Irish lace: top "Opium"

1. 8 VP to close in a ring. (Yarn “Tenderness”)

2. Crochet 12 SC in half loops.

3. In the same half loops, crochet the third row with 16 SC.

4. In the fourth row, crochet 21 SC in the center of the “berry”.

5,6. Turn the “berry” inside out and crochet a row of 21 SC.

7. Take a thinner yarn (“Tulip”), pull a loop from the center of the “berry”.

8. Insert the hook with the loop before the last row of SC, pull it out and crochet a loop from the thread under the “berry”.

9. Crochet SC along the edge of the “berry”, 3 VP, SC along the edge of the “berry”.

10. Similarly, make the other six connectors, pulling loops from the center of the “berry”

11. Crochet a row of 21 SC.

12. In each stitch of the previous row, create a “stamen”: 16 VP, SS (21 pieces)

13,14. For the petal, attach from the back with a slip stitch and crochet the first row 10 VP, SS. Second row: crochet around the first row with 12 SC. Third and fourth rows: 14 SC. Fifth and sixth rows: 16 SC. Seventh, eighth, ninth: 18 SC. In the tenth row, evenly increase by 10 stitches (total 28 stitches). Eleventh row: SC, PS, HDC, DC2, HDC, PS, SC
(repeat three times).

15. Similarly, crochet the second upper petal. Make the lower petals slightly larger, increasing the chain of VP in the first row by 2 -12 VP. Accordingly, the number of stitches in each row of the lower petals will increase by 2.

16. Finally, finish the poppy petals with a crab stitch (yarn “Canaris” 203 m -20g).