front loops only<\/strong>, (sc, ch2, sc) in each st around. (6 loops formed)
\nRnd 3: in remaining back loops of Rnd 1, 5 sc in each st around. (30 st)<\/p>\nThe stitches of Rnd 3 will want to crinkle up into a loopy ruffle – let them do this! You want them to stick up to form the centre flowers of the poinsettia.<\/p>\n
Assembly Instructions<\/h3>\n
Style A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Flatten out each petal\/leaf.
\n![\"\"](\"\/blog\/tut_images\/poinsettia1.jpg\")
<\/li>\n - Fold the petal up along the centre line, so the two ends of the open edge meet. Using a yarn needle and the long yarn end, make a couple of stitches at the open edge between the two ends, to keep them together.
\n![\"\"](\"\/blog\/tut_images\/poinsettia2.jpg\")
<\/li>\n - String all 6 petals together by running a length of yarn on a yarn needle (you can use one of the yarn ends or cut a new length) through the folded edge of each petal.\n
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- Run the yarn through the first petal again to form a circle, pull tight and knot to keep it in position.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Styles B and C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Flatten out each petal\/leaf.
\n![\"\"](\"\/blog\/tut_images\/poinsettia4.jpg\")
<\/li>\n - Arrange one leaf over a second, so that one side of the open end of one is over the midpoint of the open end of the next, and they are arranged at approx 60 degrees (think snowflakes or slices of pie to judge the angle – you don’t have to be accurate).\n
![\"\"](\"\/blog\/tut_images\/poinsettia5.jpg\")
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- Use a yarn needle and the long yarn end from one of the leaves to stitch them together, joining the two leaves with small stitches at the end and about a third of the way up the leaves.<\/li>\n
- Arrange another leaf over the top leaf, in the same position and angle, and stitch in the same way.<\/li>\n
- Continue until all 6 leaves are joined, and each leaf overlaps over one leaf and under another. There should be a small gap in the centre.\n
![\"\"](\"\/blog\/tut_images\/poinsettia6.jpg\")
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- Pull any loose yarn ends through to the back.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Final Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\nYou should now have two (or three) rings of petals\/leaves and one yellow centre. To finish assembling, arrange each layer by pulling the loose yarn ends through the centre hole of the previous layers, so they are all at the back of the flower. The layer order is (bottom to top):<\/p>\n
Large poinsettia: C-B-A-centre
\nSmall poinsettia: B-A-centre<\/p>\n
Rotate the layers so their angles are offset and all the leaves are visible.<\/p>\n
Divide the yarn ends at the back into two groups and tie the two groups in a secure knot. Depending on what you’d like to do with your flower, you can weave in all the yarn ends, leave them long to tie it onto something, or trim them down.<\/p>\n
![\"crocheted](\"\/blog\/images\/poinsettia_crocheted.jpg\")
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\u00a9 June Gilbank 2007 Crochet a large poinsettia flower for Christmas – perfect as a table centrepiece or as a decoration. Or make a smaller one in fine yarn or thread to wear as a pin on your coat, a Christmas tree decoration, or anything else you can think of! Click for full-sized picture This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":146,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-165","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24489,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions\/24489"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}