Kallista's Creations: valentine's day

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.

Kallista's Creations

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Crochet Large Rose Tutorial by Bethintx1

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