Mollie Flowers: Magic Loop
Step 1
Loop the yarn once (or a couple of times) around your finger

Step 5

Pull the short length of yarn and the stitches will start to curl – pull it tight

Step 2

Put your hook through the loop, bring through the long yarn length, then pull through yarn again (This does not count as a stitch) Single crochet around the loop

Step 6

Slip stitch into the first single crochet to create a firm circle

Step 3

Step 7
Cut yarn and pull through stitch

Step 4

Single crochet around the loop, until you have five stitches on the loop

Step 8
5 4

6

1 2 3

Although you have 5 stitches the casting off splits a stitch in two, so the 5 stitches gives you six finished stitches

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Mollie Flowers: The Flower (1)
Step 1
Crochet into the first stitch

Step 5
Insert the hook through the first stitch and draw a second loop through (4 loops on hook)

Step 9
Insert the hook through the first stitch and draw a forth loop through (8 loops on hook)

Step 2
Chain 3 stitches

Step 6
Wrap the yarn over (5 loops on hook) The wrapped over yarn creates the extra loop on hook

Step 10
Wrap the yarn over (9 loops on hook) The wrapped over yarn creates the extra loop on hook

Step 3
Insert the hook into the first stitch, wrap the yarn over hook, draw a loop through (the length of the 3 chain) (2 loops on hook)

Step 7
Insert the hook through the first stitch and draw a third loop through (6 loops on hook)

Step 11

Insert the hook through the first stitch and draw a fifth loop through

Step 4
Wrap the yarn over (3 loops on hook) The wrapped over yarn creates the extra loop on hook

Step 8

Step 12
Wrap the yarn over

Wrap the yarn over (7 loops on hook) The wrapped over yarn creates the extra loop on hook

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Mollie Flowers: The Flower (2)
Step 13
Pull the yarn through all nine loops on hook

Step 17
Insert your hook back into the first stitch on the magic loop

Step 21
Complete the same procedure in each stitch – it will soon get super quick

Step 14
Once pulled through you should have a small loop at the end

Step 18
Pull the yarn through

Step 22
Secure the final 3 chain with a slip stitch in stitch 6 of the magic circle and cast off

Step 15
Pull the long end of yarn through the loop

Step 19
Chain 3

Step 23
Weave in all ends

Step 16
Chain 3

Step 20
Pull a loop through the second stitch on the magic You should have loop and start again on something like your second petal this -> (Step 4 -20 all the in the relevant stitch on the magic loop)

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Mollie Flowers: Joining
Step 1
Arrange the flowers in a line with the flat sides touching

Step 5
Pull yarn through the flower to the next stitching point

Step 9
Pull yarn through the flower to the next stitching point

Step 2
Secure the line to the first flower

Step 10 Step 6
Sew securely together Now you should have rows of flowers

Step 3
Hold the wrong sides outwards and sew together tightly

Step 7
Pull yarn through the flower to the next stitching point

Step 11
Sew the two rows of flowers together starting at a point as shown

Step 4
It should look like this

Step 12 Step 8
Sew securely together Sew securely together Continue sewing together at each key point and running the yarn through the flowers

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This should follow a zig zag pattern ->

Mollie Flowers: The Flower
Joining Up Close Ups

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