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Utopia Yarn Book Rose

Free crochet pattern with chart

A layered wool rose from 1919, made to be sewn on as a trimming: a ring of double crochet, five small petals, then five larger petals worked on chain loops fastened behind the first layer. A leaf worked down both sides of a chain goes with it. The compiler checked every round, and it found one slip in the leaf.

Yarn
Wool or silkany color
Hook
4 mmour stand-in
Made
One rosewith a leaf
Every count checked by KrowsheaWe found and fixed an error in the original. Modern US and UK terms, and a chart drawn from the counts.
Black and white 1919 photo of a crocheted rose with two layers of petals and three leaves behind it
1919 · The rose and its leaves as photographed in the 1919 book.

Chart

Utopia Yarn Book Rose crochet chart

Crochet symbol chart of Utopia Yarn Book Rose, drawn by KrowsheaThe same chart drawn left-handed, mirrored

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.
  • The chart shows the flower; the written pattern has every piece.

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

Flower

  1. 1

    rose Ch 8, join with a sl st to the first ch to form a ring, ch 3 (counts as a dc), 14 dc in ring, join with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch-3.

    15 dc
  2. 2

    With the hook still in the joining stitch, [ch 5, sk next 2 sts, sc in next st] 4 times, ch 5, sk next 2 sts, sc in same st as first sts.

    5 sc, 5 sps
  3. 3

    (sc, 5 dc, sc) in each sp around.

    10 sc, 25 dc
  4. 4

    Working into the sts of round 2, leaving round 3 free: [ch 7, sc in next sc] 5 times.

    5 sc, 5 sps
  5. 5

    (sc, 7 dc, sc) in each sp around. Fasten off. Leave enough yarn to sew the rose on with.

    10 sc, 35 dc

Leaf

Foundation (green): Ch 9.

  1. 1

    Sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next 4 ch, hdc in next ch, sc in next ch, ch 1, working along the other side of the chain, sc in same ch, hdc in next ch, dc in next 4 ch, hdc in next ch, sc in same sp as first sts. Fasten off. Leave enough yarn to sew the leaf on with.

    4 sc, 4 hdc, 8 dc, 1 sp

Weave in the ends.

Written in UK crochet terms

Flower

  1. 1

    rose Ch 8, join with a ss to the first ch to form a ring, ch 3 (counts as a tr), 14 tr in ring, join with a ss to the top of the beginning ch-3.

    15 tr
  2. 2

    With the hook still in the joining stitch, [ch 5, miss next 2 sts, dc in next st] 4 times, ch 5, miss next 2 sts, dc in same st as first sts.

    5 dc, 5 sps
  3. 3

    (dc, 5 tr, dc) in each sp around.

    10 dc, 25 tr
  4. 4

    Working into the sts of round 2, leaving round 3 free: [ch 7, dc in next dc] 5 times.

    5 dc, 5 sps
  5. 5

    (dc, 7 tr, dc) in each sp around. Fasten off. Leave enough yarn to sew the rose on with.

    10 dc, 35 tr

Leaf

Foundation (green): Ch 9.

  1. 1

    Dc in 2nd ch from hook, htr in next ch, tr in next 4 ch, htr in next ch, dc in next ch, ch 1, working along the other side of the chain, dc in same ch, htr in next ch, tr in next 4 ch, htr in next ch, dc in same sp as first sts. Fasten off. Leave enough yarn to sew the leaf on with.

    4 dc, 4 htr, 8 tr, 1 sp

Weave in the ends.

The 1919 original

As it was printed

Utopia Yarn Book · "Roses and Leaves", among the crocheted trimmings at the front of the book

With colored or white wool, or 2 threads of silk, ch. 8 sts., join with a sl. st. to form a ring, ch. 3, 15 d. c. in ring counting ch. 3 as 1 d. c., join with a sl. st. in top ch. st. on ch. 3. Second Round—Repeat ch. 5, skip 2 sts., 1 s. c. in next st., 5 times. Third Round—1 s. c., 5 d. c., 1 s. c. in each of the 5 spaces. Fourth Round—Repeat ch. 7, 1 s. c. in s. c. of second round, 5 times. Fifth Round—1 s. c., 7 d. c., 1 s. c. in each of the 5 spaces, leave enough wool or silk to sew on with. Leaves—With colored or white wool or silk, ch. 8 sts., turn, skip 1 st., 1 s. c., 1 h. d. c., 4 d. c., 1 h. d. c., 1 s. c. on the 8 ch. sts., ch. 1, 1 s. c., 1 h. d. c., 4 d. c., 1 h. d. c., 1 s. c. on the same 8 ch. sts. on the other side, leave enough wool or silk to sew on with.

The 1919 stitch names

This 1919 book explains every stitch with pictures in its "Explanation of Terms Used in Crocheting", and its names are the ones American crocheters still use. Nothing needed translating, only spelling out:

In 1919US todayHow we know
s. c.scThe book's own stitch lesson: insert hook, draw the wool through, over, and draw through both loops.
h. d. c.hdcThe book's lesson: over, insert the hook, draw a loop through, over, and draw through the three loops on the hook.
d. c.dcThe book's lesson: over, insert the hook, draw a loop through, then over and through two loops, twice.
sl. st.sl stThe book's lesson: draw a loop through the stitch and the loop on the hook.

What we checked

  • Round 1: 15 dc in the ring, the ch 3 counting as one, as printed.
  • Round 2: five ch-5 loops, each passing 2 stitches, use all 15 stitches (5 x 3), with the fifth sc landing in the stitch the round began from.
  • Round 3: 5 petals of (sc, 5 dc, sc), 10 sc and 25 dc.
  • Round 4: five ch-7 loops, one sc in each of the 5 sc of round 2, behind the petals.
  • Round 5: 5 petals of (sc, 7 dc, sc), 10 sc and 35 dc.
  • Leaf: 8 stitches down each side of the chain, 4 sc, 4 hdc and 8 dc in all, once the chain is long enough (see the verdict).

How we read the old wording

  • The 15 dc include the ch 3. Only 15 stitches are used up evenly by five loops that each take 3.
  • Rounds 2 to 5 are not joined. The original says nothing about joining them, and each ends beside its start.
  • Round 4 is worked behind the round 3 petals, into the single crochets of round 2.
  • The second side of the leaf goes back into "the same 8 ch. sts.": its first sc in the chain at the tip again, its last in the chain that holds the first sc.
  • The book does not say how many leaves to make. The photo shows three.
  • Our written pattern opens rounds 3 and 5 with a ch 1 that the 1919 text does not have.

One error in the original, in the leaf: "ch. 8 sts., turn, skip 1 st." leaves 7 chains, but the stitches listed come to 8. The same eight stitches sit on a chain of 9 in the Daisy and the Flower of the same book, so the leaf here starts with 9 chains. The rose itself checks out in every round.

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Source. Henry E. Frankenberg Co., New York, Utopia Yarn Book (1919), "Roses and Leaves", among the crocheted trimmings at the front of the book. From Project Gutenberg eBook #78583, public domain in the USA. The original wording is shown as printed; the photo may be cropped from the page.

This edition. Modern wording, stitch counts, chart by Krowshea. Free to make, give and sell what you crochet from it.Written by Krowshea · 6 rounds checked