Basic Roselet

Basic Roselet

Designed by Dusti Rose Hendricks

Sheep Of Delight Crochet

Somehow, I ended up with an extraordinary amount of pink yarn in my yarn stash.  This Basic Roselet helps cut that down.  Use it as a stand-alone project or as an embellishment for shawls or curtains.

Skill Level-Easy

Gauge- Not important

Finished Measurements- 1 ½ ” tall x 2 ¼ ”wide

Worsted Weight Yarn Colors-

                 .35 oz Peaches & Creme Tea Rose Cotton Yarn #01042

                 .05 oz Peaches & Creme Sage Green Cotton Yarn #01084

Materials-

                 F/5 (3.75 MM) crochet hook

                 Yarn or tapestry needle

                 Scissors

                 Stitchmarkers

                 Polyester Fiberfill

Special stitches-

                 Back Loop Only: Insert the hook through the back loop of the stitch only (the loop         closest to the inside of the round).  Then complete the stitch as usual.

                 Half Double Crochet: Yarn over.  Insert the hook through the indicated stitch or space.             Yarn over and pull through.  With three loops on the hook, yarn over and pull through             all three loops at once to complete the stitch.

Abbreviations-

                 Rnd…Round                                  Sc…..Single Crochet 

                 Ch….Chain                                     St(s)..Stitch(es)

                 Inc….Increase                                Dec…Decrease

                 Rep…Repeat                                 Sl St..Slip Stitch

                 BLO..Back Loops Only                  Hdc..Half Double Crochet

Center

Use Tea Rose yarn.

Rnd 1: Sc 6 in magic ring OR Ch 2, Sc  in 2^nd ch from hook

Rnd 2: [Inc, Sc 2] rep 2 times around (8 sts)

Rnd 3: Sc 8 (8 sts)

Rnd 4: [Dec, Sc 2] rep 2 times (6 sts)

Rnd 5: Work this round in the BLO.  3 Sc in the first 2 st.  In the third st, (Sc 2, Hdc).  Leave the rest of the round unworked.

Finish off with a slip stitch and weave in ends.  Wrap the overhanging stitches diagonally downward across the body of the piece and sew in place to finish.

Petals

Use Tea Rose yarn. Make 4. (Feel free to add more if you want a fuller rose).

Rnd 1: Sc 6 in magic ring OR Ch 2, Sc  in 2^nd ch from hook

Rnd 2: [Inc, Sc] rep 3 times around (9 sts)

Rnd 3: [Inc, Sc 2] rep 3 times (12 sts)

Rnd 4: BLO (Sc 3) rep 6 times.  Leave the rest of the round unworked.

 Finish off with a slip stitch and weave in ends. 

Leaves

Use Sage Green yarn.

Rnd 1: Sc 6 in magic ring OR Ch 2, Sc  in 2^nd ch from hook

Rnd 2: Inc 6 (12 sts)

Rnd 3: [(In one st: Sc, Ch 3, starting in 2^nd ch from hook, sl st in the ch-sts, Sc again to anchor) Sl St in the next unworked st] rep 6 times around.

 Finish off with a slip stitch and weave in ends. 

Finishing-

Sew the Petals around the center, overlapping them slightly.  Then sew the Leaves to the bottom to hold it all together.  All done!