Artificial crochet flowers: You can make lovely ones that look realistic
Once upon a time the materials used to make artificial flowers were synthetics materials, with perhaps, from time to time, some natural product being used (like silk, for example). But now, however, a thousand different techniques and materials can be used to create artificial flowers of all types - realistic versions or others which are more stylized. There are even kits (produced by the maker of the most famous building bricks in the world - Lego) that replicate the features of exotic plants of various kinds.
But even with just wool or cotton yarns - and not only these - you can create truly enchanting artificial flowers: they can be colorful, they always hold their shape without withering and are also fun to create. And what technique is used to do this? With crochet! Sometimes they are created like in many other projects, manufacturing petals in a traditional way, to be joined together to shape various types of flowers; at other times you can proceed as if you are creating an amigurumi (the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures), or three-dimensional, stuffed objects. Below you will find some ideas from which to draw inspiration to make flowers of all kinds, even those one can find the fields!
Craspedia (woolyheads), thistles (echinops) and many other wildflowers: when we collect these flowers in a meadow we know that they will only last a few days if we are lucky, sometimes not even that long. Yet the ineffable charm of these delicate flowers is truly irresistible: so why not recreate their beauty with crochet? Graceful and romantic, they are adorable as bouquets, which you could also use as a gift for a loved one.
Video tutorial via Coste Crocheting/YouTube
Every year we fall in love with the thousand of shades of pansies (or pansé) which can really have an infinity of different color combinations. It becomes fun, then, to entertain yourself in reproducing these shades using crochet. You work on the flat, in the traditional way and then with these fake pansies, you can create bouquets of flowers or use them to decorate other projects - like garments and bags.
Tutorial via goldenlucycrafts.com
Dogwood flowers are also very beautiful in their extreme simplicity, and are perfect for reproducing in their essential shapes by using crochet. Think about how they could decorate blankets, pillow cases or even sweaters - and not only these items!
When we are talking about flowers and plants to put in the garden or cut flowers to put in a vase, the first plant we always think of is the rose: this too can be recreated using crochet. You will need to get some metal wire to insert into the edge of the petals to shape them in a more realistic way, but there are also projects that do not include this step.
Have you ever thought about recreating the flowering spikes of lavender with crochet? With all the tiny flowers that make up the lavender blossom, it doesn't immediately come to mind to make them using this technique, but if you like the idea of creating a more stylized version, you can do this too!
With their flowers full of petals, buttercups are always very beautiful, and even for these plants there are many shades to choose from: wouldn't it be nice to recreate them using crochet?
Here's another idea for making a "flat" flower to use as a relief decoration for some other work: the poppy with its' scarlet red petals, is always very beautiful to look at.
Have you ever made artificial flowers using crochet?
