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How to Make a Felted Flower Pin - Pattern

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Make a Felted Flower Pin

I started making felted wool flowers as accessories for my felted knit hats, but found that they also make really funky and versatile pins! This is an easy project you can knit or crochet with wool yarn and then felt (felting instructions are included here too). They look fabulous on a coat or cardy, or on a bag or hat - singularly stunning or fabulous in a colourful bunch. I tried many patterns and finally created my own. It felts really well and the petal shapes still show. Here are the step by step instructions for my pattern as well as other crochet and knit flower patterns you can felt to make your own beautiful felted wool flower pin.

Materials for your Flower Pin

Gather Your Supplies

  • Wool Yarn - Colour (or colours) of your choice.
    Each flower can be one colour or a combination - I recommend a max of two colours per flower.
    One 50g ball is enough for several flowers, depending on your gauge.
    Wool must be feltable - 100% pure wool is best. See sidebar for link to "How to Felt" for more information on suitable yarns for felting
  • Knitting needles or crochet hook - use the recommended size or 1 size smaller than the size suggested on your yarn label for best felting results.
  • 1 Bar Pin per flower (I used the 3/4 inch ones, but they're a bit fiddly - don't go any smaller!)
    A good online source on sidebar
  • Sewing needle and strong thread (thread colour should match your flower colour, so it's invisible)
    I use a quilter's cotton or button cotton - it's pretty strong.

Step 1 Make Your Flower

Rows 1-3

Rows 1-3 CompleteThe crochet pattern for your flower - prefer to knit? scroll down for a link to a knitted flower pattern

Start
ch (chain) 24, turn

Row 1
sc (single crochet) to end (24 sc)
ch 3, turn

Row 2
sc * ch 2 sc, repeat from * to end (23 loops)
ch 1, turn

Row 3
*(2dc (double crochet), 1/2 tc (half treble crochet), 2 dc) in ch loop
sc in next loop
repeat from * until 3 loops remain
5dc in 3rd last loop
sc in 2nd last loop
4 dc in last loop

Tie off. Or continue with row 4.

Step 1 Make Flower - Row 4 Option

For a larger or 2-coloured Flower

With Row 4Row 4 (Optional)

This is an optional row - it will make your flower larger. You can continue in the same color or switch to a second color now.

sc ch1, sc ch1, sc ch1, *sc, sc, sc ch1, sc ch1, sc ch1, sc ch1 repeat from * to end, tie off.

Step 1 Make Flower - Knitting Option

Pattern for knitted flower

This is a fun pattern to knit - it involves twisting the knitting to make the individual petals, it's simple and effective:

I suggest knitting two and joining them (or double the number of stitches) This way, the outer edge will lie flat.
I knitted two, each in a different shade of red, and put them together, for you to see.

Here's the link:
patonsknitflowerpattern

Step 2 Felt Your Flower

The Fun Bit!

Felted Flower after FeltingPut your flower in a hot wash cycle with a pair of jeans, and a little soap.
If you're doing more than one flower, wash them together to save energy.
Small felting projects like this take longer to felt than larger ones, so it will probably need two washes or more. Check it often so you don't over-felt, and keep going (try in the dryer if you want it really small and dense) until you get the degree of felting you like.

For more information, visit
How To Felt the Easy Way

Step 3a - Roll and Sew - Start

Where To Start

roll 1You'll start rolling in the center of the flower
This is the end which was the beginning of the starting chain
It will have the bottom edge tail
It's also slightly pointier, and the petals aren't as big
It's the left side end in the picture
Once you've identified this end, trim the tails.

Step 3b - Roll and Sew - Continued

First Roll

Begin to stitchStart your thread in the end point, roll it and stitch it in place
then stitch down this beginning edge to the bottom

Flip the flower and
work now on the bottom edge
with your flower upside-down

Step 3c - Roll and Sew - Finishing

Finishing step 3

felted flower stitching bottom edgeKeep rolling and stitching the bottom edge.

I'm using cream coloured thread so you can see it, but you will of course be using a colour similar to your wool.
Beautiful!

Admire Your Work So Far 

Step 4 Add the Pin - Wrapping

tie yarn to pinHere's how I put a pin on

First, I wrap the pin back with some yarn
(and tie it)
This is so you'll have something to sew to.
Don't make it too thick, or the pin won't
close easily

Step 4 Add the Pin - Stitching

Pin attachedI then secure the pin to the flower
with some stitches through the
yarn on the pin back.

Ready!!

Add Embellishments

For a Bit of Bling

You can sew beads on the flower - a group in the center, sprinkled randomly all over, or along the top edge.

Some Crochet Flower Pattern Sites

For Flowers you could felt

Here are some links to other crochet flower patterns - just remember to use wool yarn if you want to felt them.
Crochet flower pattern
A single layer flower from Craft Snob
Crochet flower pattern
This one's from For Dummies - it's a 3 layer flower
Crochet Flower Pattern
From Attic 24 a flower and leaves
5 Petal Flower
From Skamama
A Simple, flat flower
At All Crafts, by Drops design
A 3-D Flower
By Nazanin Fard

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    nice
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    This is a very nice "how-to" lens. Well done!
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    I don't crochet but these are really cute. Almost makes me want to take up crocheting but I think I'd be all thumbs.
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    Very Handy and nice flower :)
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