Vintage pattern · 1915 · thread crochet flower motif
Priscilla Twelve-Petal Daisy
Free crochet pattern with chart
A small thread daisy from a 1915 Priscilla book: six spokes round a ring, then twelve narrow petals, each a short chain worked back with single, half double and double crochet. In the book the daisies are set into a net border round a linen doily. Here the daisy stands alone. The 1915 wording uses the older stitch names, translated here into today's US terms, with every count checked.
- Thread
- Fine crochet threadlinen No. 40 in 1915
- Hook
- 1.5 mm steelNo. 8 in 1915
- Finished
- about 3/4 in across2 rounds
Chart
Priscilla Twelve-Petal Daisy crochet chart
Reading this chart
- Start at the center and read each round counterclockwise, the way a right-handed crocheter works.
- Start at the center and read each round clockwise, the way a left-handed crocheter works.
- Each round begins at its green mark, its first stitch or chain; its number is printed beside it. Rounds alternate dark and blue so they read apart.
- The key under the chart names every symbol. Symbols follow the Craft Yarn Council chart standard.
Drawn by Krowshea from the checked counts, not traced from the original. New to charts? How to read crochet charts.
Written pattern
Round by round
Written in US crochet terms
- 1
Ch 6, join with a sl st to the first ch to form a ring, ch 3 (counts as a dc), ch 3, [dc in ring, ch 3] 5 times, join with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch-3.
6 dc, 6 sps - 2
[ch 8, working back along the chain: sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next 3 ch, hdc in next ch, sc in next ch, sl st in next sp, ch 8, working back along the chain: sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next 3 ch, hdc in next ch, sc in next ch, sl st in same sp] 6 times. (24 sc, 24 hdc, 36 dc, 12 sl st) To add the 1915 ring: slip stitch up the side of the first petal to its tip. Then (ch 5, slip stitch in the tip of the next petal) 12 times, ending in the first tip. Then work 7 single crochet over each loop of 5 chains, 84 in all, and fasten off. Without the ring, fasten off after the last petal.
Weave in the ends.
Written in UK crochet terms
- 1
Ch 6, join with a ss to the first ch to form a ring, ch 3 (counts as a tr), ch 3, [tr in ring, ch 3] 5 times, join with a ss to the top of the beginning ch-3.
6 tr, 6 sps - 2
[ch 8, working back along the chain: dc in 2nd ch from hook, htr in next ch, tr in next 3 ch, htr in next ch, dc in next ch, ss in next sp, ch 8, working back along the chain: dc in 2nd ch from hook, htr in next ch, tr in next 3 ch, htr in next ch, dc in next ch, ss in same sp] 6 times. (24 dc, 24 htr, 36 tr, 12 ss) To add the 1915 ring: slip stitch up the side of the first petal to its tip. Then (ch 5, slip stitch in the tip of the next petal) 12 times, ending in the first tip. Then work 7 double crochet over each loop of 5 chains, 84 in all, and fasten off. Without the ring, fasten off after the last petal.
Weave in the ends.
The 1915 original
As it was printed
The Priscilla Crochet Book: Centerpieces and Doilies · Figure 48, "Cluny Crochet Border for Doily": photo on page 23, directions on page 24
To Make the Daisy. Ch 6, join in a ring. 1st round: Ch 6, * 1 t over ring, ch 3; repeat from * 4 times more, join with sl in third of 6 ch. 2d round: * Ch 8 for a petal, turn and work back on ch, miss 1, 1 d, 1 ht, 3 t, 1 ht, 1 d, sl to first space, repeat from * 11 times more, having 2 petals over each space, sl up the side of first petal to the tip. 3d round: * Ch 5, sl to tip of next petal; repeat from *. 4th round: 7 d over each ch of 5; this finishes the daisy.
The 1915 stitch names
This book uses the names of Irish crochet workers, and says so: its "double" is the stitch Americans call single crochet, and each taller stitch is one name lower than today's US name.
| In 1915 | US today | How we know |
|---|---|---|
| d (double) | sc | The book's Explanation of Stitches: a loop through the work, then thread over and through both loops. It adds that this stitch "has been ... called 'single crochet'". |
| ht (half treble) | hdc | Thread over, a loop through the work, then through all three loops at once. |
| t (treble) | dc | Thread over, a loop through the work, then through two loops, twice. Round 1 agrees: its "ch 6" is one t and 3 chains, joined "in third of 6 ch". |
| sl | sl st | |
| miss | skip |
What we checked
- Round 1: the ch 6 counts as a double crochet and 3 chains, and 5 more make 6 dc and 6 spaces. The photo shows 6 holes round the center.
- Each petal: 7 stitches (1 sc, 1 hdc, 3 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc) on the 7 chains left after the first of the 8 is skipped. They fit exactly.
- Petals: the first and 11 more make 12, two in each of the 6 spaces. The photo shows 12.
- Round 2 in all: 24 sc, 24 hdc, 36 dc and 12 slip stitches.
- The ring: 12 loops of 5 chains and 7 sc over each, 84 sc. It is given in a note and is not counted by the compiler.
How we read the old wording
- The daisy is taken out of its border. The net between daisies, the edges and the linen center are left out.
- Rounds 3 and 4, the ring that links the petal tips, are given as a note in the book's steps and today's terms. Krowshea cannot yet work into the tip of a petal made on a chain, so the ring is not counted or drawn.
- "Sl to first space" is read as one slip stitch into the space after each petal, two petals to a space, as the text says.
No errors in the original. The petal stitches fit their chain, and the 12 petals and 6 spaces match the photo.
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