If you follow me on Instagram you have probably seen or read about my cat, Darla. Darla is 16 years old, crabby, and my cat by her choice. The kids have always wanted to hold her, cuddle her, baby her, sleep with her, and just plain love her. Unfortunately, Darla doesn’t want any of it from them. Just from me and my mom, and a little from my husband if food is involved. Everyone else gets grunts or hisses before she runs off.
So, this spring we decided to adopt two kittens, one for each of the girls to have their own cat to spoil. We welcomed into our house a white girl kitty named Jewel, and a brown boy that was quickly named Donut. They have been perfect additions to our family.
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What do young girls do with new kittens? They pretend that they are their babies. Out comes all the baby doll furniture and accessories, including a doll size blanket that I made for Donut’s owner. Once Donut was tucked in all snugly with a crochet blanket, well, that meant that Jewel needed one. Since another one couldn’t be found that
would work for precious Jewel, one had to be made.
Out came all of the crochet stitch pattern books and the center flower motif was determined and agreed upon that it would be appropriate for Jewel. I thought I was done with that, but no – it needed to be bigger. When I asked for more detail I got a wave of the hand for me to just figure it out. So, the motif came from somewhere, I didn’t pay any attention to what I did, and I didn’t write it down. Once it looked pretty good to me I asked and it was finally was accepted as suitable enough for Jewel.
The next time my mom came over she was shown Jewel with her new blanket. My mom thought Jewel was just precious and that the blanket motif was so cute. She said I needed to write the pattern. So I did!
I hope this motif sparks as much creativity and shares as much love as it did for our house.
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Jewel’s Crochet Flower Motif
by City Farmhouse Studio
Worsted Weight Yarn – Color 1 (dark maroon color) – 73 yds
Worsted Weight Yarn – Color 2 (light pink color) – 83 yds
Crochet Hook: 5.00mm (US H)
Motif Measures 14” from corner to diagonal corner. 12 ½” from flat side to flat side
Gauge: 4” x 4” = 16 sc stitches x 16 rows
Flower Center:
With Color 1: Ch 4. Slip stitch in first chain to join.
Rnd 1: Ch 2. Sc 8 times in ring, slip stitch in 2nd chain of round’s beginning.
Rnd 2: Ch 2. Sc in same stitch as last slip stitch as rnd 1. *2 scs in each stitch.* Repeat from * to * around ending with slip stitch in 2nd ch of round’s beginning.
Rnd 3: Ch 2. Sc in the back loop of next and of each sc around. Slip stitch in 2nd ch of round’s beginning.
Rnd 4: Ch 2. Sc in next and in each sc around. Slip stitch in 2nd ch of round’s beginning.
Rnd 5: Repeat rnd 4.
Rnd 6: Ch 4. Trc in same stitch you slip stitched in of previous round. Trc twice in each sc around. Slip stitch in 4th ch of round’s beginning.
Petals:
With Color 2: Ch 12. Slip stitch into flower center’s side loop made in Rnd 3 above.
Working back alongside loops of chain just made, (skip 2 chs, hdc, make 2 dcs, make 4 trs, (2 dtrs in next ch) 2 times total, 3 dtrs in end ch, ch 3, slip stitch in first ch just made. Working back on the other side of the chain loops (turn work 180 degrees), (3 dtrs in opposite side of ch as dtr cluster just made, (2 dtrs in next ch) 2 times total, 4 trs, 2 dcs, hdc. Skip 2 stitches of Rnd 3, slip stitch into loop of next stitch.
Ch 2, slip stitch in same ch as last hdc.
Bind off.
Repeat Petals 5 more times, attaching the ch to the same loop on the flower center that the last petal ended. Do not count the loop created by the slip stitch as a place to attach a petal.
Petals Surround:
With Color 1: Rnd 1: With slip knot on hook, sc in one of the petals ch 3 spaces. Sc in the next 7 stitches along the petal side. Ch 2. On the adjacent petal, starting in the first dtr stitch, sc 7 stitches working towards the petal tip.
*Sc 2 in the chain space, sc in the next 7 stitches, ch 2. Sc 7 starting in the next petal’s first dtr stitch.* Repeat from * to * around. Sc once more in starting ch space. Slip stitch in first sc of round’s beginning.
Rnd 2: Ch 3 and turn. Dc 2 times in the last sc of previous row. *Sc in next 5 stitches, skip 2 stitches, make 5 dc in the chain space from previous round. Skip 2 stitches, sc in next 5 stitches. Dc 3 times in each of the next 2 stitches.* Repeat from * to * around ending with 3 dc in last stitch. Slip stitch in 3rd ch of the round’s beginning.
Rnd 3: Ch 2 and turn. Sc in the last dc of previous rnd. Sc once in the next 19 stitches. *Sc twice in each of the next 2 stitches. Sc once in the next 19 stitches.* Repeat from * to * until one stitch remains. Sc twice in last remaining stitch. Slip stitch in 2nd ch of the round’s beginning. Bind off.
With Color 2: Rnd 4: Turn work to go in opposite direction than previous rnd. With slip knot on hook, sc in the last sc of previous round. Sc in the next 5 stitches. *Skip 3 stitches, dc 5 times in the next stitch, skip 3 stitches, dc 5 times in the next stitch, skip 3 stitches, sc once in next 12 stitches.* Repeat from * to * ending with a sc in the last 6 stitches. Slip st in 1st sc made of round’s beginning.
Rnd 5: Ch 3 and turn. Dc in last sc made of previous rnd. *Dc once in next 20 stitches. Dc twice in each of the next 2 stitches.* Repeat from * to * ending with 2 dc in last stitch. Slip stitch in 3rd ch of the round’s beginning.
Rnd 6: Ch 1 and turn. Sc in last stitch of previous rnd. *Ch 3. Skip 1 stitch, sc in next stitch.* Repeat form * to * to make 4 loops total. (Sc once in next 8 stitches. {Ch 3, skip 1 stitch, sc in next stitch}. Repeat from { to } to make 8 loops.) Repeat from ( to ) around. End rnd with {Ch 3, skip 1 stitch, sc in next stitch} repeated to make 3 loops. Ch 3 and slip stitch in first sc of round’s beginning.
Rnd 7: Ch 1 and turn. Sc twice in each of the 4 ch loops of previous rnd. (Ch 3, skip 1 stitch, sc) 4 times to make 4 loops. *Skip 1 stitch, sc twice in each of the next 8 ch loops. (Ch 3, skip 1 stitch, sc) 4 times to make 4 loops.* Repeat from * to * ending with 2 sc in each of the last 4 ch loops of previous rnd. Slip stitch in 1st sc of round’s beginning.
Bind off.
With Color 1: Rnd 8: Turn work to go in opposite direction than previous rnd. With slip knot on hook, slip stitch in last sc made of previous round. Ch 3, dc once more in same space. 2 dc in the next stitch. *Dc once in the next 7 stitches. Dc twice in each of the chain spaces. Dc once in the next 7 stitches. Dc twice in next 3 stitches.* Repeat from * to * around. End with 7 dc stitches, and 2 dc made in last remaining stitch. Slip stitch in 3rd ch of the round’s beginning.
Bind off and weave in ends.
Optional: weave petals’ ends into center flower’s side loops to secure them more.
Love this pattern & all 3 of your kitties are so cute.
Sweet story and sweet little kitty blanket. It’s very pretty. Thank you for sharing the pattern!
Thank you! And, you are welcome!