How to Crochet Fall Carnation Flower for Bouquet
Not just spring, a crocheted carnation can help you welcome fall, too. Just learn how to crochet these beautiful autumn carnations with a detailed, beginner-friendly tutorial. You can crochet a set of three in yellow, orange, and beige, or simply single one for any of your vases that need refreshment. Each carnation flower has the same fuzzy and ruffled petals, a stem made of craft wire, and a tiny leaf. From crocheting flowers’ torus and petals with a nice volume, the tutorial is gonna teach you everything.
So, if you have made up your mind to crochet this autumn flower, continue reading this post till the end. You can surely complete one within 30 minutes!
About the Designer: The designer behind this crochet fall flower plant project is @lingzhihandmade – she is a small business owner but brilliant crochet designer and tutor. Her channel specializes in beginner-friendly crochet tutorials, with a strong focus on flowers and flower bouquets. With library started since lockdown, her crochet bags, flower plants and home decorations are well-designed always.
Advertisement - Continue ReadingNote: In respect for the creator’s pattern rights, there will be no provision of the written pattern. You can watch the tutorial with on-screen written instructions at the end of this post.
Crochet Fall Carnation Flower Bouquet Tutorial
Skill Level: Intermediate. You will start with a slip knot and use single crochet for the flower‘s heart and the leaf. Slip stitches are used to close each round. The project also uses double crochet stitches, which are introduced in the third round. Throughout the tutorial, the instructor uses increases in both single and double crochet stitches. Chain stitches are used extensively to begin new rounds and to create the base for the leaf.
Tutorial Timing: Approximately 10 minutes only (the tutorial uses ruffle technique and sewing to achieve the fuzzy effect for the petals of this flower plant. This technique is enough to make this tutorial worth watching.)
Personalization Tips: You can choose from orange, yellow, and beige for a fall theme, but for spring, feel free to crochet this carnation in pink and signature red. You can also make the petals as large as you wish by extending the rounds.
Pattern Type: An on-screen written pattern is available if you find written instructions easy to follow along with.
Materials and Tools
The materials used to crochet the carnation flower bouquet are as follows:
Yarn: 4-ply cotton yarn (You can use the Milk Cotton Yarn)
Crochet Hook: 2.5 mm
Craft wire: 0.5 mm
Advertisement - Continue ReadingFloral stem: 2 mm × 30 cm
Other tools: glue gun, scissors
Techniques and Stitches
The following are the crochet techniques and stitches that the tutor uses for crocheting this carnation bouquet:
Slip Knot: Create a simple loop and pull the yarn through to secure it on the hook to begin your project.
Single Crochet: Insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over again, and pull through both loops on the hook.
Slip Stitch: Insert the hook, yarn over, pull through the stitch, and then pull through the loop on the hook to close rounds.
Chain Stitch: Yarn over and pull through the loop on the hook to create a chain for starting new rounds.
Increase: Work two stitches into the same space to grow the project’s width.
Double Crochet: Yarn over, insert the hook, yarn over again, pull through, yarn over, pull through two loops, and yarn over to pull through the final two loops.
