Flowers: Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator

A flower with separate color roles

This thirteen-column, fifteen-row study combines five pink petal patches, a gold center and a green stem on cream. Each petal begins as a compact three-by-three mark. The lower drawing includes two small leaves at different heights, which makes the stem intentionally asymmetric. The aim is to manage several colors in a small piece of turned fabric, rather than to suggest a raised flower or a freestanding decorative stem.

Check the separate drawing regions

The center occupies a three-by-three area. Each of the five pink marks contains nine cells, giving forty-five pink stitches. The green stem passes through the gap between the two lower petals rather than replacing them. Its eight central cells and four leaf cells total twelve. With nine gold cells, the drawing leaves 129 cream stitches. Every one of the 195 positions is worked; cream spaces between petals are solid fabric.

Choose four yarns as a group

Test cream against both gold and pink, not just against green. A center with poor value contrast can disappear while the leaves remain easy to see. Similar yarn thickness matters because one disproportionately bulky color can distort a narrow stem or create a raised center unintentionally. Make the small graph before choosing a larger application. This digital drawing does not measure the resulting patch or model the behavior of a fluffy or variegated yarn.

Work the stem before the bloom

Row one comes from the bottom of the picture. Begin at its right-hand cream edge, follow the written color sequence and work one single crochet per cell. The green column appears early, and the petals arrive in later rows. Arrange separate small supplies where a distant color would otherwise cross a broad cream area. Complete each change on the preceding stitch's final pull-through and leave the inactive strand loose enough to avoid drawing in the background.

Assess the narrow features

After completing all fifteen rows, check that the green stem reaches the lower boundary and that both leaves remain visible at their different heights. Secure ends through matching colors and finish the fabric without pulling the leaves sideways. If the stem appears weak, inspect both the saved coordinates and the actual yarn contrast before changing the drawing. A clearer palette can solve a visibility problem without altering counts; a thicker digital stem requires a newly verified grid.

FAQ and practical repairs

Is a cream gap an open petal space?

No. It is an ordinary cream stitch. Open mesh needs a different construction and different position arithmetic.

Can I add a real flower on top?

That would be a separate component and attachment plan. This project supplies the flat colorwork picture only.

Why are the leaves at different heights?

That is intentional asymmetry in the original drawing. Keep their exact coordinates rather than moving one to imitate a reflected version.

Exact parameters and complete pattern

Set width 13 stitches and height 15 rows, with US terminology. The palette and visible stitch budgets are yarn 1 #F3EAD9: 129 stitches; yarn 2 #C74F72: 45 stitches; yarn 3 #E7B52F: 9 stitches; yarn 4 #3B7050: 12 stitches. These totals exclude carried lengths and tails. All 195 cells are worked once. In UK terminology every US sc below is dc; changing terminology preserves the graph.

Download the exact original project JSON and restore it in the Tapestry Crochet Colorwork Generator. The chart shows the bottom row first in the working order, the separate foundation and alternating arrows. Read the stitch-chart guide when comparing chart coordinates with the written route. Finish after the final row by fastening off and weaving all yarn ends; no border is included.

1. In the first listed working color, ch 14. Start in the second chain from hook. Read right to left: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #3B7050, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
2. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #3B7050, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
3. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #3B7050, #3B7050, #3B7050, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
4. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #3B7050, #3B7050, #3B7050, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
5. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #3B7050, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
6. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #3B7050, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
7. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #3B7050, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
8. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #3B7050, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
9. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #E7B52F, #E7B52F, #E7B52F, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
10. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #E7B52F, #E7B52F, #E7B52F, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
11. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #E7B52F, #E7B52F, #E7B52F, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
12. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
13. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
14. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read left to right: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #C74F72, #C74F72, #C74F72, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]
15. Ch 1, turn (does not count). Read right to left: #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9, #F3EAD9. Work one sc per cell; change color on final pull-through. Carry inactive yarn loosely. [13 stitches]