{"id":833,"date":"2010-01-21T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=833"},"modified":"2010-01-21T12:07:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T18:07:30","slug":"little-flower-brooch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/21\/little-flower-brooch\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Flower brooch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/4293365282\/\" title=\"tiny brooch by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/4293365282_47f2635432.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"tiny brooch\" style=\"border:3px solid black\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I picked up my tiniest hook and some crochet thread, yesterday, for the first time in a long time. I got hooked! (no pun intended) I made a few of these tiny brooches. The crocheting is super simple and is pretty much just a popcorn stitch flower. Here&#8217;s the quick pattern:<\/p>\n<p><b>Materials:<\/b><br \/>\ncrochet cotton thread<br \/>\n1.75 mm (US 4) hook<br \/>\nbutton<br \/>\nsmall safety pin or pinback<br \/>\nneedle for sewing on button<\/p>\n<p><b>Pattern:<\/b><br \/>\n<i>beginning popcorn:<\/i> Ch 3, 5 DC into same space, drop hook from current loop and place through top of ch-3. Grab dropped loop and pull through.<br \/>\n<i>popcorn:<\/i> work 6 DC into same spot, drop hook from current loop and place through top of first DC. Grab dropped loop and pull through. This is a 6-DC popcorn stitch. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dummies.com\/how-to\/content\/how-to-crochet-popcorn-stitch.html\">see here for details on a 5-DC popcorn.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rnd 1: Leaving an ~6&#8243; tail, make 6 SC into a magic loop, pull thread end to close. Slst into first SC.<br \/>\nRnd 2: Ch 4, slst into same space, *Ch 4, slst into next st* 5 times. Slst into first slst.<br \/>\nRnd 3: Slst into first ch-4 space. Make beginning popcorn, ch 4, *make popcorn into next ch-4 space, ch 4* 5 times. Slst into first st.<br \/>\nRnd 4: Slst into first ch-4 space. Ch 1, *6 SC into ch-4 space* 6 times. Slst into first st.<br \/>\nFinish off.<br \/>\nWeave in the ending tail.<br \/>\nUse beginning tail to sew on button and to attach safety pin.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/4292622181\/\" title=\"tiny brooch [2] by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2766\/4292622181_fa88c7da3e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"tiny brooch [2]\" style=\"border:3px solid black\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not into brooches, you could glue it to a hair barrette for an absolutely adorable hair accessory. I&#8217;ve also made one in worsted weight and it is just as cute! It would be darling on a bag or pinned to a cloche.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/badges\/redirect?p=little-flower-brooch\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.ravelry.com\/badges\/projects?p=little-flower-brooch&amp;t=.gif\" style=\"border: none;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/4293365282_47f2635432.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"tiny brooch\" style=\"border:3px solid black\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>I picked up my tiniest hook and some crochet thread, yesterday, for the first time in a long time. I got hooked! (no pun intended) I made a few of these tiny brooches. The crocheting is super simple and is pretty much just a popcorn stitch flower. Here&#8217;s the quick pattern:<\/p>\n<p>Materials: crochet cotton thread 1.75 mm (US 4) hook button small safety pin [Read More&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[228,64],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}