I worked the large 3D flowers very much in a production mode, working each color for all six flowers in turn until I got to the point where I needed to start incorporating them.
I did make a couple of stupid mistakes when I was working these, mostly by not paying attention to the instructions. On round 13 I did not work through the back loop on the first three flowers, only realizing it when I picked it up again after a break to start on the fourth, so that required me to undo some work, which was not so easy as I had darned in my ends (I had gotten cocky again). But I was able to unpick the end, and when I worked them through the back loop it took less yarn, so that was good. I also tripped myself up on UK versus US crochet terms when I was working round 16, even though I knew better, and didn’t realize until I was working on integrating the third flower, so I had to undo the first two and redo them. Thankfully I had not darned in those ends. Before I started round 16 I put in locking stitch markers at the beginning and end of each of the petals so that I wouldn’t get off track. It worked very well, except for those two flowers I had to redo. Fortunately I did not have to rip back the entire round 16, just most of it, so I had a starting point and just had to be careful with my counting. I am enjoying this project a lot though, and it is actually making me a pretty monogamous crafter, even though I have other projects that I really need to work on (including one with a deadline that is approaching).
Project: Wallflowers by Sue Maton
Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweek DK
Hook: 3.75 mm (F)
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