Flowers

Materials:
Size G hook (4 mm)
Red Heart Yarn

(I stole the loop instructions from the book Stitch n’ Bitch by Debbie Stoller)

1. Start by making a circle with about six inches of yarn. Make the circle so that the tail crosses behind and to the right of the ball end of your yarn, and hold onto the circle at the point where is crosses with your right hand. Now lace the yarn over your left hand the way you would normally would for crocheting (the weirdness starts here already, since usually that tail is attached by the slipknot to your hook, instead of just being held in a loop by your right hand).

2. Transfer the tail loop from your right hand to the left hand, making sure that the tail stays behind the working yarn. Hold it closed at the point where it crosses, using the thumb and middle (or ring) fingers of your left hand. Essentially, the most awkward part of this procedure is done, and you are ready to go on to the cool part.

3. Take your hook in your right hand as usual, insert it into the center of the loop, grab the working strand of yarn.

Round 1: Now that you have the loop made, ch1 and sc 14 in the loop. sl st in ch1.
Round 2: ch1, hdc in next st. *skip 1 st, ch4, hdc in next st *repeat round. sl st in ch1
Round 3: ch1, (sc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sc) in each ch4 loops. repeat round. sl st in ch1.
Fasten off.

Hope you enjoy these simple cute flowers!