hook), repeat from * twice more. YO and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

V Stitch: In same stitch work 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc.

Corner V: In corner space work 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc.

Commence Pattern:

With Color A, ch 4.

Rnd. 1: 11 dc in first ch, join to 4^th ch of beg ch-4, finish off. (12 dc) Pull beg tail to close hole.

Rnd 2: Attach Color B to any dc with sl st. Work Beginning Cluster in same st, (ch 2, work Cluster in next st) 2 times, ch 5, *work Cluster in next st, (ch 2, work Cluster in next st) 2 times, ch 5; repeat from * 2 times more; join with sl st to top of Beginning Cluster, finish off. (4 ch-5 sps and 8 ch-2 sps)

Rnd 3: Attach color C with sl st to any corner, (in corner sp work ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc), 3 dc in next ch 2 sp and following ch 2 sp, *in corner work 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, (in next ch 2 sp work 3 dc) twice, repeat from * once more, 3 dc in next ch 2 sp and in following ch 2 sp, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3, finish off.

Rnd 4: Attach color D with sl st to any corner. Work ch 3, 1 dc, ch 2, 2 dc, [* sk 2 sts, work V Stitch in next st, repeat from * 2 times, skip 3 sts, work Corner V], repeat [ ] 2 times, skip 2 sts, **work V stitch in next stitch, repeat from ** 2 times, skip next 3 sts, join last V stitch to beg ch 3 with a sl st, finish off.

Rnd. 5: Attach color E with sl st to any corner, ch 1, 3 sc in corner space, 1sc in each st across sides of square working 3 sc in each corner, join to beg sc with sl st, do not finish off.

Rnd 6: Ch 2, hdc in same st and in each st around working (1 hdc, ch 2, 1 hdc) in each corner, join to beg hdc with sl st, finish off.

This pattern is a tribute to my great-grandmother Julia Tischler, who inspired me to crochet.

Copyright - This Julia's Flower Pattern and the pattern photos are copyright 2009 by Melinda Miller. Free for your own personal use only. Per copyright law, do not redistribute (with or without charge) in any form.(Redistributing to others includes by photocopies, scanning, emailing, putting on a CD, posting in Internet forum messages, putting on another web site and any other manner of distribution.)