CROCHET PATTERNS (Flower Pattern #77 Stachyurus * Kibushi) – 365 Crochet Flowers Bouquet Project

Introduction

Stachyurus praecox is a medium size deciduous shrub flowering in late winter or early spring. They are native to woodlands in the Himalayas and East Asia. Its Japanese name is Kibushi, and it comes from the fact that the seeds are used for black dye.

These shrubs would thrive in any fertile soil and produce a mass of pale yellow flowers. The small cup-shaped blooms are borne on racemes and appear before the leaves.

How to Crochet a Stachyurus Flower?

Crochet Yarn

• Crochet cotton Size 10, colour A = pale yellow or white
• Stranded embroidery cotton colour B = green
• Sewing thread colour C = yellow
• Crochet cotton Size 5 colour D = multicolour purple.

Crochet Hook

•  1 mm steel hook.

Details of components

• cup-shaped blooms with 4 oblong petals
• green long  stigma sorrounded by tall yellow stamens shorter than the petals
• 4 sepals: 2 small outer sepals and 2 inner sepals same as the petals.

Flower Pattern

The crochet pattern instructions you'll find below are for crocheting an individual Stachyurus flower. These flowers are borne in raceme, so you should make as many as you can (10 would be great) and attach them to a central stalk.

Stamens (5pcs.)

Start: using 1mm hook and colour C, make 8ch, make a small clone’s knot, continue with 7sl st.. Fasten off C. Make 5 pieces for a flower.

Stigma

Start: using 1mm hook and colour B, make 5ch, make a small clone’s knot, continue with 4sl st. Fasten off B.

Petals and Sepals

Start: using 1mm hook and colour A

R1: (make 3ch, skip 2ch, 1dc in the next ch) x 8, 1ch pivot and work in the little rings you’ve just made (insert hook between the 2ch and dc)

R2: (1sc, 4trtr, 1sc) x 6 = (4 petals and 2 sepals). Change to colour D, fasten off colour A. Make 2ch and insert hook at the back of 2^nd sepal and make (1sc, 4dc, 1sc). Continue with sl st and ch in the last two little rings and make (1sc, 4dc, 1sc) in the last ring = 2 sepals. Fasten off colour D.

Stem

Start: using 1mm hook and colour D, make 5ch, skip 1^st ch and make 4sl st, 1ch

R1: make 4sc in the same ch, join with sl st, 1ch

R2: make 2sc in each of the 4sc = 8sc, join with sl st, 1ch

R6: 8sc, join with sl st, 1ch

R7: same

R8: same. Fasten off D.

Assembly

Position the stamens around the stigma and stitch together.

Roll the petals around the stamens group and secure them all together. Hide all tails under the stem's hut and stitch together. The crochet flower is ready.

Conclusion

This is it!  The crochet Stachyurus flower is ready!

All photographs and crochet patterns instructions are the copyright of Meli Bondre. All patterns are for your personal use only.

If you have stumbled upon this page and you haven't heard about the 365 Crochet Flowers Bouquet Project, then feel free to check out the crochet patterns that I've designed so far!

Happy Crocheting!

_Camelia