tutorial flower bracelet & necklace

September 1, 2011 by elisabeth andrée 23 Comments

first i intended to make a tutorial, but then i thought it isn’t very special, so i only published some photo’s with a brief explanation. but now, here is the tutorial for you, by special request of amy.

the flowers i have crocheted over a year ago and i really do not remember how it evolved. i think – on the basis of a pattern – i tried a few things and it has become this little flower. they were originally meant to sew around the edge of a white scarf.

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used materials and stitches

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materials

• (leftover) cotton yarn
• small buttons with 4 holes for the necklace
• 1 button with 2 holes for the bracelet
• crochet hook sizes 2 – 2.5 mm
• sewing thread in a matching color
• a needle with a blunt point

stitches

• chain = ch
• ss = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• h dc = half double crochet

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how to make the flowers

 

1. start with a magic ring
2. don’t start with a ch, but make 6 sc into the ring (not too tight, especially not your first stitch)
3. close the magic ring and ss into the first sc
4. don’t start with a ch, but crochet 1 h dc and 1 ss into the same stitch as the ss
5. in the next 5 sc you make: 2 h dc and 1 ss
6. cut the yarn and finish the flower with needle and thread in the first stitch (which is the ss) and the last stitch you have made in the following way:

 

weave in both ends but only cut one off, because you need a thread to attach the flower onto the necklace. i did not cut the yarn ends until i had sewn the flower on the necklace .

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how to make the necklace

1. crochet a number of chains until you reach the length you like to have, then close it into to a ring (try to avoid turning and twisting).
2. make 2 ch and crochet 1 h dc into the next ch and into all the chains till end of row. 
3. finish the necklace with a ss or rather with needle and yarn in the same way as you did with the flowers (photo 1,2,3)
4. (if you like to make a belt for example you don’t close the chains into a ring but, but at the end you turn, then make 1 h dc into the 3rd ch from hook and into all the chains till the end of row. repeat this row if you want it wider).

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how to attach the flowers onto the necklace

1. define where you want to sew the flowers onto the necklace
2. you have 1 thread left on each flower. all flowers have a little dent and that is where you sew the yarn to the front (pictures 2 – 5)
3. sew the yarn through two holes of a button (picture 6)
4. sew the yarn with a flower and button onto the necklace. see pictures 7 – 12 how to do that. 
5. sew the button by pulling the yarn through the two remaining holesnote: pull on the yarn but not too tight, so the flower can dangle a little
6. weave in the end at the back side of the necklace.note: try to avoid bumps of yarn on the back of your necklace. 

 

with a contrasting color yarn you can make basting stitches and more secure the buttons. 

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how to make the flower bracelet

1. start with making 3 ch and then ss into the dent of the first flower
2. crochet 3 ch and ss into the next flower, repeat this untill you have the desired length
3. end with 3 ch
4. close the bracelet into a ring (try to avoid turning and twisting) by attaching the first and the last chain together, you can do this in the following way:
5. cut the yarn after the last chain stitch
6. sew the yarn through a button and then into the first chain stitch, sew securely
7. to make it extra solid i have sewn some stitches with plain sewing yarn.

 

that’s it!

hope you like the tutorial and that you will make many pretty flower bracelets and necklaces!