Zilla By Design Patterns: Crochet Anna Flower

Here's another great flower! It looks to me like a blooming flame with some attitude! It's adorable the way the petals lay flat, but the bobble stitches give it a slight raise for subtle three dimensional look. Very sassy, indeed. This flower pattern is slightly more advanced as it requires bobble stitches and the double triple stitch. It sounds like the computer jargon aliens would come up with at first to beginners, but I promise you that is incredibly easy!

Here's what you'll need:

A ball of yarn and an H or 5.00 mm hook.

I used Caron's Simply Soft in "Garnet"

and Susan Bates Hooks.

1. Chain 12 and slip stitch in the

first chain to form a ring.

2. Bobble stitch and chain 3 seven times.

Don't know how to bobble? Hakunah

Matata, I'll break it down for you.

Scroll down for a super quick

description of the bobble.

3. In the first chain 3 space between

the bobbles, we're going to do as

follows: Single crochet, half double

crochet, double crochet, triple

crochet, double triple crochet,

triple crochet, double crochet, half

double crochet, single crochet. Yes,

it all fits in there, and yes, you and I

are going to do this photo by photo

together.

4. Half double crochet in the

chain 3 space.

5. Double crochet in the

chain 3 space.

6. Triple crochet in the

chain 3 space.

7. Double triple crochet in the

chain 3 space. (Wrap 3 times, and

pull through 2 loops at a time)

8. Now just work the same concept

backwards. After the double triple,

add in a triple, a double, a half

double and a single. Do this for

every chain 3 space between the

bobble stitches.

And there you have have it! The Anna Flower. I most recently made this for a hair clip for myself. (Rare to crochet for myself!) Hope every one enjoys, and as always, happy hooking!

(Keep scrolling for a quick bubble tutorial/description.)

Thought I forgot and wouldn't keep good on my promise, didn'tcha? Well, ha, fooled ya! That bobble is extremely simple once you Lay-Man-Ize it.

All the bobble stitch is is a serious of incomplete double crochets. So, yarn over, and pull up a loop through the chain. We now have three loops chillin' on our hook. now, yarn over and pull through two loops like you would with a double crochet, but STOP THERE! Like I said, it's a series of incomplete double crochet, so each time, you should be left with another loop added to the collection on your hook. Eventually, you'll have six loops snuggled together on your hook. At that point, yarn over and draw through all them bad boys. Still sound weird? It is at first, but here are some pictures to help guide you.