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Flower Bouquet Doily (1950): vintage crochet pattern
Two white daisies surrounded by crocheted pansies, forget-me-nots and green leaves, joined into a posy and then framed by a chain-loop mesh border with clusters and rice-stitch picots. Originally published as "Flower Bouquet" in Doily Bouquet (Star Book No. 71) by American Thread Company in 1950, it is now in the public domain.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Advanced |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | 1 or 2 balls of each colour as printed; ball yardage is not printed. |
| Hook | 1.65 mm |
| Gauge | Not given in the original — work to the finished size printed for your thread. |
| Finished size | 7–11 inches (18–28 cm) across: 11 in (28 cm) in "Puritan" or "De Luxe"; 9 in (23 cm) in "Gem" or "Star" Crochet Cotton size 30; 7 in (18 cm) in "Star" Tatting Cotton. |
| Time | about 6 hours |
Materials
- Cotton crochet thread in eight colours: a tinted lavender-and-yellow, a shaded lavender, a shaded yellow, White, Blue, Pink, Green and Yellow — size 30 where the original names a size (size 20 is the nearest widely stocked weight)
- Ball counts as printed above for the thread you choose
- Tapestry needle; rustproof pins and starch for blocking
- Hook: The book prints a steel hook number beside each thread: No. 7 (about 1.65 mm), No. 12 (about 1.0 mm), No. 13 (about 0.85 mm). Start with the modern US steel hook of the number printed for the thread you buy and change size until the piece reaches the size printed for that thread.
Yarn Kit & Substitution Options
This pattern calls for 350 yards of weight #0 yarn. Select a suggested yarn to see required skeins and estimated cost:
Caron Simply Soft · 100% Acrylic
315 yds per skein · High-yield yardage, silky no-scratch texture
2 skeins required
approx. $$10.98 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- slip stitch
- single crochet
- half double crochet
- double crochet
- treble crochet
- double treble crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- space
- skip
- loop
- round
- cluster
Notes before you start
- Source: "Flower Bouquet", Doily Bouquet (Star Book No. 71), American Thread Company, 1950. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: "GEM" Crochet Cotton Article 35, Size 30 — 1 Ball each Tinted Lavender and Yellow, Shaded Lavenders, Shaded Yellows, White, Blue, Pink, Green, Yellow — approx. 9 inches — Steel 12; "PURITAN" Crochet Cotton Article 40 — 1 Ball each of the same eight colours — approx. 11 inches — Steel 7; "DE LUXE" Crochet Cotton Article 346 — same colours as in "Gem" Crochet Cotton — approx. 11 inches — Steel 7; "STAR" Crochet Cotton Article 30, Size 30 — same colours — approx. 9 inches — Steel 12; "STAR" Tatting Cotton Article 25 — 2 Balls each of the same eight colours — approx. 7 inches — Steel 13. Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: The book prints no abbreviation list. It defines each stitch inline instead, in brackets where it is first used, and by those definitions its terms are already modern US terms: s c = sc, d c = dc, s d c = half double crochet (hdc), tr c = tr, d tr c (3 times over needle) = dtr, tr tr c (4 times over needle) = a triple treble worked with 4 yarn-overs. No stitch has been converted; only the spacing of the letters changes, and "thread over" is written "yo".
- Modernisation note: The original calls every round a "Row" ("2nd Row—"). Pieces worked round and round are labelled "Rnd" here and pieces worked back and forth keep "Row". Run-on paragraphs were split so there is one round, row or step per line. No stitch was added, removed or reordered.
- Modernisation note: The arrangement of the posy is printed as one long paragraph of "work a flower, join it to the last one" instructions. It is split into three steps here in exactly the printed order; no flower was added, removed or moved.
- Modernisation note: The number of forget-me-nots and pansies is not totalled anywhere in the book — it is only implied by the arrangement paragraph, so no count has been supplied.
- Modernisation note: The first two rounds of the border are printed as one paragraph: a chain run from flower to flower, then a round of ch 5 loops worked over it. They are kept on one line because the second depends on the first.
- Modernisation note: The border's 5th round is printed as "5 d c in next cluster st, repeat from *" with no asterisk set earlier in that round; the wording is left as printed.
- Modernisation note: The petal directions and the arrangement are printed on later pages under "continued" lines; they are placed in sequence here.
- Modernisation note: Several joinings are given as "as illustrated" — the original relies on its photograph for the exact placement rather than counting it out. Those phrases are kept as printed; work from the photograph included with this pattern.
- Modernisation note: No gauge is printed anywhere in the book. The printed finished size for the thread you choose is the only check on tension.
- Modernisation note: Thread is printed in balls only — no yardage is given for any article number, so none has been supplied. Buy the printed number of balls of a comparable modern thread and check your ball band.
- Modernisation note: "Gem" (Article 35), "Puritan" (Article 40), "De Luxe" (Article 346), "Star" (Articles 20 and 30), "Star" Tatting Cotton (Article 25), "Star" Pearl Cotton (Article 90) and "Sillateen Sansil" (Article 102) are all discontinued. Where a thread size is printed it is repeated above; where it is not, match the printed finished size instead of guessing a size.
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions and the modern thread and hook suggestions were added; they are not in the original.
Row progress: 0 of 2 done (0%)
Daisies (make 2)
0 of 2 done- Rnd 1: DAISY: With Yellow ch 5, join to form a ring, ch 3 and work 17 dc in ring, join, break thread.Mark row complete
- Petals: PETAL: With White ch 14, insert hook in any dc, pull loop through, ch 1, 1 sc in next st of ch, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts (hdc: yo, insert in st, pull loop through, yo and work off all loops at one time), 1 dc in each of the next 9 sts, 6 hdc in end st, working on opposite side of ch, 1 dc in each of the next 9 sts, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, 1 sc in next st, sl st in same dc, break thread. Skip 1 dc, work another petal in next dc. Continue working in same manner all around. Work a 2nd daisy same as 1st daisy, joining it to 1st daisy as illustrated.Mark row complete
Working on:
Rnd 1: DAISY: With Yellow ch 5, join to form a ring, ch 3 and work 17 dc in ring, join, break thread.
Continue this pattern
The rest of the Flower Bouquet Doily (1950) pattern is in the Heirloom Doilies & Tablecloths
Still to come in the full pattern:
- Forget-me-nots
- Pansies
- Leaves (make 5)
- Arranging the bouquet
- Border
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Flower Bouquet pattern from?
It was published as "Flower Bouquet" in Doily Bouquet (Star Book No. 71) by American Thread Company in 1950. The publication is in the public domain in the United States; this version is transcribed and modernised by crochetpatterns.io.
What yarn or thread do I need for the Flower Bouquet?
Size 30 cotton crochet thread where a size is printed (size 20 is the nearest common substitute). 1 or 2 balls of each colour as printed; ball yardage is not printed.
What hook should I use?
The book prints a steel hook number beside each thread: No. 7 (about 1.65 mm), No. 12 (about 1.0 mm), No. 13 (about 0.85 mm). Start with the modern US steel hook of the number printed for the thread you buy and change size until the piece reaches the size printed for that thread. Gauge: Not given in the original — work to the finished size printed for your thread.
