Giant Tulip

[darkcedars]

I liked the giant stars I made for porch decoration in December so much I decided to try another. 

Pattern: Yarnspirations Crochet Tulip Potholder, with tweaks as below. 

Started & Completed: 19 March 2023

Hook: Q / 15mm

Yarn: 2 strands Vanna's Choice (worsted weight) in scarlet

Size: tulip is 14"x18", entire thing is 36" tall. 

Notes:

• after making the first round (it's in HDC), I realized this wouldn't be as big as I wanted. Subsequent rounds are DC.
• Made 6 rounds instead of 7 (allowed it to be less rounded in the end)
• made the final row as written, then turned and slip stitched up to the points, where I replicated the pattern for a second row. 
• Stem is just a long chain with DCs. 
• Leaves are chain 20; then sc, 2 hdc, and dc to the end, where the last chain held 3 dc. turn, dc down most of the length, dropping to hdc then sc as I felt looked nice. 

It's identifiable as a tulip from the road, which is what I was hoping.