Spring
is here at last and it’s wonderful to see all the flowers on show.
Daffodils are a particularly inspiring sight and we’ve got a
brand-new pattern to share with you that means you’ll be able to
enjoy daffodils in your home all year round.
knitshop.co.uk
founder Julieta Brandao has designed a wonderful daffodil pattern as
a means of fundraising for Marie
Curie Cancer Care. The charity has
the daffodil as its symbol and runs a Daffodil
Appeal fundraising drive each
March.
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| Julieta wearing a crochet Daffodil. |
Julieta says “The Marie Curie Appeal is a cause that
is very close to me and I wanted to find a way to support the charity
not just in March but all year around. All proceeds from the sale of
this pattern will go to the Marie Curie Appeal.”
The
daffodil pattern [link to be added] is worked on a 3mm crochet hook
using knitshop.co.uk’s
Coquette
Vintage Cotton Yarn. The main part of the flower is
worked in the round using a combination of trebles and double crochet
stitches. The petals are created separately and use slip stitches to
cluster stitches together. There’s also a quadruple treble cluster
stitch in the pattern that is great fun to work. It helps give the
daffodil a really distinctive shape. Once you’ve made enough petals
and your main flower you just need to sew them together.
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| Daffodils are especially nice with the first signs of sunshine! |
The Daffodil crochet pattern is being sold as a kit
containing the yarn, crochet hook and pattern to complete your
daffodils. The kit contains a 50g ball of knitshop.co.uk Coquette
Vintage Cotton Yarn in Canary
Yellow, a 3mm
crochet hook and, of course, the pattern to make your
daffodil. The kit costs £9.95, of which £9 will go straight to
Marie
Curie Cancer Care. Alternatively, you can buy
Julieta’s Daffodil crochet pattern on its own
for £3. In this case, the entire £3 will be donated to the charity.
Once
assembled it’s up to you how to you want to display your beautiful
springtime bloom. You could attach it to a headband or make a stem
for it from pipe cleaners or wire covered in green yarn. You could
also add a brooch back attached to a piece of felt and pin your
Daffodil
Appeal to a jacket to show everyone your support for
the wonderful nurses at Marie
Curie Cancer Care.
Links
to this blog:
knitshop.co.uk:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk
Daffodil
charity crochet kit:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3029-daffodil.html
Daffodil
pattern:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3028-daffodil.htm
Marie
Curie Great Daffodil Appeal:
http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/fundraising-volunteering/great-daffodil-appeal
Canary
Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2765-canary-coquette.html
3mm
crochet hook: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/1635-3mm-metal-hook.html
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