If you want to jazz up a coat or blazer this season, here’s a fast little pattern you can work up with some leftover scraps from your yarn basket. I love putting these on kid’s hats, but here is a way to incorporate them into your wardrobe too!
Note: 2 brooches are shown in the picture and pinned side by side.
Materials:
- US 10.5 needles are used for the rosettes shown, but with this pattern it’s really fun to experiment with different yarn weights and needle sizes.
- Yarn scraps (a few yards is all you’ll need)
- Pin backing (I use safety pins so that I can remove them later and sew them to something else if I like. If you want a more permanent pin backing, you can find pin backings in the jewelry aisle of the craft store and stitch them on)
- Tapestry needle (for weaving in ends and sewing them together)
CO 5 sts.
Row 1: KFB each st (10 sts)
Row 2: Purl
Row 3: KFB each st (20 sts)
Row 4: Purl
Row 5: KFB each st (40 sts)
BO and weave in ends. Coil to form a rosette. Stitch together to hold in place and attach pin backing to back of rosette.
Click here for a photo tutorial to learn how to “KFB” (knit into the front and back of a stitch)
(Green yarn is Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick in Lemongrass, and red yarn is Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in Brick).
Oh I love these roses! I hope I can get the same color of yarn from the store.
Thanks! Just got both skeins at the local craft store. 🙂
Thank you for blessing us with a gift of your beautiful patterns everyday.
hugs,
Meredith
I am with Mereknits…we are so blessed! Now, if I just knitted. 🙂 Also, I LOVE your bodice. It makes everything look so splendid!
Thank you ladies, what thoughtful and lovely comments. Now my day is complete! I will have a smile all day long, so thank you!!! Hugs!