flower bouquet blanket crochet pattern free pdf

Adding a Touch of Green: The Leaves

Now for a pop of color! The leaves provide a lovely contrast. Choose any green you like – soft, vibrant, dark, or even lime!

Attaching Green Yarn & Creating Leaf Arches

1. Make a slip knot with your green yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail.
2. Insert your hook into the second stitch after any chain-1 space along the edge of your blanket.
3. Place the loop on your hook and pull through. Slip stitch using both the working yarn and the tail to secure it (crochet over the tail for a few stitches).
4. Ch 3.
5. Skip 2 stitches. Sc into the next stitch. Ch 3.
6. Repeat from * to * all the way around the circle. (Remember, a Ch-1 space counts as a stitch to be skipped).
7. To finish: Ch 3, then Sl St into the very first stitch where you joined the green yarn (or the base of the first Ch-3).

Shaping the Leaves
Each leaf is worked into a Ch-3 arch.

1. Into the first Ch-3 space: Sc, Ch 5.
2. Sl St into the 2nd chain from the hook.
3. Sc into the next chain.
4. Hdc into the next chain.
5. Dc into the last chain of the Ch-5.
6. Ch 1, Sl St back into that same last chain (creates the leaf point).
7. Sc back into the same Ch-3 space on the blanket edge to anchor the leaf.
8. Repeat steps 1-7 in each Ch-3 space around the circle.