I found myself in meditative happiness when making this fun spring wreath
This crochet flower wreath makes me smile every time I see it.
I have been raiding my craft supplies lately making new things. Part of the craft craze is that it’s spring, and a perfect time to sew, crochet, glue, and paint on our porch. Indeed, crafting al fresco is a favorite pastime.
The other reason why I’ve been using the craft leftovers is that I’m challenging myself to use what I’ve got and not spend more on that next ‘ah-ha’ idea. (My brain is always popping with creative impulses and ideas.)
Now that I’ve shared how this fun spring wreath idea originated, it’s time to make the wreath.
Here are the wreath supplies.
First, I gathered a few supplies from my craft cubbies:
- Styrofoam wreaths
- Twine
- Crochet hook
- Mini skeins of yarn
- Scissors
- Needle and thread
Here is the how-to
The first step to this project is wrapping a styrofoam wreath in twine, carefully overlapping at the inner circle so that the outer twine lines fans out.
Then repeat the twine wrapping two more times, so that all three were uniformly wrapped. I am into the earthy look of twine. It’s a personal trend in my world. But since it’s a fun spring wreath, I need to add some fun spring color to take this autumnal look into the goal season.
How to crochet the flowers
I had a pack of mini skeins of yarn from a long-ago-finished project, so I used my littlest crochet hook, a size 2, to make a variety of little flowers. All of them are based off of the same interior construction, shown at right below.
The base round for each flower consists of 6 chains. Then hooking into the first chain, chain once again. Then insert the hook in the center of the chain circle and make 16 single crochet stitches into the center of the chain-circle. It ends up looking like the flower on the right below.
To make the other flowers, make another row around the circle. For the next smallest flower, make a single chain, then 3 single crochet stitches in the same space as the single chain.
Skip two chains around the circle, then single chain, 3 single crochet stitches. Repeat around the circle.
The other two flowers are made the same as the second, but with one more chain for each petal, and a double crochet stitch or triple crochet stitch to achieve the larger petals.
After making many little flowers, pin the flowers to the twine wreaths. Then applique the flowers to the wreaths.
Turning the three wreaths over, lace the backside of each to another with additional twine to secure them together.
When I spy the pretty little flowers on the crochet-flower-twine wreath, I’m happy that it’s spring. And that I had the time and supplies to make this fun spring wreath for our home.
