How to Crochet a Rosebud Shawl

Applique crocheted roses onto shawls.

Create rosebud shawls by crocheting the flowers separately and attaching them to the completed shawl by hand. This type of construction is known as applique. The most common patterns used for shawl-making are mesh, net or trellis, and you can crochet the roses in a variety of thread colors for a brighter shawl.

Things You'll Need

• Pearl cotton thread, red and green
• Size 7 crochet hook
• Hand needle

Instructions

Roses

1. Crochet a wheel. Alternate spokes of double crochet with chain stitches.

2. Continue the double crochet and chain stitch circular pattern. Go over the chain stitches with petal stitches. Wrap the yarn around the hook three times, and insert it into the chain stitch. Yarn over and work off two loops. Repeat this four times. Create petal stitches by repeating all chain stitches on the loop.

3. Alternate chain and petal rounds. Each round should increase in size. The petal rounds will increase by two stitches per round, and the chain rounds will increase by one chain stitch. Continue until the rose is the desired size.

4. Change to the green yarn to form the leaves. Form three half circles at various points on the rose instead of the solid circles used to form the rose.

5. Repeat until you complete the desired number of roses.

Shawl

1. Chain four stitches plus three more stitches.

2. Create the first row by chaining five stitches, but skip two chains of the base chain. Add a stitch of single crochet, skip three chains, and chain five stitches. Repeat until the first row is the desired length.

3. Chain five stitches to begin row two. Single crochet over five chains, skip a single stitch, and then chain five. Repeat until row two is the desired length.

4. Repeat the instructions for row two until the shawl is the desired size.

5. Thread a small hand needle with thread the color of the shawl. Place roses into the desired areas on the shawl, and then pin into place. Stitch roses to the shawl using a whip stitch.

References

• "Encyclopedia of Crochet"; Donna Kooler; 2002
• PlanetJune; Basic Rose; June Gilbank
• Crochet Spot; Crochet Flower Pattern: Rose; Rachel Choi; February 2011