PEONY


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This pattern is a part of the Garden of Dreams CAL project.

You need 7 different colors of yarn for this flower square. You can crochet this square using almost any kind of yarn, but I recommend yarns with a hook recommendation of max 4.5 mm.


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Stitches used in this pattern (US terms):

**See stitch instructions from the separate Stitch Tutorial file >> Click Here <<

 

Make a magic ring and crochet round 1 stitches into the ring.


Rnd 1

Mustard 

Ch 1 (counts as sc), 11 sc into ring. Join to the 1st ch with slst. 

[12 sc]


Rnd 2

Mustard 

Ch1 (counts as sc), (Ch 3, sk sc, sc) 5 times, ch 3, sk sc. Join to the same st as rnd 2 started with slst. 

[6 x ch3-sp, 6 sc]


Rnd 3

Mustard 

Slst into next ch3-sp.

Ch 3 (counts as dc), 4 dc into same ch3-sp, (FPsc around sc, 5 dc into ch3-sp) 5 times, FPsc around sc. Join to the top of 3rd ch with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off.

 

[30 dc, 6 FPsc]

Rnd 4

Yellow 

SSsc into 3rd ch (1st dc) of previous rnd, (2 sc into next 3 sts, sc in the next st, FPsc around FPsc, sc) 5 times. 2 sc into next 3 sts, sc in the next st, FPsc around the next st. Join to the 1st sc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

 [48 sc, 6 FPsc]

Rnd 5

Mustard 

Work this rnd into skipped st of rnd 1 behind rnds 2-4. 

SSdc into any skipped st of rnd 1, (ch 3, sk st, dc in the next st) 5 times, ch 3, sk st. Join to the 1st dc with slst. 

[6 x ch3-sp, 6 dc]

 

Rnd 6

Mustard 

Slst into next ch3-sp. (Ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc, 4 tr, 2 dc) into ch3-sp.

*Sk st, (2 dc, 4 tr, 2 dc) into next ch3-sp* 5 times, sk st. Join to the top of 3rd ch with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[24 dc, 24 tr]

Rnd 7

Yellow 

SSsc into top of 1st dc of previous rnd (3rd ch). sc into next 2 sts, 2 sc into next 2 st, sc into next 3 sts, sc into 5th sc of petals of rnd 4,

*sc into next 3 sts, 2 sc into next 2 sts, sc into next 3 sts, sc into 5th sc of petals of rnd 4* 5 times. Join to the 1st sc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[66 sc]

Rnd 8

Mustard 

You will work into dc of rnd 5 behind the previous rnds. The sts to be skipped are not mentioned. 

SSBPtr into any dc of rnd 5, ch 3, BPtr into same dc of rnd 5.

*Ch 3, (BPtr, ch 3, BPtr) into next dc. Of rnd 5* 5 times, ch 3. Join to the 1st BPtr with slst. 

[6 groups of (BPtr, ch3-sp, BPtr), 6 x ch3-sp between groups] 

Photo is taken wrong side up

Rnd 9

Mustard 

Slst into next ch3-sp. Ch 3 (count as dc), 4 dc into same ch3-sp, *sk st, 5 dc into ch3-sp* 11 times, sk st. Join to the top of 3rd ch with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[60 dc]


Rnd 10

Yellow 

**Hint: skip no stitches of previous round.

*SSsc (counts as sc here and in the next repeats), into 1st dc (3rd ch) of previous rnd, hdc in the next st, (dc, ch 1, dc) into next st, hdc in the next st, sc in the next st, dc into 3rd sc of petal of rnd 7 (petal is at left side of your loop). Sc in the next st, hdc in the next st, (dc, ch 1, dc) into next st, hdc in the next st, sc in the next st, dc into 8th sc of petal of rnd 7 (same petal as previous.)* 6 times. Join to the 1st sc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[24 sc, 24 hdc, 36 dc, 12 x ch1-sp]

Rnd 11

Mustard 

SSBPsc into middle dc of any petals of rnd 9 (that dc already has a (dc, ch1-sp, dc) crocheted into it).

*Ch 5, BPsc into middle dc of petals of rnd 9.* 11 times, ch 5. Join to the 1st BPsc with slst. 

[12 BPsc, 12 x ch5-sp]

 

Rnd 12

Mustard 

Slst into next ch5-sp. Ch 3(counts as dc), 5 dc into same ch5-sp, *sk st, 6 dc into ch5-sp* 11 times, sk st.  Join to the top of 3rd ch with slst. 

[72 dc]


Rnd 13

Mustard 

Ch 1 (counts as sc), hdc in the next st, (dc, tr) in the next st, (tr, dc) in the next st, hdc in the next st,

*sc in the next 2 sts, hdc in the next st, (dc, tr) into next st, (tr, dc) into next st, hdc in the next st* 11 times, sc in next st. Join to the 1st ch with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[24 sc, 24 hdc, 24 dc, 24 tr]

Rnd 14

Yellow 

SSsc into 1st st of previous rnd, sc in the next 2 sts, 2 sc into next 2 sts, sc in the next 3 sts, *dc in the ch1-sp of rnd 10, sc in the next 3 sts, 2 sc into next 2 sts, sc in the next 3 sts* 11 times. Dc in the ch1-sp rnd 10. Join to the 1st sc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[120 sc, 12 dc] 

Alternatively, you can add some richness into middle of your Peony in the rnd 1: 

SSFPsc into any st of rnd 1. (ch 3, FPsc) 12 times, omit last FPsc in last repeat. Join to the 1st sc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off.


Rnd 15

Dark Gray 

The sts to be skipped are not mentioned. 

SSBPsc into any 2nd tr of a petal of rnd 13,

*(4 tr, ch 2, 4 tr) into next dc of rnd 14, (BPsc in the 2nd tr of petals of rnd 13, ch 3, sc into dc of rnd 14, ch 3) 2 times. BPsc in the 2nd tr of petals of rnd13* 4 times, omit BPsc in last repeat. Join to the 1st BPsc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[(3 BPsc, 2 sc, 4 x ch3-sp) / side, (4 tr, ch2-sp, 4 tr) / corner] 

Now there are 4 sides in your work.

Rnd 16

Gray 

*SSBPdc (counts as BPdc here and in the next repeats), in the 1st tr after a corner ch2-sp, BPdc in the next 3 sts, sk st, 3 sc in the ch3-sp, sk st, (4 dc in the ch3-sp, sk st) 2 times, 3 sc in the ch3-sp, sk st, BPdc in the next 4 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the corner ch2-sp* 4 times. Join to the 1st BPdc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[(8 BPdc, 6 sc, 8 dc) / side, (2 dc, ch2-sp, 2 dc) / corner]

Rnd 17

Black 

*SSBPhdc (counts as BPhdc here and in the next repeats) in the 1st dc after a corner ch2-sp, BPhdc in the next 8 sts (= 9 BPhdc total), (dc, ch 1) 7 times (into middle dcs on the sides), dc in the next st, BPhdc in the next 9 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the corner ch2-sp* 4 times. Join to the 1st BPhdc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[(18 BPhdc, 8 dc, 7x ch1-sp) / side, (2dc, ch2-sp, 2dc)/ corner]


Rnd 18

White 

Start with SSsc. 

*5 sc into any ch2-sp of any corner, sc in the next st, (ch 1, sk st, sc in the next st) 5 times, sk dc, (2 sc in the next ch1-sp, sk dc) 7 times, (sc in the next st, ch 1, sk st) 5 times, sc in the next st.* 4 times. Join to the 1st sc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[(26 sc, 10x ch1-sp) / side. 5 sc/ corner]

Rnd 19

Light Gray 

*(SShdc (counts as hdc here and in the next repeats) in 1st st of any corner, ch 1, sk st) 3 times. Hdc into ch1-sp, (ch 1, sk st, hdc into ch1-sp) 3 times, sk (sc, ch1-sp, sc), (FPdc in the dc on rnd 17, ch 1, sk 2 sc rnd 18) 7 times. FPdc in the dc rnd 17, sk (sc, ch1-sp, sc), (hdc into ch1-sp, ch 1, sk st) 3 times, hdc into ch1-sp, ch 1, sk sc* 4 times. Join to the 1st hdc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[(8 FPdc, 10 hdc, 17x ch1-sp) / side. Hdc/ corner]

Rnd 20

Mustard 

In this rnd the 1st stitch is done in the sc of rnd 18 after 1st hdc of rnd 19 (see photo). Work in the corner in front of ch1-sps of rnd 19. 

* SSdc (counts as dc here and in the next repeats), ch 3, sk st, dc in the 4th sc of rnd 18 (ch1-sp lays behind your work), ch1, sk hdc, sc in the ch1-sp, (ch 1, sk st, sc in the ch1-sp) 3 times, ch 2, sk (hdc, FPdc).  

(Puff-mini in the 2nd sc of the 2sc-groups of rnd 18 (ch1-sps rnd 19 lays behind puff-mini sts), ch 1, sk FPdc of rnd 19) 6 times. Puff-mini in the 2nd sc of the 2sc-groups of rnd 18, ch 2, sk (FPdc, hdc), sc inthe ch1-sp of rnd 19, (ch 1, sk hdc, sc inthe ch1-sp) 3 times, ch 1, sk hdc* 4 times. Join to the 1st dc with slst. Cut yarn and fasten off. 

[(8 sc, 14 x ch1-sp, 7 Puff-mini, 2 x ch2-sps) / side.  (dc, ch3-sp, dc)/ corner]

Rnd 21

Black 

1st stitch is done in the middle hdc of any corner of rnd 19 (see photo). 

*[SSFPdc (counts as FPdc here and in the next repeats), ch 2, FPdc in the same st], 2 hdc in the ch3-sp at the corner of rnd 20, FPhdc in the dc of rnd 20, (FPdc around hdc of rnd 19, FPhdc around sc of rnd 20) 4 times.

FPdc around hdc of rnd 19, FPdc around FPdc of rnd 19, (FPsc around the puff-mini, ch 1) 6 times, FPsc around puff-mini, FPdc around FPdc of rnd 19,

(FPdc around hdc of rnd 19, FPhdc around sc of rnd 20) 4 times. FPdc around hdc of rnd 19, FPhdc around dc of rnd 20, 2 hdc in the ch3-sp at the corner* 4 times. Join to the 1stFPdc with slst.

 

[(4 hdc, 10 FPhdc, 12 FPdc, 7 FPsc, 6 x ch1-sp) / side, (FPdc, ch2-sp, FPdc)/ corner]

Rnd 22

Black 

Peony Rnd 22 Black Slst into CORNER ch2-sp. *(Ch 3 (counts as dc in repeats), dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into ch2-sp. Dc in next 14 sts, skFPsc, 2 hdc in the ch1-sp,  

(skFPsc, 2 sc in the ch1-sp) 4 times, skFPsc, 2 hdc in the ch1-sp, skFPsc, dc in next 14 sts.* 4 times. Join to the top of ch3 with slst. Cut yarn and fast off or continue with The Garden Paths section.  

Fasten off and secure ends, block the square, wet and let dry.  

[32 dc, 4 hdc 8 sc / side. ch2-sp / corner] 

Well done, great job! Your peony is blooming nicely.



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