A bright red poppy with a black star centre and tiny golden beads on a long green stem with leaves – a bookmark that blooms out of your book, an applique or a flower that never fades. Crochet a whole bouquet: a lovely gift for book lovers, teachers and friends.

An easy pattern by Svetlana Zabelina with step-by-step instructions and photos – a quick project for cotton yarn leftovers. An appendix shows how to crochet each stitch.

This listing is for an INSTANT DOWNLOAD PDF PATTERN, not a finished project.

LANGUAGE:

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The pattern is in English.

SKILL LEVEL:

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Easy

FINISHED SIZE:

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Approx. 25 cm (9.8 inches) long.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

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Crochet in rows and rounds

Single crochet

Half double crochet

Double crochet

Increasing

Decreasing

Slip stitch

MATERIALS AND TOOLS:

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•    Cotton yarn, sport / 5 ply (115 m / 50 g): 4 g of red, 4 g of green and 1 g of black (e.g. Vita Cotton CHARM or Alpina RENE).

•    5–6 small golden beads.

•    Crochet hook 2 mm (US steel 4, UK 14).

•    Sewing and tapestry needles; sewing thread to match for the beads.

ABOUT THIS PATTERN:

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The pattern is written using US terminology (UK differences are explained).

11 pages of step-by-step instructions with tips and photos illustrating the process.