Better Hydrangea Flowers

I want to thank you for your comments and suggestions on how to improve my hydrangea flowers. Alipurr from Kitten Yarn improved my original pattern and came up with a lovely flower, which her daughter turned into a hairclip. You can see it here.

And Cheri from Crochet Partners Yahoo group sent me a link to another hydrangea pattern shared by Camelia Shanahan on her blog. I loved that pattern and quickly set to work on my new hydrangea flowers.

I tried the same purple yarn, but it didn’t work so well for this pattern. My flower came out too big. So I switched to purple and lilac cotton thread and liked the result much better.




The pattern is fairly easy except for one thing – clone knots! I’ve never heard about them until I came across this pattern. I had to search the Internet to learn how to make them (I will make a post about clone knots later).

Once again, thank you all for your kind help. And big thanks to Camelia Shanahan for her pattern.

Crochet Hydrangea Flowers Free Pattern

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Hydrangea Inspired Flowers

I love blue and purple hydrangea and was inspired to make crocheted hydrangea flowers. I used purple 100% acrylic yarn.
I am somewhat disappointed!

My flowers turned out pretty enough, yet they don’t quite look like hydrangea. The pearl beads are too big for my flowers (I didn’t glue them on, just laid them on for the picture). Next time I am at a crafts store, I should look for smaller purple or blue beads for my flower centers. The shape of the petals is not right either. The hydrangea petals are somewhat pointy, but I didn’t know how to achieve that effect in my crocheted flowers.



Here is the pattern anyway in case someone likes them. It’s extremely easy.

Ch 5, join with a slip stitch to make a ring.

*Ch 3, 2 tr in ring, ch 3, sc in ring* repeat from * three  times. Fasten off.

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Crochet Patterns from my Shop

Tablecloth Update: Four Motifs Done

Back in May I started a big project of crocheting a tablecloth for my dining room table. The pattern I chose requires making square motifs, which are then put together. For my table I will need eighteen such motifs.

I eagerly started this project and set Christmas as the due date. However, it’s almost September and I only managed to finish four motifs. I must admit it’s awfully boring to crochet the same motif over and over again. What is more, only trebles and chains are used in the pattern. Chain two, treble, chain two, four trebles, chain two… So monotonous!



On the other hand, when I laid my four motifs next to each other, I really liked the overall pattern. If this table cloth will ever be finished, it’s going to be a gorgeous one!

What do you do when you get bored with a project but at the same time want to finish it? How do you find motivation to continue working on it?

By the way, if anyone is interested in the pattern, here is the link:

Motif Table Cloth Free Pattern

Burgundy Pineapple Shawl

Here in California autumn will arrive no sooner than October, but I’m very much looking forward to it. I have this beautiful shawl to keep me warm and cozy on chilly autumn evenings.



My mom crocheted this shawl earlier this year. Since I already have two shawls that my mom made, I tried to sell this one on Etsy. I didn’t have much luck, and I’m actually glad. One day I realized that no other person will value and cherish all the work and love my mom had put into this shawl as much I do. So I removed the shawl from my Etsy listings.

I believe the pattern was from a Russian crochet magazine (usually that’s where my mom gets her patterns from), but I don’t know which one exactly.

And here are some shawl patterns from my shop: