Flower Yoke

This project goes to show that you can't make a doily when a little rascal is around. She claimed this chain of flowers as her rightful yoke!

The pattern given below is for 20 flowers. You can stop at any point according to the size of yoke you would like to make.

Materials:
Embroidery skien or crochet cotton size 10: small quantities of each color desired.
Crochet hook - 1.65mm or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge:
Flowers = 2" diameter

Special Instructions:
2-dc cl: Holding back on hook last lp of each st, 2 dc in indicated st, yo, draw through rem 3 lps on hook.

Ring of Flowers:
First flower:
Rnd 1: With white, ch 6, join to form a ring, ch 1, 10 sc in ring, join in beg sc.
Rnd 2: *Ch 1, sc in same place, ch 3, sk next sc, sc in next sc, rep from * around, join in beg sc, fasten off. (5 ch-3 sps)
Rnd 3: Attach color A in any ch-3 sp, ch 1, [sc, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sc] in each ch-3 sp around, do not join. (5 petals)
Rnd 4: Working behind petals, [ch 5, sl st in sc between petals] rep around.
Rnd 5: [Sc, ch 2, dc, 3 tr, ch 5, sl st in top of last tr made (picot), 3 tr, dc, ch 2, sc] in each ch-5 sp around, join in beg sc, fasten off.

Second flower:
Rnds 1 & 2: Rep Rnds 1 and 2 of first flower.
Rnds 3 & 4: With color B, rep Rnds 3 and 4 of first flower. (This is the joining round.)
Rnd 5: [{Sc, ch 2, dc, 3 tr, ch 2, sc in picot on corresponding petal of previous flower, ch 2, sl st in top of last tr made, 3 tr, dc, ch 2, sc} in next ch-5 sp] twice, *[sc, ch 2, dc, 3 tr, ch 5, sl st in top of last tr made, 3 tr, dc, ch 2, sc] in next ch-5 sp, rep from * around, join in beg sc, fasten off.

Third to seventh flowers:
Beg with color C, rep Rnds 1-5 of second flower to make 5 more flowers in established color sequence.

Eighth flower:
Rnds 1-4: Rep Rnds 1-4 of 2nd flower (mid rose).
Rnd 5: *[Sc, ch 2, dc, 3 tr, ch 2, sc in picot on corresponding petal of previous flower, ch 2, sl st in last tr made, 3 tr, dc, ch 2, sc] in next ch-5 sp, rep from * 3 times, [sc, ch 2, dc, 3 tr, ch 5, sl st in top of last tr made, 3 tr, dc, ch 2, sc] in next ch-5 sp, join in beg sc, fasten off. Set aside.

Attach to blouse/shirt using needle and thread.