Roses are Pink, Roses are Blue...

Rose

Valentine's Day is coming up and that makes me think of roses.  I enjoy seeing the many varieties and colors they come in.  The neatest rose I've seen would have to be the blue rose.  I was so excited when I saw one for the first time.  It's nice to see something so unique once in a while.  I remember when my husband used to get me a rose for each month we were together as boyfriend and girlfriend.  He told me he wanted to do that for as long as he could.  That only lasted for about 6 or 7 months.  Then he got me plants every now and then.  I have a green thumb and absolutely love fresh flowers.

On another note, I wanted to show you these lovely roses I've made.  The top one was the first rose I've ever crocheted.  I thought it would be hard to do but it was so simple that I could do this in my sleep.  Bethintx1 on YouTube had a tutorial on how to make these roses.  Below is an example of how I used my rose as an applique.

Wine Bottle Cover With Rose

I just really liked making this rose that I made one for this wine bottle cover.  I just love the colors!  One thing you'll notice is that I like to work with a lot of bright and pastel colors.  It can be hard for me to work with darks as I don't seem to understand that palette as much.  I keep working on darks once in a while just to get out of my comfort zone.  Speaking of which, I made another wine bottle cover with very different colors.  I didn't follow the same rose pattern though.  I was trying to make a hibiscus flower and it didn't look good so I frogged this pattern and turned it into a variegated rose.  I apologize I won't be able to share that pattern.  I don't know how I made it.

Dark Wine Bottle Cover With Variegated Rose

So there you have it.  I will share Bethintx1's YouTube tutorial I followed in another post.