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Narcissus Fridgie

Imagine this flower in a bouquet of other crochet flowers! I made only one to save time and to make a fridgie with it but the possibilities are endless what you could do with this basic pattern.

Materials Needed:
Small amount cream colored size 10 crochet cotton. Southmaid was used in the example
Small amount variegated pastels size 10 crochet cotton.
A business card!
1 Stamen on a wire stem for inside the flower
Floral Tape
Silk leaves from any silk bouquet that has leaves that can be separated and have a hole in them. The ones I used had two leaves per piece with a hole in the center. 1 used 3 of them to get the 6 leaves. Wal-Mart has a great selection.
1 yard Red Picot edged satin ribbon ¼" wide
1¼" long ½"wide magnet tape
Size 7 Steel Crochet Hook
Tapestry Needle to weave in ends

Thread Size: 10thread
Gauge: 10sc=1"
Finished Size: 2"x5"
Skill Level: Intermediate

Instructions
Flower Head
RND 1: Ch3, 12 dc in 3rd ch from hook. Join w/slst to first dc.

RND 2: Ch3, dc in same st as slst. 2dc in each dc around. Join w/slst to top of ch3.

RND 3: Working in back lps only and only for this round. Ch3. Work 1 dc in each dc around. Join w/slst to top of ch3.

RND 4&5: Ch3. Dc in next st and in each st around. Join w/slst to top of ch3.

RND 6: Ch3, dc in same st as slst. Ch2. Sc in next st. *2dc in next st. Ch2. Sc in next st. Rep from * around. Join w/slst to top of ch3. Fasten off and weave ends into work.

Bottom Petals: Rejoin thread in front lps of rnd2. Insert hook from bottom of lp working so that the open end is up. Ch1. *Sc, 2dc in next lp. Trbl in next lp Ch3, dc in 3rd ch from hook, ch2, slst in same ch as dc, trbl in same lp as last trbl. 2dc, sc in next lp. Slst in next lp. Rep from * all the way around but slst to the ch1 to join. Fasten off and weave ends into work.

Assembly
To make the center of the flower.
Thread center: Fold the business card in half lengthwise and wrap the variegated pastels around the short end 20 times. Cut a separate piece of the variegated pastels about 10" long and thread it on a needle. Pass the needle through the open end of the card and tie the strands of thread together on the open side. Tie very tight. Remove thread from card. Cut the folded ends of the thread off leaving about 5/8" to ¾" long. Thread the ends through the center of the flower.

Poke the wire end of the stamen through the same hole in the flower through the variegated threads.

Wrap the floral tape around the wire and thread ends to make a stem. Wind very tight starting at the top just under the head and working your way down then back up again. Try to catch the bottom of the flower in the tape. Like you would see on the bottom of real flowers.

Slide the leaves onto the stem and bring them up to the head and arrange them so they are in a snowflake form. 6 petals around. :) *

Cut the satin ribbon in half and tie both pieces around stem right at the base of the head. You may want to glue it into place to make it secure.

Design written on Thursday, April 15, 1999. Copyright ©1999 by Julie A. Bolduc all rights reserved. p105009