Sweetheart Roses

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Difficulty: Easy

Sweetheart rose buds are delicate, romantic flowers bespeaking the promise of the unfurled rose. These knitted and felted beauties forever capture the moment before the rose opens. These classic favorites are easy to knit and work up quickly. It is possible to make an entire bouquet in one day. Decorate the fronts of small bags, or twine together up the lapel of a favorite coat. Tie a single rose onto the top of a gift box, or knit a spray for the top of your garden hat. Make with beaded feltable wool or decorate with beads and sequins yourself. The possibilities are endles. . .

Pattern Difficulty

Intrepid beginner to intermediate knitter: Requries knitting, purling, increasing, and decreasing

Materials

Yarn Requirements

250 yds (228.5m) each of Sage, Garnet, Christmas Red, Hot Pink, and Fuchsia

Needles and Other Materials

Size 7 (4.5mm) double pointed needles (to make larger flowers, use Size 11 (8mm) and a double-strand of worsted weight feltable yarn)

Tapestry Needle

Sewing needle

Seed beads

Nylon Beading Thread

Pictured Samples

All pictured flowers were made with Tilli Tomas Flurries. The white bag was made with Tilli Toams Whistler in Natural and the flower were made with Flurries in Decco Choral, Red, Ruby Wine, and Raspberry. The pink bag was made with Whistler in Dusty Pink and the flowers were made with Shepherd's Wool in Lime.

No errors have been reported for this pattern.