I used to be a big fan of parties. I like seeing people dress up, have their hair and make up done, etc. Until it was my turn to organize parties. I organized and coordinated my sister in law's 18th birthday party. I realized I have a gift for that. When I got married, I DIY-ed almost everything. The invitation, the flow and program, the coordination with the food, photography, and venue, etc. The only things I didn't do myself was being the same day coordinator and the floral arrangements.
That was such a missed opportunity to me. The floral arrangement, that is. I wish I could have created my own bridal bouquet. My sister was also married so I missed another chance at making a crochet bridal bouquet. So when I heard that one of the kids in my old neighborhood was getting married, I offered go make her bridal bouquet. She's not a kid anymore, I just still see her as that young kid who used to run around playing outside back in the day. They've all grown up already. It's making me feel so old.
Anyway, since she's being the budgetarian bride and all, she was planning on making those paper flowers herself so i offered to make her crochet bridal bouquet. She can still push through with her paper flower idea with the floral arrangements in the venue. I know how it feels to be a bride and have your ideas shut down by people who aren't supposed to be involved in the planning. I didn't want her to go bridezilla on me. Luckily, she said yes.
Her motiff was blue. I already have an idea how it would look like. It's a goid thing I won kilograms of blue yarns back in 2021. I still haven't use up much of it, this is a great way of using up those yarns.
Since I'll be making a lot of those rose buds, I decided I'll make the quick and easy ones. I originally thought of making the rose petal by petal, theb would stick them all up in the stem. But then the thought of having to use the glue gun over and over again already hurts my fingers so bad. So I decided on using the continuous petals design.
I made two variations. One that used trebble crochets and the other double crochets. I wanted the roses to hane ones that look abloom already, and ones that look just freshly budding.
Just in case you want to make one of your own, here's the pattern:
Chain a multiple of 3 then add 3 more chains if you're going to use dc's. (4 if you'll be using trc's)
Dc on the 3rd chain from the hook (or trebble on the 4th chain). Chain 1, skip 1 chain, dc (or trebble) on thr next chain. Repeat until the end.
This row is all dc even if you used treble crochets on the first row. Start with 3 chains turn your work. Then dc on the first chain space. Chain 1. 2dc on the same chain space. You now have 2dc, 1 ch, 2dc on the same chain space. Do that althroughout the row.
This is the petal row itself. You can either use dc or trebble crochets here. Start with 1 chain, turn your work. Dc or trc 7 times on the first chain space. Chain 1, sc on the space between the 2nd and 3rd dc from the previous row. Chain 1, then 7dc again on the chain space, chain, sc. Do this until the end of the row. Fasten off.
Once you're done with the crocheting part, you just have to roll the petal around the tip of the stem. Make sure that the base of the rose is flat and does not go under each time you roll it around. I had to take a lot of breaks during this part because my fingers hurt with the hot glue.
Lastly comes the most fun but really challenging part. Forming the bouquet itself. All you have to do is to form it into a ball of blue roses. I realized it was missing some accents so I decided to make those little white forget me nots and added some pearls in the middle.
When I finished the bouquet, I kept on holding it, I can't take my eyes off it. I think I'm in love, I wanna get married again. Lol. The bride will come over tomorrow to pick this up. I hope she likes it. :)