Bright Mum Crochet Pattern

Bright Mum Square

Special Stitches:

FPsc -- Front Post Single Crochet. Single crochet around one of the sc (posts) from the previous round.

Beginning Cluster : ch 3, *yarn over twice, pull up a loop (pull the loop up about 1/2 in), yo and pull through two loops on hook twice. Repeat from * twice more. Yarn over and pull through all four loops on hook.

Cluster: *YO twice, pull up a loop (to about 1/2 inch). YO and pull through two loops on hook twice. Repeat from * three times, YO and pull through all 5 loops on hook.

Flower Color

Ch 8, join with sl st to form ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 6, (sc in ring, ch 4) seven times, join with sl st to 2^nd original ch.

Rnd 2: Sl st into ch4 sp, ch 2, hdc, 4 dc, hdc, sc. (Sc, hdc, 4 dc, hdc, sc) in each ch4 sp. Sl st to 2^nd original ch. Finish off.

Rnd 3: Working behind petals of Rnd 2, join flower color with FPsc around any sc of Rnd 1. *ch 5, FPsc around next sc of Rnd 2, repeat from * around, ending last rep with sl st in beginning FPsc.

Rnd 4: Sl st into ch5 sp, ch 2, hdc, 5 dc, hdc, sc. (Sc, hdc, 5 dc, hdc, sc) in each ch5 sp, sl st to 2^nd original ch. Finish off.

Rnd 5: Working behind petals of Rnd 4, join flower color with FPsc around any sc of Rnd 3. * ch 6, FPsc around next sc of Rnd 3; rep from * around, ending last rep with sl st in beg FPsc.

Rnd 6: Sl st into ch6 sp, ch 2, hdc, 7 dc, hdc, sc. (Sc, hdc, 7 dc, hdc, sc) in each ch6 sp. Sl st to 2^nd original ch. Finish off.

Rnd 7: Working behind petals of Rnd 6, join flower color with FPsc around any sc of Rnd 5; * ch 6, FPsc around next sc of Rnd 5. Rep from * around, join with sl st in beg sc. Finish off.

End of Flower Color

Green

Rnd 8: Join green with sl st in any ch6 sp of Rnd 7, work beg Cl in same sp, ch 5, Cl in same sp; *ch 5, in next ch6 sp work (Cl, ch 5, Cl); rep from * around, join with sl st in top of beg Cl. Finish off.

End of Green

Black

Rnd 9: Join black with sc in any ch5 sp, work 4 sc in same sp; * work 5 sc in next ch5 sp. Rep from * around, join in beg sc.

Rnd 10: Ch 4 (counts as a tr), tr in next sc, work (tr, ch 3, tr) in next sc for corner, tr in each of next 2 sc, *dc in next 2 sc, hdc in next 2 sc, sc in next 7 sc, hdc in next 2 sc, dc in next 2 sc, tr in next 2 sc; ** in next sc work (tr, ch 3, tr) for corner; rep from * 2 times more, then rep from * to ** once, join with sc in top of beg ch 4.

Rnd 11: Ch 3, dc in each st, (2 dc, ch 4, 2 dc) in each corner. Join with sl st to 3^rd original ch. Finish off.

End of Black

White

Rnd 12: Join white in any corner ch4 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, dc in each st across through both loops, 4 dc in each corner sp. Join to 3^rd original ch. Finish off.