My plants are too young to flower so I wanted to make a crochet version just because I love it. It was hellish to make 🥀 but she came out beautiful, with some mistakes but still pretty (still need to weave the ends but I don't have a needle )
The pattern is for a brugmansia flower, but im lost after the color change, here it is: (The bold part is where I don't understand)
Begin(beg) with Chain(ch) 1, 1 half double crochet(hdc) into ch 1, [ ch 1 again, 1 hdc into 3 loops of previous hdc] repeat 10x. Fold then slip stitch(sl st) into the beg ch and 5 sl st all around. Cut longer to close both sides.
Main flower:
Row 1: Insert gold yellow(gy) color, ch 2 (considered as 1st dc), 4 dc in each sl st, sl st into 1st ch of ch 2. Repeat until Row 8. (5 dc)
Row 9: ch 3, 1 extended double crochet (edc) in each 4 dc, sl st into 3rd ch of beg ch 3 to join. ( 5 edc)
Row 10: ch 3, 2 edc in next st, 1 edc in next, 2 edc in next, 1 edc last st, sl st into 3rd ch of beg ch 3 to join. (7 edc)
Row 11: same as Row 10.
Row 12: increase to 9 edc
Row 13: increase to 11 edc
Row 14: ch 2, down with gy, bring in ecru(e), all dc alternate the color. (12 dc)
Row 15: with gy ch 2, 1dc gy in next, 1 dc with ecru. Alternate 2 gy, 1 ecru all around. (18dc)
Row 16: 2 alternate 2 gy and 2 ecru all around. ( 24 dc)
Row 18: alternate 2 gy and 3 ecru all around.
Row 19 to Row 24: repeat Row 18
Row 20: alternate 3 gy and 3 ecru
Row 21: repeat Row 20
Row 22: alternate 5 gy and 3 ecru
Row 23: same as Row 22 but the center of the 3 ecru is front post dc(fdc).
Row 24: alternate 7 gy and 3 ecru with fdc at the center
Row 25: alternate 9 gy and 3 ecru with fdc at the center
Row 26: alternate 13 gy and 3 ecru with fdc at the center
Row 27: alternate 19 gy and 3 ecru with fdc at the center
Row 28: alternate 27 gy and 3 ecru with fdc at the center
Row 29: last Row, all with gy, 26hdc, 1 sl st in next st, 26 hdc, 1 dc, 1 fdc, ch 7, sl st on the 6th st up to 1st ch, 1 dc repeat 5 x.
Flower done.
Stamen:
Foundation twin dc: With yellow green ch 2, 1 dc in to first ch, repeat 3x
Row 1: 3 edc into 3rd twin dc, 1 edc in the center of twin dc, 3 edc into next, 2 edc in last twin dc turn your work.
Row 2: 1 edc in each st, repeat until Row 8
Row 9: 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc in each 3 st, 2 hdc , ch 3, repeat to next stitch up to the last st. Cut and weave ends. Then sew it wrap around the flower after the stem. Done. Next time I will make the leaves. I will buy the green cotton yarn.
The seed shell fell off so now I have a very young brug. Now I have to wait until the other 3 I have also grow like this, I'm worried cuz they might now fit in my tiny apartment, so I will probably give away two or three to some random friends who also like plants :'D
She has been growing really fast, I followed up some of the advise from my previous post and hopefully she grows taller. I was thinking of repotting her up too but the roots spreader faster than I thought so I will wait until it has enough support, and I also have 3 more that did also germinate, I'm now a proud mom of 4 brugs 🫳🌱