Crochet Table Runner with Two Big Flowers Part 1 (Making Big Flower)

Hi, 

Table Runner a very special item which we place generally on dinning table. Dinning table is a place where all members of our family are together, means this is the time and place to share happiness and joys. So along with the moment if we have such a beautiful table runner in between, it will surely add suger to our sweet memories of the moment.

Table runner I made before is here,

https://alkaandart.blogspot.com/search?q=table+runner

This time I made this big Table runner 4 ft x 1 ft. This is festive special Table Runner. Generally we always keep two sets of Table runner, Table cover, sofa set covers etc. One for regular use and another for Festval season for example Diwali, Christmas, Eid or Sankranti, New Year etc. So this one I made as a special table runner for occassional use. 

For this I used Vardhamaan 4 ply yarn and crochet hook 3.5 mm. It's length is 4 ft. width 1 ft and weight 310 gm. Diameter of big flower 10". 

Yarn needed - white 70 gm, pink for flower and border 130 gm, green 70 gm and all yellow shades for central part of flower we need 40 gm. 

Pattern for Big Flower: 

  Popcorn with 3 dc: Make dc 3 in same st, remove hook from working st, insert in first dc-st, pass the working loop through this, ch1 to fix it. Only dc3-popcorn in first round, for all other rounds dc4-popcorn. 

R1: With white, make (popcorn 1, ch1) 8 times, cl, bind off. (8 popcorns, 8 ch1-sp).

R2: With shading yarn, [(popcorn 1, ch1, popcorn 1) in ch1-sp, ch1] 8 times, cl, BO (16 popcorns, 16 ch1-sp).

R3: with yellow yarn, [ popcorn 1 in ch1 sp, ch1, (popcorn 1, ch1, popcorn1) in next ch1-sp, ch1] 8 times, cl BO. (24 popcorns, 24 ch1-sp).

R4: with shaded pink yarn, [ (popcorn 1 in one ch1-sp, ch1, popcorn 1 in next ch1-sp, ch1, (popcorn 1, ch1, popcorn1) in next ch1-sp, ch1] 8 times, cl, BO. (32 popcorns, 32 ch1-sp).

R5: Join pink yarn of petals. {Make ch12, sc 1 in each ch starting from second, (11 sts).

Petals in first round: 

R1: Now ch1 TURN, skip 1 st, (10 sts only) work this row in back loop of each st. make sc 1 in 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2 sts, dc 1 in 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2 sts, sc 1 in 2 sts. At corner st insert hook in the st on opposite side, sc1 , ch1, then on other side work similarly but in the front loop left unworked. Lastly sl st in next ch1-sp, sc 1 in next ch1-so} Here one petal made. Make in all 16 petals.

 

R2: sl st 1 in 2 sts of first petal, [(ch1, sl st in next edge st) rep till corner, at corner, insert hook in the st on opposite side, sc1, ch1-picot then on other side also (ch1, sl st 1) rep, skip last st, ch1, skip first st of next petal, join by sc in next st of second petal (thus two petals are joint) and repeat as in R2. Thus make a border for all 16 petals.

Second layer of petals: 

R1: ch2, join at the third sc-st on back side by sc, make [ch 13, sc 1 in each of the 10 sts from starting from second, skip last 2 sts, ch1, turn and work in back loop of each st. sc 1 in 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2 sts, dc 1 in 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2 sts, sc 1 in last 2 sts, at corner sc 1 in the st on opposite side ch1, then on other side work in the remaining unworked front loop of sc-sts and make sc 1 in 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2, dc1 in 2 , hdc 1 in 2 and sc 1 in 2 sts. Again ch2 and join by sc 1 in the third sc-st on back side of next petal] repeat from [to] 15 more times.

    

       

R2: Now don’t skip first st as we skipped for upper layer petals, make (ch1, sl st in next st) rep till corner. At corner make sc 1 in opposite side’s st, ch1-picot, then (ch1, sl st 1) till end.

                             

Then if you want you can sew them from back side in order to make the height of all petals same. Third Round of Green Petals: Join green yarn on the back side of petal at third sc-st. R1: ch2, join at the third sc-st on back side by sc, make [ch 13, sc 1 in each of the 10 sts from starting from second, skip last 2 sts, ch1, turn and work in back loop of each st. sc 1 in 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2 sts, dc 2 in each of the next 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2 sts, sc 1 in last 2 sts, at corner sc 1 in the st on opposite side ch1, then on other side work in the remaining unworked front loop of sc-sts and make sc 1 in 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2, dc2 in each of the next 2 sts, hdc 1 in 2 and sc 1 in 2 sts. Again ch2 and join by sc 1 in the third sc-st on back side of next petal] repeat from [to] 15 more times.

        

R2: Now don’t skip first st as we skipped for upper layer petals, make [sc 1 in each st rep till corner. At corner make sc 1 in opposite side’s st, ch1-picot, then sc 1 in each st till last but one, skip last st, ch1, skip first sc-st of next petal] rep 15 times.

Make 2 such flowers.

 In next post I will give the pattern for remaining part of Table runner. 

The following video with English subtitles may help you. ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.