Crochet flower picture tutorial

Hello Lovelies
Here is my little tutorial , as promised :0)

Firstly I need to explain a couple of things . I've written this pattern out using U.S. terms as it's the easiest for me these days.

Here's a quick conversion guide :-
U.S. single(SC) = U.K. double
U.S. double(DC) = U.K. treble
U.S. half double (HDC) = U.K. half treble

Secondly about the yarn choice . Of course that's completely up to you , I just think a project like this looks better using a non - woolly type of yarn.You know , not fluffy . Cotton would be ideal , I used this as it's got a nice sheen and I loved the blue ....

Patons Smoothie , which is actually acrylic.

Got all that! great, so here goes....

First chain 6 and join with a slip stitch to form a ring.....

Round 1.Chain 1 and then make 16 single crochet into the ring. That's quite a few so you will need to keep pushing your stitches backwards as you go...

Join with a slip stitch into the first single crochet.....

Round 2 Next chain 6 ( this is equivalent to 1 DC , chain 3)....

*Skip 1 SC in round 1 , then DC in next SC ,chain 3 , repeat from* six times more ....

Slip stitch into third chain of 6 chain at beginning of round....

As you can see you have a little circle with 8 spokes and also 8 spaces between them . This is where you work the next round.....

Round 3 chain 1 , then into the first space work *1SC, 1 HDC,3 DC,1HDC,1SC......

Repeat from * into next 3 chain space and in each space around.Join with a slip stitch into initial 1 chain of round 3....

Next , don't finish off but chain your flowers stem. Mine is 10 chain but you can make yours as long or short as you like .....

To make the leaves Chain 7.....

In the second chain from your hook , I've marked it with a needle , SC...

in the next chain HDC, and in the next chain DC...

Next chain HDC, next chain SC ,in the final chain slip stitch and finish off...

Sew in the ends on the leaves and flower and you've done.

I mounted mine onto rough " watercolour" paper using tiny bits of double sided sticky tape . Then I popped it in a frame ...

Simple yet so effective , hope you agree .
If you give this a go I'd love to see the results :0)
Have fun and do let me know if anything isn't clear .
Jacquie x