Even if you haven’t been watching the Winter Olympics, you might have seen that the medal winners are receiving crocheted bouquets of flowers this year instead of live ones. This is so cool because they’ll be able to keep them forever.
The Olympians are receiving a combination of roses, Chinese roses, lily of the valley, hydrangea, laurel and olive branches. While I couldn’t find knitting patterns for all of those, here are some pretty roses and other flowers you can knit for your own Olympic celebration, for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day or any other occasion.
Lion Brand has put together a kit that includes several flowers and greenery, as well as a knit bow to tie the bouquet together. (This one is directly inspired by the Olympics so I’m not sure how long it will be available.)
Ohmay Designs’ Rose is a pattern on Ravelry that uses DK weight yarn (though you can use whatever yarn you have to make flowers of different sizes)
iknitdesigns on Etsy has a cute pattern for a little bouquet of rose buds (or as she calls it a rose posy). They use DK weight yarn
The Rose pattern by Libby Summers is a free pattern on Ravelry that includes a stem you could add to some of these other flowers that don’t already have one.
The Peruvia Rose is a free pattern from Berroco that uses bulky wool and is felted to hold its shape.
The St. George’s Day Rose by Dianne Jones is a free pattern using DK weight yarn that looks like a rose bud.
If you want to move beyond roses, this Snowdrop pattern via Ravelry from Norman Schwarze is a pretty addition that looks somewhat like the lily of the valley in the Olympic bouquets.
And if thinking about knit bouquets has you wanting to knit a bunch of flowers, check out the books 20 On the Go Projects: Knitted Flowers by Susie Johns and Knitted Flowers by Alison Howard. Nicky Epstein’s Knitted Flowers is also a classic!
Have you ever knit flowers before? I’d love to hear about your favorite patterns.
