Crochet Flower Clio

You’ll need
You can choose any yarn you like to crochet this flower. Just to give you an idea of the size, with cotton thread size 10 and a 2 mm crochet hook, the flower is going to be about 4,5 cm (1,8 inches) in diameter.
You will also need a needle to weave in loose ends and a pair of scissors.

Instructions
Make a magic ring (or ch 6 and sl st in first ch to form a ring).

• Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in the ring, (ch 6, 3 dc in ring) 5 times, ch 6, dc in ring, pull the thread end to tighten the ring and join with sl st in 3rd ch of first ch3.
• Round 2: * Ch 1, skip 1 dc, in next ch-6 sp work (sc, hdc, 7 dc, hdc, sc), ch 1, skip 1 dc, sl st in next dc; repeat from * around.

Fasten off and weave in loose ends.

See a variation of this flower in Crochet Flower Urania.