The most recognizable motif in Irish crochet is the Irish Rose. The rose has many variations and no one knows which rose pattern was the original that became the hallmark of Irish crochet. Each region of the world has its own variation of the rose pattern. Since these patterns were passed down verbally, every rose is unique. Roses can be small or large depending on how many layers of petals are worked.
Small Rose
Chain 8, and join into a ring with a slip stitch (ss) or work over a padding cord shaped into a ring. Work 12 double crochet (dc) into the ring.
Row 1: Chain 5, skip 1dc, 1dc in the next stitch. Work this all around making a total of 6 holes.
Row 2: 1dc, 1tr, 1dc into every loop. Join with ss.
Row 3: Chain 6, 1dc on dc between petals, and make the chain behind the petal. Repeat all around.
Row 4: 1dc, 1htr, 6tr, 1htr, 1dc in every loop. Join and fasten off.
Medium Rose
Chain 8, and join into a ring with a ss or work over a padding cord shaped into a ring. Work 12dc into the ring.
Row 1: Chain 5, skip 1dc, 1dc in the next stitch. Work this all around, making a total of 6 holes.
Row 2: 1dc, 1tr, 1dc into every loop. Join with ss.
Row 3: Chain 6, 1dc on dc between petals, and make the chain behind the petal. Repeat all around.
Row 4: 1dc, 1htr, 6tr, 1htr, 1dc in every loop. Join.
Row 5: Chain 8, 1dc behind petal all around.
Row 6: 1dc, 1tr, 8dtr, 1tr, 1dc in every loop. Join and fasten off.
Large Rose
Chain 8, and join into a ring with a ss or work over a padding cord shaped into a ring. Work 12dc into the ring.
Row 1: Chain 5, skip 1dc, 1dc in the next stitch. Work this all around, making a total of 6 holes.
Row 2: 1 dc, 1 tr, 1 dc into every loop. Join with ss.
Row 3: Chain 6, 1dc on dc between petals, and make the chain behind the petal. Repeat all around.
Row 4: 1dc, 1tr, 6dtr, 1tr, 1dc in every loop. Join.
Row 5: Chain 8, 1dc behind petal all around.
Row 6: 1dc, 1tr, 8dtr, 1tr, 1dc in every loop. Join.
Row 7: Chain 10, 1dc behind every loop.
Row 8: 1dc, 1tr, 10dtr, 1tr, 1dc in every loop. Join.
Row 9: Chain 11, 1dc behind every petal. Join.
Row 10: 1dc, 1tr, 12dtr, 1tr, 1dc in every loop.
Row 11: Chain 12, 1dc behind every petal.
Row 12: 1dc, 1tr, 14dtr, 1tr, 1dc in every loop. Join.
*ss to 4th stitch of the 1st petal on the final layer, (7ch, ss in 5th ch from hook to form a picot) twice, 2ch, 1dc into 4th tr on the opposite side of the same petal, 7ch, ss in 5th ch from hook, rep from * all around until it is time to work the last chain loop containing two picots. (7ch, ss in 5th ch from hook to form a picot) twice, 1tr in ss at the beginning of the round.
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