Five-petal study: Flower Granny Square Generator

Keep five petals and four corners independent

This study makes a genuine five-petal flower and a separate granny-square support. Their different symmetries are connected through sewing rather than by pretending that five equal petal spaces divide evenly among four corners. The square has three joined rounds; the applique has two rounds. The design goal is a fivefold decorative center whose construction and attachment can be counted independently from the four-sided base.

Prepare a material trial and select the mode

Choose two colors of the same smooth DK cotton and begin with a four-millimeter trial hook. Use green #526B45 for the base and coral #C44833 for the flower, recording real yarn names separately. Have scissors, a tapestry needle, four corner markers, five temporary applique markers and a ruler available. Select Separate five-petal applique on square base and set square rounds to three. Ordinary radial petal controls and the rose-shell count are inactive; this construction always makes five actual petals.

Build the four-corner support first

Work four groups of three double crochets into a magic ring, separating them with chain-two corners. The initial chain two is uncounted. Join to the first real double crochet and tighten the center. Round two works six double crochets around each corner space, producing twenty-four posts. Round three adds a three-post side group between consecutive corners, producing thirty-six posts. Keep all four corner spaces marked and finish the base before attaching the flower.

Use the exact component instructions

Download the exact five-petal JSON into the Flower Granny Square Generator.

1. Square base, round 1, color #526B45: Magic ring: ch2 (not counted). Repeat [3 dc, ch2] four times into ring; sl st to first dc. Tighten ring. 12 dc and four ch-2 corners. Count 12.
2. Square base, round 2, color #526B45: Sl st to corner space; ch2 (not counted). In each corner work (3 dc, ch2,3 dc); between corners work3 dc in each of the 0 side gaps. Sl st to first dc. 24 dc; four ch-2 corners. Count 24.
3. Square base, round 3, color #526B45: Sl st to corner space; ch2 (not counted). In each corner work (3 dc, ch2,3 dc); between corners work3 dc in each of the 1 side gaps. Sl st to first dc. 36 dc; four ch-2 corners. Count 36.
4. Five-petal applique, round 1, color #C44833: Magic ring: ch1 (not counted),5 sc; sl st to first sc. Tighten ring. Count 5.
5. Five-petal applique, round 2, color #C44833: In each of the5 sc work [ch2,3 dc, ch2, sl st] into that same base. Move to next sc for the next petal. Five petals:15 dc,5 closing slip stitches and20 chains. Fasten off leaving a sewing tail. Count 20.

Make five complete shared-base petals

For the applique center, make five single crochets into a magic ring and join to the first stitch. In each of those five old stitches, work chain two, three double crochets, chain two and a slip stitch into that same base. The three posts form the visible petal body; the slip stitch closes it back at its source. Move to the next foundation single crochet for the next petal. There are exactly five groups because the foundation supplies exactly five bases.

Distinguish petal tops from decorative chains

The applique's second round contains fifteen double crochets and five closing slip stitches, or twenty completed stitches. Its twenty decorative chains are counted separately. It is not a fifteen-petal flower simply because fifteen tall posts are visible. The diagram groups three posts at each of five source bases and shows four chain symbols per petal. The slip-stitch marker returns to its own base rather than creating another open arch for squaring.

Attach through five named points

Number the applique foundation single crochets one through five in working order. Number the square's first-round double crochets one through twelve. Center the flower over the base's magic-ring area, then connect the undersides of applique bases one, two, three, four and five to square posts one, three, six, eight and eleven respectively. Check the actual footprint before sewing. If the pieces cannot span those targets without pulling, change the material trial rather than stretching the square or sewing through the petal tips.

Verify and finish the two-piece design

The base contributes twelve plus twenty-four plus thirty-six, or seventy-two double crochets. The applique adds five single crochets, fifteen double crochets and five slip stitches, so the combined record contains ninety-seven completed units. Twenty applique chains and twenty-four base corner chains are separate, as are round joins and starting-height chains. Secure the sewing on the underside and confirm that all five petal tops remain free. Does the drawing prove a fitted physical ornament? No physical sample or attachment-strength test is claimed. Are the five tacks square corners? They are center attachments. Consult the chart-reading guide when comparing a shared petal base with a corner chain space.