CROCHET PATTERNS (Pattern #15 Blue Plumbago) – 365 Flowers Bouquet Project

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Back to Louise’s flowers today with a gorgeous Blue Plumbago… Originally from South Africa, this bush grows fast up to 1.8m tall. The flowers are blue with a tubular corolla with five petal-like lobes.

 Inspiration

 Blue Plumbago Flower Crochet Pattern

 INSTRUCTIONS:

Yarn: crochet cotton (Ne5/2) colour A= blue, colour B= green

Crochet hook: 1.75mm

Details of components:

–         blue flowers with small 5 petals

–          small blue flower buds.

METHOD:

Crochet Flower (5pcs.)

Start: using B, make 4ch, join with sl st, 1ch, continue work sc in round for about 1.5cm (12sc), change to A and work sc in round for 2cm increasing progressively to 6sc (34sc).

R1: ((3ch, 1tr, 2dtr, 1tr, 3ch, sl st), sl st)x5 = 5 petals. Finish off A, B.

Flower Bud (3pcs.)

Start: using B, make 4ch, join with sl st, 1ch, continue work sc in round for about 1.5cm (12sc), change to A and work sc in round for 1.5cm (18sc), increase to 6sc work 16sc. Continue with (skip 1sc, 1sc)x4, and finish off A, B.

Group the flowers and the buds and stitch together.

CONCLUSION

Voilà! The Blue Plumbago Crochet Pattern is ready!

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_Camelia