The other week I shared the crocheted roses I began making for a Movie Monday Challenge, Inspired by a favorite movie of mine, Bed of Roses. At the time of that post, I hadn’t made enough crocheted roses to fill out the wreath idea that came to me after making the first few roses. Now that I’ve finished the whole crocheted roses wreath, I wanted to share the finished project, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Crocheted Roses
Movie Monday Challenge is always a fun event that makes me create a project I might not have otherwise. Last month’s theme was romantic movies and I’ve always loved Bed of Roses. The free crocheted rose pattern I shared was the start of my wreath.
Or at least the idea of it. Since I almost always carry a bag of yarn and crochet hooks, I crochet whenever I find myself sitting someplace… kid’s activities, doctor’s office waiting rooms, in the car waiting in the pick-up lane. Basically, anytime I’m going to be sitting more than 5 minutes.
Yes, even church! It’s a great time to work on baby blankets that I donate to the church for baptisms.
Tasha was recently a Wickersham Brother in her middle school’s production of Seussical the Musical. After running around backstage helping with hair and make-up, I had some quiet time as one of the backstage moms.
I crocheted several more roses!
After a little while, I ended up modifying my original crocheted rose pattern, making it easier for me to crochet and talk to friends while waiting.
New Crochet Roses Pattern: Large
- Chain 70-80 with hook appropriate for the yarn being used. I used a 5mm with worsted weight yarn such as Red Heart.
- Turn, in first stitch from hook, crochet 4 double crochet (DC) in one stitch.
- Skip the next stitch
- Slip stitch in the following stitch (sl)
- Skip another stitch
- Repeat the pattern from the 4 DC to the end of the chain (each one of these 4 DCs makes a “petal”)
- At the end of the chain, tie off and leave a long tail.
- Using the long tail and a yarn needle, coil the petals and stitch from the back to form a rose.
Obviously, this can be made even larger. Once I made 4-6 in every color that made me think of Valentine’s day (pinks, reds, purples, and white), I tied them to the wire wreath frame.
And decided I needed to fill in some gaps with smaller roses.
Crocheted Roses Pattern: Small
- Chain 25-35 with hook appropriate for the yarn being used. I used a 5mm with worsted weight yarn such as Red Heart.
- Turn, in first stitch from hook, crochet 3 double crochet (DC) in one stitch.
- Skip the next stitch
- Slip stitch in the following stitch (sl)
- Skip another stitch
- Repeat the pattern from the 3 DC to the end of the chain (each one of these 3 DCs makes a “petal”)
- At the end of the chain, tie off and leave a long tail.
- Using the long tail and a yarn needle, coil the petals and stitch from the back to form a rose.
Then I filled in the gaps with the smaller roses.
Crocheted Roses Wreath
Once all the roses were tied to the frame, I used my yarn needle and what was left of the long tails to sew the roses to the frame and each other. Before clipping the ends, I tied the ends together. For example, if I had a red end with a pink end near it, I tied them together. Instead of tieing both ends of one rose, tieing one rose to another helped the roses fill out the spaces better.
It was 8 degrees the day I hung this up… I wasn’t about to go outside and take the picture! So, you get to see a glimpse of a painting Tasha did and my whitewashed brick fireplace through the front door’s windows!
And the funky circle just under the wreath hanger is my new flash ring, I’m trying to learn to take better pictures.
I’m loving how pretty this looks on the front door when I drive up to the house… in my nice warm car… into the slightly-warmer-than-being-outside garage. One day when it’s warm enough to not feel the need to curl up in front of the fireplace, I’ll take a better picture of the wreath from outside.
Or I’ll pull it back out in June and take one then!
What’s your favorite Valentine’s decoration look like?
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