Poppy pattern

As you probably know it was remembrance Sunday this Sunday, and so instead of Sunday baking I decided to make a crochet poppy. Don't worry, I still donated :) So, here we go! You'll need a 4.00mm hook and some red and some black DK wool.

R1: Make a magic circle and chain 3

R2: Dc 11 times into the circle and join with a slip stitch to the beginning ch3.

R3: Ch3, then dc into the same stitch. Dc twice into the next two stitches. Dc once into the next stitch. Now we're going to dc into the same stitch, but this time into the front of the stitch. I hope these pictures explain things better!

Now slip stitch into the next stitch. Ch3, and dc into the same stitch. Dc twice into the next two stitches. Dc once into the next stitch. Now we're going to the "dc into the same stitch, but this time into the front of the stitch" thing again:

^ This is what it should look like by now. Do you see how doing the 'dc into the front of the stitch' makes the petals more defined?

Slip stitch into the next stitch and ch3, and dc into the same stitch (we're basically going to repeat the last petal again, but if you need it I'll write it again :P ). Dc twice into the next two stitches. Dc once into the next stitch. Dc into the front of the same stitch. Finally, slip stitch into the ch3 we did at the very start in R1.

Ta-dah! You can either leave the poppy like this, or make a black circle to put in the middle by making a magic circle, chaining 2 and then doing 7 or so single crochets into the circle and pulling it tight.

Now just sew the black circle into the middle and sew the remaining ends in :)

You can either use a safety pin to attach it, or do like I did at put it onto a ball-chain-lock thingy to hang it from my school bag :)

Enjoy!