My Neverending Wildflower pattern went a little viral last year, and I’m thrilled that you guys liked it so much. I turned it into a 12″ square for Moogly’s 2015 CAL, as well as a Shoulder Bag for a CAL of my own last summer. Most recently, it became a Dish Scrubby! I’ve even seen my readers come up with gorgeous variations of their own, turning it into pillows, potholders and more. So fun!
Today I’m giving you a pattern for a very similar flower. It’s constructed the same as the Neverending Wildflower, but instead of petals that get larger and larger with each round, it has petals that stay the same size but get more numerous, resulting in a huge mass of tiny petals — like a Zinnia flower!
Like the Neverending Wildflower, the Neverending Zinnia can be made larger and larger and larger, without getting any taller. This makes it perfect for an appliqué on a blanket or a bag.
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THE NEVERENDING WILDFLOWER
Hook: H (5.00mm) or size appropriate for the yarn you choose
Yarn: The yarn you choose doesn’t matter, as long as your hook is a good match for it. I used an H hook and worsted weight yarn for my sample in the photos, which measures 8″ across.
Difficulty: Easy
Gauge: Unimportant
Video Tutorial (sort of): If you have a hard time getting this pattern started, there is a video tutorial for my Wildflower Shoulder Bag that matches up with the first two rounds of petals in this pattern. Please note that after the 2nd round of petals, the video will no longer be applicable (but by then, you’ll probably have the hang of it anyway). View tutorial here.
Notes:
- This pattern is written in American Standard Terms.
- Rounds will alternate between increase rounds and petals. Increase rounds will be called “round 1, 2, 3” etc, and petal rounds will be referred to as “1st round of petals, 2nd round of petals,” etc. Because ch petal round shares its space with the increase round below it, they are not counted as part of the pattern’s total rounds.
- CH1 on the increase rounds does not count as a stitch.
- Be mindful that the pattern alternates in calling for FLO (Front Loops Only) and BLO (Back Loops Only).
- Each round of petals has 12 total petals. The first round of petals will cover 1 ST (of the previous round) per petal. The 2nd round of petals will cover 2 STS per petal, the 3rd round 3 STS, and so on. I’m giving you instructions up to 5 rounds of petals, but using this formula and a little imagination, you can make it even bigger.
THE PATTERN
Begin with a Magic Circle; CH1.
Round 1: 12 DC in MC. Join with a SL ST to first DC. (12)
1st Round of Petals (FLO): CH2. In same St, 2DC, CH2, SL ST. This is your first petal. (SL ST to next St. In same St, CH2, 2DC, CH2, SL ST to same St) around. SL ST to base of 1st CH2. (12 petals)
Round 2 (BLO – You’re now going to work around Round 1 again, this time working in the loop that you ignored during the first round of petals): SL ST to 1st back loop of Round 1. CH1. 2DC in same ST. 2 DC in each ST around. Join with a SL ST to first DC. (24)
2nd Round of Petals (FLO): CH2. DC in same ST. In next ST, DC, CH2, SL ST. (SL ST to next St, CH2, DC in same ST. In next ST, DC, CH2, SL ST) around. SL ST to base of 1st CH2. (12 petals)
Round 3 (BLO): SL ST to 1st back loop of Round 2. CH1. 2DC in same ST, DC in next ST. (2DC in next ST, DC in next ST) around. Join with a SL ST to first DC. (36)
3rd Round of Petals (FLO): CH2. DC in same ST. 2TR in next ST. In next ST, DC, CH2, SL ST. (SL ST to next ST, CH2, DC in same ST. 2TR in next ST. In next ST, DC, CH2, SL ST) around. SL ST to base of 1st CH2. (12 petals)
Round 4 (BLO): SL ST to 1st back loop of Round 3. CH1. 2DC in same ST, DC in each of the next 2 STS. (2DC in next ST, DC in each of the next 2 STS) around. Join with a SL ST to first DC. (48)
4th Round of Petals (FLO): CH2. DC in same ST. 2TR in next ST. 2 TR in next ST. In next ST, DC, CH2, SL ST. (SL ST to next ST, CH2, DC in same ST. 2TR in next ST. 2 TR in next ST. In next ST, DC, CH2, SL ST) around. SL ST to base of 1st CH2. To complete flower, SL ST to 1st BLO of Round 4. (12 petals)
Round 5 (BLO): SL ST to 1st back loop of Round 4. CH1. 2DC in same ST, DC in each of the next 3 STS. (2DC in next ST, DC in each of the next 3 STS) around. Join with a SL ST to first DC. (60)
5th Round of Petals (FLO): CH2. DC in same ST. 2TR in each of the next 3 STS. In next ST, DC, CH2, SL ST. (SL ST to next ST, CH2, DC in same ST. 2TR in each of the next 3 STS. In next ST, DC, CH2, SL ST) around. SL ST to base of 1st CH2. (12 petals)
Fasten off and weave in ends, or keep adding increase rounds and petal rounds to make it even bigger!
I noticed that the pattern for never ending zinnia and the never ending wildflower are the same but the pictures are different? Where can i get the free download for the zinnia? Thanks
I’m confused. This is the directions for the Neverending Wildflower and not the Neverending Zinnia. Am I reading it wrong? I really liked the look of the Zinnia. Your reply would be most helpful because I really wanted to start this flower soon while I am off work. Thank you.
There is no description for this model.
Unfortunately, you will not follow each other because you are not correct.
the pattern with money and he is wrong.
shame on you!
Beautiful! Thank you.
Laura
I love the idea of this flower pattern. However, in the notes you say that each round will have 12 petals, but the photo shows that there are more than 12 petals by the 3rd round of petals. What am I not seeing?
I see that same thing, and the description says an increasing amount of petals. Please help!
thanks so much for the flower pillow pattern , I think it is what i was looking for, next years christmas presents for my sisters, hope I can square it up
I love this pattern. The pattern allows me to get motivated.
love the pattern and instruction, enjoy making little things for my little ones. I thank you very much for the patterns .
I wish I can have your ecent magazines to get use of your paterns
All of my patterns are available here: http://littlemonkeyscrochet.com/free-patterns/ 🙂
I love this and already made one square, but I really want to make a throw just using the flower. I don’t understand what you mean by increase (what and where and how do I exactly do that? Thank you!
Do you know how to make a regular increasing circle? That’s what we’re doing, just with a round of petals in between each increase round.
I have a silly question- when you state “continue with increase rounds”, is it the 2 + 4 or is that increasing each round ( 2 + 5, 2+6, 2+7)? For some reason mine seems to be curling up and I’m thinking I am messing up the increase.
Continue to increase each round. So 2+5, 2+6, 2+7….
Hi,
I have tried to use your instructions for printing using print friendly, unfortunately when I try, I only have the intro & the pattern permissions. The actual pattern doesn’t show up. Do you have any idea how I can print out?
Many thanks for a fab pattern,
Jill x
Hi Jill! I removed my print button a few weeks ago because PrintFriendly changed something (I don’t know what) and it is no longer compatible with the way I set up my blog posts. I’m not sure why you would still be seeing it, but I replaced it with an explanation as well as instructions that if you wish to print, you’ll have to copy and paste into a text editing document. So sorry for the inconvenience!
I loved your block.Thank
I’m making this into a bathroom rug. I’m super excited! It looks so good so far!
I do have a comment. I love the flower pattern and the fact that it can be made big or small… what I need is a pattern that can be printed instead of downloaded. I printed one yesterday and it took five pages to print and the pattern took up only
one page. All the rest was comments from your fans, pages and pages of them. It shouldn’t be like that, should it?
When you simply print from your browser, it’s going to print everything your browser sees. I have no control over that. There are two other options for you: (1) You can use the “print” button I’ve provided just above where the pattern begins. This connects my page to PrintFriendly, which brings up a screen with the page on it and enables you to click on everything you do NOT wish to print (including comments), then allows you to print what remains. (Hint – you can plug any web site into printfriendly.com and get the same options.) This is the free option I offer. Or, (2) you can purchase a concisely formatted ad-free PDF for $1.99 in my Etsy store, and that link is also at the top of the pattern.
The zinnia is beautiful i have completed the first one in cream and lilac.
I think I read somewhere that you have instructions to carry on in a square, am I right or dreamt it? X
You didn’t dream it 🙂 http://littlemonkeyscrochet.com/zinnia-12-square/
First, thank you so much for sharing your pattern, it’s beautiful and works up easily. I am having trouble though when the pattern ends and I am trying to keep going, I come up short on petals. Can you offer some help. Thank you
Hmm. Without seeing what you’re doing, I’m not sure how to help you. You need to add an increase round between each petal round, and then make the petals using the same pattern you’ve been using for Petal Rounds 2, 3, 4, etc. Each petal round should have 6 more petals than the previous one did, so Petal Round 6 should have 36, Round 7 should have 42, etc.
I saw “The Neverending Zinnia” crochet pattern and immediately wanted to make it. I got through Rd 1 and Rd 2( BLO) . Once I read the instructions concerning Rd2 pedals (flo), I just could justify in my mind exactly how to crochet this row and get 12 petals, when Rd1 has twelve pedals. I know there is a way but how, an also on the same rd ,at the end of instructions you state to do it
around the row but with no explanation where to start , such as an *. This is such a lovely pattern and I want to really make it so please help. I feel kind of for odd asking since I’ve been crocheting for 40 years. Would you consider photos to show exact instructions Rd 2 FLO, from there I think I can handle finishing this pattern. Thank you ever so much in advance.
Sorry for the late response, for some reason I’m not getting my usual emails when comments come on this particular post.
I do explain where to begin the repeats, I just use ( ) instead of *. So look for those.
Round 2 has 12 petals because each petal utilizes 2 stitches, whereas in Round 1, each petal only utilizes 1 stitch. So where Round 1’s petals had a base of 12 stitches to work in (1 petal per stitch = 12 petals), Round 2’s petals had a base of 24 stitches (1 petal per 2 stitches = 12 petals). Hope that helps.
If you need extra guidance, you can use the beginning of my video tutorial for the Wildflower Shoulder Bag to get you through the first 2 rounds of petals (note that it will NOT get you farther than that because it’s for a different pattern). The flower starts at :39. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mHi_A413ms
I love flower patterns ,this one is georgus!
I have been looking for a unique pattern that I can make into a rug. I am starting a new job in a Kindergarten-2cd grade building and wanted something soft with visual and tactile interest. This will be perfect!