Crochet medallion with flowers

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Hi everybody, how is your weekend going? Are you having fun? For me it's all work, but work is fun as long as it is crochet, right? I was working on patterns for the shop when all of a sudden last night I hit upon this idea to crochet a frame sort of thing with flower edgings. I have some crochet flowers from other projects, so I thought I would make some squares and sew the flowers at the center. Hmm... but they would look like normal crochet squares. How about rounds? Na, they would look like potholders. I wanted something different. How about oval? Yes! This is what I wanted. So I made an oval, crocheted some simple, tiny flowers and leaves and... Voila! a pretty medallion or a wall hanger.

You can make it as big as you want and decorate it with as many flowers as you want. I have written the pattern for the one which I have shown here which measures approximately 7 inches long and 4.5 inches wide.

For the oval I used 2 strands of white sport weight yarn held together (you can use a bulky yarn) and a J (6.00 mm) hook. I crocheted the flowers using C (2.75 mm) hook and for the edging I used H (5.00 mm) hook.

The pattern is written using American terminology. If you are using British then, SC (single crochet) would be double crochet, DC (double crochet) would be treble and slip stitch would be single crochet.

Oval

[For the oval I used 2 strands of white sport weight yarn held together (you can use a bulky yarn) and a J (6.00 mm) hook. You may use bulky weight yarn]

Round 1: Chain 12, 3 SC in 2nd chain from hook, SC in next 9 chains, 3 SC in last chain, SC in next 9 chains on the other side. Join with a slip stitch to the 1st SC (24 SC).

Round 2: Chain 1, 2 SC in same stitch and next 2 stitches, SC in next 9 stitches, 2 SC in next 3 stitches, SC in next 9 stitches. Join with a slip stitch (30 SC).

Round 3: Chain 1, 2 SC in same stitch, [SC in next stitch, 2 SC in next st] 2 times, SC in next 10 stitches, [2 SC in next stitch, SC in next stitch] 2 times, 2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 10 stitches. Join with a slip stitch (30 SC).

Round 4: Chain 1, 2 SC in same stitch, [SC in next 2 stitches, 2 SC in next st] 2 times, SC in next 11 stitches, [2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 2 stitches] 2 times, 2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 11 stitches. Join with a slip stitch (36 SC).

Round 5: Chain 1, 2 SC in same stitch, [SC in next 3 stitches, 2 SC in next st] 2 times, SC in next 12 stitches, [2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 3 stitches] 2 times, 2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 12 stitches. Join with a slip stitch (42 SC).

Round 6: Chain 1, 2 SC in same stitch, [SC in next 4 stitches, 2 SC in next st] 2 times, SC in next 13 stitches, [2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 4 stitches] 2 times, 2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 13 stitches. Join with a slip stitch (48 SC).

Round 7: Chain 1, 2 SC in same stitch, [SC in next 5 stitches, 2 SC in next st] 2 times, SC in next 14 stitches, [2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 5 stitches] 2 times, 2 SC in next stitch, SC in next 14 stitches. Join with a slip stitch (54 SC). Fasten off.

If you want a bigger oval you can increase the rounds as it is done here.

Edging

For the edging I used a single strand of sport weight yarn and size H hook.

Insert yarn into any stitch, **chain 3, skip next stitch and SC in next stitch.** Repeat from ** to ** around.

Flowers

I used a single strand of sport weight yarns in 3 different shades of pink and size C (2.75 mm) hook.

Make a magic ring or chain 4 and join with a slip stitch. [SC, chain 3, DC, chain 3, sc] 5 times into ring.

Leaves

Chain 9, SC in 2nd chain from hook, DC in next 2 chains, SC in next chain, slip stitch in next stitch (1st leaf), chain 9, SC in 2nd chain from hook, DC in next 2 chains, SC in next chain, slip stitch in next stitch (2nd leaf), chain 9, SC in 2nd chain from hook, DC in next 2 chains, SC in next chain (3rd leaf), slip stitch in next 3 chains, chain 6, SC in 2nd chain from hook, DC in next 2 chains, SC in next chain (4th leaf), slip stitch in next 5 chains, chain 6, SC in 2nd chain from hook, DC in next 2 chains, SC in next chain (5th leaf), slip stitch in rest of the chains. Fasten off.



Sew the flowers and leaves to the oval. You can sew beads at the center of the flowers.   



I hope this would be an inspiration for you to make similar ones. I would love to see your own version.

Happy weekend!