Vintage pattern · 1919 · crochet flower applique

Utopia Yarn Book Three-Petal Rose

Free crochet pattern with chart

A small wool rose from a 1919 yarn company booklet: a round center, three chain loops, and three wide petals worked into the loops, with three little leaves sewn between the petals. The wording is already in American terms. One count in the 1919 text does not come out even, and we say where.

Yarn: Medium woolrose, dark rose, green
Hook: 4 mmnone given in 1919
Finished: about 3 1/4 in across3 rounds and leaves

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.

Utopia Yarn Book Three-Petal Rose rendered in Krowshea 3D Yarn — **Today** · rendered in Krowshea 3D Yarn, not AI

Black and white 1919 photo of a crocheted flower with three light petals around a dark round center and three dark leaves between the petals — **1919** · the booklet photo

Chart

Utopia Yarn Book Three-Petal Rose crochet chart

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Crochet symbol chart of Utopia Yarn Book Three-Petal Rose, drawn by Krowshea

The 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

US termsUK terms

Written in US crochet terms

Flower

1
rose Ch 6, join with a sl st to the first ch to form a ring, ch 3 (counts as a dc), 13 dc in ring, join with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch-3. Fasten off.
14 dc
2
dark Join dark in any dc, ch 1 (does not count as a st), sc in same st, [ch 8, sk next 4 sts, sc in next st] 2 times, ch 8, sk next 3 sts, sc in same st as first sts.
4 sc, 3 sps
3
(sc, dc, 7 edc, dc, sc) in each sp around. Fasten off.
6 sc, 6 dc, 21 edc

Leaf

Foundation (green): Ch 8.

1
Sl st in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next ch, dc in next 3 ch, sc in next ch, sl st in next ch, ch 1, working along the other side of the chain, sl st in same ch, sc in next ch, dc in next 3 ch, sc in next ch, sl st in same sp as first sts. Fasten off. Leave about 10 inches of yarn to sew the leaf on with. Sew the 3 leaves on between the petals.
4 sc, 6 dc, 4 sl st, 1 sp
Make 3 leaves in all.

Weave in the ends.

Written in UK crochet terms

Flower

1
rose Ch 6, join with a ss to the first ch to form a ring, ch 3 (counts as a tr), 13 tr in ring, join with a ss to the top of the beginning ch-3. Fasten off.
14 tr
2
dark Join dark in any tr, ch 1 (does not count as a st), dc in same st, [ch 8, miss next 4 sts, dc in next st] 2 times, ch 8, miss next 3 sts, dc in same st as first sts.
4 dc, 3 sps
3
(dc, tr, 7 etr, tr, dc) in each sp around. Fasten off.
6 dc, 6 tr, 21 etr

Leaf

Foundation (green): Ch 8.

1
Ss in 2nd ch from hook, dc in next ch, tr in next 3 ch, dc in next ch, ss in next ch, ch 1, working along the other side of the chain, ss in same ch, dc in next ch, tr in next 3 ch, dc in next ch, ss in same sp as first sts. Fasten off. Leave about 10 inches of yarn to sew the leaf on with. Sew the 3 leaves on between the petals.
4 dc, 6 tr, 4 ss, 1 sp
Make 3 leaves in all.

Weave in the ends.

The 1919 original

As it was printed

Utopia Yarn Book · "Rose and Petals", among the crocheted trimmings
With Rose Ancienne Wool No. 3692 or rope silk, ch. 6, join with a sl. st. to form a ring, ch. 3, 14 d. c. in ring, counting ch. 3 as 1 d. c., join to top of ch. st. with a sl. st., ch. 1, break off, fasten. Second Round—With dark rose wool or silk, ch. 1, 1 s. c. in st., * ch. 8, skip 4 sts., 1 s. c. in next st., repeat from * around. Third Round—1 s. c., 1 d. c., 7 L. d. c., 1 d. c., 1 s. c. in each of 3 spaces, ch. 1, fasten. Make 4 of these flowers. Leaves—With green wool or rope silk, ch. 8 sts., turn, skip 1 st., 1 sl. st., 1 s. c., 1 d. c. in each of 3 sts., 1 s. c., 1 sl. st. in each of 7 ch. sts., ch. 1, 1 sl. st., 1 s. c., 1 d. c. in each of 3 sts., 1 s. c., 1 sl. st. in each of 7 ch. sts., where first sts. were made in, leave about 10 inches of wool or silk to sew on with, make 3 leaves for each flower and sew on between petals.

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 1919	US today	How we know
s. c.	sc	The book's own stitch lesson: insert hook, draw the wool through, over, and draw through both loops on hook.
d. c.	dc	The book's lesson: over, insert the hook, draw a loop through, then over and through two loops, twice.
L. d. c.	extended dc	Read as the book's "Long Crochet" lesson: over, insert the hook, draw a loop through, over and through one loop, then over and through two loops, twice. The book's list of abbreviations spells it "L. C.".
sl. st.	sl st	The book's lesson: draw a loop through the stitch and the loop on the hook.

What we checked

Round 3 says "each of 3 spaces", and the 1919 photo shows 3 petals with 3 leaves between them.
Each petal: 11 stitches (1 sc, 1 dc, 7 extended dc, 1 dc, 1 sc). Three petals: 6 sc, 6 dc, 21 extended dc.
Each side of a leaf: 7 stitches on the 7 chains left after the first of the 8 is skipped. They fit exactly.
Round 1: 14 dc, the ch 3 counting as one, as the text says.

How we read the old wording

Written as printed with 14 stitches in the ring: the first two loops pass 4 stitches and the third passes the 3 that are left.
The third loop ends with a single crochet in the stitch the round began in, so round 2 has 4 single crochet for 3 loops.
Rounds 2 and 3 are not joined. The original does not join them.
One flower and its 3 leaves are made. "Make 4 of these flowers" belongs to a trimming the book does not show.
The colors follow the text. In the photo the petals are lighter than the center.

One count in the original does not come out even: three loops that each skip 4 stitches need a ring of 15, and the text gives 14. We kept the printed 14 and let the last loop pass 3. A ring of 15 is the other reading. The petals and the leaves check out.

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