You can use those little motifs to decorate bigger projects or simply to attach to ready made outfits and products such as: hats, shirts, apple cosies, hair bands, pillow cases and anything else you may think of.

stitches used: chain (ch), single crochet (sc), double crochet (dc), half double crochet (hdc), slip stich (sl)

LITTLE FOUR PETAL FLOWERS

1. Start with 5 ch, connect ends of the chain with sl to create a circle.
2. Work 2 dc 1 sl 2 dc 1 sl 2 dc 1 sl 2 dc 1 sl into the circle to create little four petal flower.

BIGGER FOUR PETAL FLOWERS

1. Start with 8 ch, connect ends of the chain with sl to create a circle.
2. Work 1 sc 2 dc 1 sc into the circle to create one petal of the flower, continue like this 3 more times to finish the flower.

APPLES

1. Start with 5 ch, connect ends of the chain with sl to create a circle.
2. Work 5 ch and connect it with sl into the middle chain of the circle, work again 5 ch and connect with sl into middle chain of the foundation circle, on the opposite side than previously.
3. Now work about 10 hdc into the space between foundation circle and the half a circle chain, do the same on the other side of the design.

• 4. Finish with sl and work 5 ch to create the leaf.
• 5. Work 1 sl 1 sc 1 dc 1 sc 1 sl into the leaf chain.

6. Optionally repeat the same again on the other side of the chain to make the leaf fuller.

Below you can see crochet tree that I made for group work at SWPAC workshops and where I used above motifs…

NOTES

Use thicker yarn or smaller crochet if the motif is too loose / flimsy.