Crochet Daffodil for Marie Curie Cancer Care

March is the month that Spring finally arrives and a riot of colour erupts as daffodils, crocuses and other Spring bulbs burst into bloom. March is also the month that the wonderful charity Marie Curie Cancer Care holds its annual Daffodil Appeal fundraising event with this iconic flower as its symbol. Supporters are encouraged to sell the charity’s own daffodil buttonholes and to hold events to raise money. Selling handmade daffodils is an increasingly popular option. 

Daffodil Crochet Pattern for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
All proceeds of this pattern will be donated to Marie Curie!

knitshop.co.uk is a keen supporter of Marie Curie Cancer Care and founder Julieta Brandao has created a Daffodil Crochet pattern especially to raise money for the charity. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF and costs £3. The full £3 from each pattern sale goes directly to Marie Curie Cancer Care.

This Daffodil is crochet in Canary Coquette - also available as a kit,
includes pattern and yarn!

The pattern is designed for knitshop.co.uk’s Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn in Canary Yellow. We recommend using a 3mm crochet hook. You should be able to make at least four daffodils from each skein of Coquette yarn.

The Daffodil Crochet pattern is also available as a kit containing both the pattern and a ball of Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn for £7.95. If you buy the kit, knitshop.co.uk will donate a percentage of the proceeds from the yarn sale to Marie Curie Cancer Care as well as the £3 cost of the pattern.

Canary Yellow Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn.

Of course, daffodils are not always just one colour, so you could create a two-tone one by knitting the trumpet in Pumpkin Orange Coquette yarn. You could also try crocheting your daffodils in one of our other yarns. How about Sun Yellow Mulberry Silk Merino Yarn, perhaps contrasted with the Yellow or Light Yellow shades in the same yarn range?

Alternatively you can use our Mohair Silk Yarn or pure silk for a more
elegant version of the flower.

The Yellow and Orange shades in our Mulberry Silk Plied Yarn collection would also look fantastic. For either of these two alternative yarn choices you’ll need a slightly larger 3.5mm or 4mm crochet hook.

Finally, for a different effect, you could also try knitshop.co.uk’s Mohair Silk Yarn in Yellow.

Links to this blog:

Marie Curie Cancer Care: https://www.mariecurie.org.uk

Daffodil Appeal: https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/get-involved/daffodil-appeal/blogs

Daffodil crochet pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3028-daffodil.html

Daffodil crochet kit: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3253-daffodil.html

3mm crochet hook: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/1635-3mm-metal-hook.html

3.5mm crochet hook: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/bamboo-crochet/1760-35mm-bamboo-hook.html

Canary Yellow Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2765-canary-coquette.html

Orange Mulberry Silk Plied yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/mulberry-silk-twist/855-orange-plied-silk.html

Pumpkin Orange Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/coquette-vintage-cotton/2761-pumpkin-coquette.html

Light Yellow Mulberry Silk Merino yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/silk-wool-blend/827-light-yellow-mulberry-merino.html

Sun Yellow Mulberry Silk Merino yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/silk-wool-blend/829-sun-yellow-mulberry-merino.html

Yellow Mulberry Silk Merino yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/silk-wool-blend/828-yelllow-mulberry-merino.html

Yellow Mohair Silk yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/mohair-wool-yarn/1069-yellow-mohair.html

Yellow Mulberry Silk Plied yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/mulberry-silk-twist/1178-yellow-plied-silk.html

Crochet a daffodil for Marie Curie Cancer Care

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.

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.

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 Cancer Care: http://www.mariecurie.org.uk

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