The source photographs show twisting the petal wires and tightening the gathered petal stems with thread. Arrange the individual pieces around the future center opening, retaining the narrow bases together and the broader ends outward.
The source does not supply measured spacing angles or a counted thread-wrapping pattern. Use its assembly view to understand the radial arrangement. Keep the petal stems supported without binding the upper outlines flat against one another or hiding the central opening before the center is inserted.
Center Round 1: Begin with Ten Double Crochets
For the rounded center, make a magic ring, chain three and work ten double crochets into it. Tighten the ring and join with a slip stitch. The next round’s stated count operates on ten working positions, so keep the height chain separate from those ten.
The source labels this component corolla, although it becomes the raised middle of the assembled daisy. Keep that local label associated with the separate stuffed piece rather than applying its circular rounds to the individual petals.
Center Rounds 2–3: Increase to Twenty
Round two repeats two single crochets in one original and one single in the next five times, giving fifteen. Round three repeats two singles in one original and one in each of the next two five times, giving twenty.
Work both singles of an increase completely before moving to the next original. Do not close them together as a decrease or shared-top cluster. Five single increases add five on each round, giving the count progression ten, fifteen and twenty.
Center Rounds 4–6: Hold Twenty and Add Stuffing
Work twenty single crochets in each of three rounds, numbered four through six. The source also notes sixty single crochets, meaning the total worked across those three rounds. The live circumference stays at twenty without another increase.
Add the listed stuffing after the plain section and before narrowing the opening. The source does not give an amount or weight. Assess the filling in your own piece so the rounded center is supported without forcing material through its crochet fabric.
Center count checkpoint: Twenty stitches remain live through three plain rounds. Sixty is their combined worked total, not an enlarged circumference.
Center Rounds 7–9: Narrow through Fifteen, Ten and Five
Round seven repeats skip one original and work three single crochets five times, reducing twenty to fifteen. Round eight repeats skip one and work two singles five times, reducing fifteen to ten. Round nine repeats skip one and work one single five times, leaving five.
Tighten the circle with a slip stitch, chain two to lock and cut the yarn as instructed. Preserve the skipped-position shaping rather than changing it to a different decrease stitch. The chart shows the narrowing path around the stuffed middle.
Support the Center with Wire
Insert wire into the back of the crocheted center and twist its ends, following the source process sequence. The wire supports the center independently before it is placed among the petals. Keep its insertion on the back rather than piercing the visible beaded face.
No separate wire-cut length or measured placement depth is supplied for the center. Use the actual component and source photograph to understand the relationship, while keeping any allowance chosen for your own attachment identified as practical handling rather than a printed dimension.
Apply the Yellow Seed-Bead Ring
Apply fabric glue and yellow seed beads around the edge of the center. The source photographs show glue at the perimeter and the beads forming a narrow ring around the darker crocheted middle. Allow the glue to dry before completing assembly.
The source provides no exact bead number, bead size, glue quantity or drying duration. Keep the ring at the edge as pictured rather than covering the whole center with an invented solid bead surface. Follow the actual adhesive’s handling instructions for your chosen supplies without presenting them as part of the scanned pattern.
Insert the Center and Tape the Stem
Insert the prepared center into the middle of the assembled flower. The source assembly image shows the rounded piece placed among the narrow petal bases, with the supporting wires extending beneath. Keep the beaded edge visible around the raised dark-violet middle.
Cover the stem with green floral tape as instructed. No separate crochet leaf or additional stem rod is supplied for this design. The completed front comparison view includes the optional petal outline, while the side view shows the raised center above the supported petals.
Vary the Display while Preserving the Source Construction
The written palette names pink, violet and dark violet. A different distribution of those shades can change the contrast while keeping the same petal and center construction. Exact row-by-row color changes are not printed, so do not turn a photographic shading choice into a mandatory extra stitch instruction.
Using more than ten petals is allowed by the source. Changing cotton thickness may also affect the flower’s proportions, but no gauge or measured diameter is supplied for predicting the result. Make and assess your own component set before preparing a larger matching arrangement.
Troubleshoot Petal and Center Counts
If a first petal row is not fifteen stitches, review its single, half double, three doubles, half double and nine singles. If the center narrows instead of widening early, check the source-specific increase wording. If the plain section becomes sixty stitches wide, separate the three-round worked total from the twenty-stitch circumference.
If the final center counts are wrong, review the five skip-and-single groups on each narrowing round. If a petal twists awkwardly, inspect its incorporated wire and attachment stem before adding an unlisted backing. If the bead ring disappears behind the petals, reassess the center placement and visible edge before securing the final taped stem.
Source Credit and Care
This guide follows African Daisy on PDF pages 107 and 108 of the supplied 350 page 1 (1).pdf, with the relevant increase legend on page sixty-nine. The illustrations include the finished source flower, both original charts and actual working, wiring, beading and assembly photographs. The expanded explanations preserve the ten-or-more petals and complete stuffed center without claiming a physical crochet test.
Care for the decoration according to the actual cotton, wire, beads, glue, stuffing and floral tape used. No washing schedule, blocking procedure, stiffening recipe or heat treatment is supplied. Support the taped stem when moving the flower and protect the narrow wired petals and glued bead ring from unnecessary pulling or compression.
At a Glance
- Ten or more wired petals begin with fifteen working chains plus one height chain.
- Their single-crochet border holds the wire; the slipped outline is optional.
- The stuffed center grows ten to twenty and narrows through fifteen, ten and five.
- Wire the center, glue the yellow seed-bead edge, allow to dry, insert it and tape the stem.
Finish Your Crochet African Daisy
Check the individual petal rows, support each outline and keep the center’s increases and narrowing rounds clear. Assemble the radial petals, finish the bead ring and position the raised center before covering the stem. Click the Pin to see the crochet African Daisy pattern and illustrated guide, and save both charts and the source process sequence before beginning.
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Crochet African DaisyCrochet FlowersCrochet PatternWired PetalsSeed BeadsStuffed CenterCotton Yarn
