The damaged sleeve- #@%$!!
For these patches you’ll need a size C/2.5mm crochet hook, scraps of sock/fingering weight yarn, scissors, your iron, matching sewing thread and sewing needle, and a tapestry needle. You may also want straight pins.
Blue rosettes shown are Merino Bamboo Fine in Skull Tee & Blue Jeans, yellow rosettes shown are Luxe Merino Fine in Sucre.
Watch me make those holes disappear!
Each patch is made of at least two rosettes joined to create a free-form style shape. The rosettes are joined with a final round of crochet, then sewn in place.
Three sizes of rosettes to mix-n-match.
To begin a rosettes, make a magic ring:
Wrap yarn clockwise around your finger twice.
Insert hook into ring and draw through a loop.
Here I’m making rosette B, the medium motif. It begins with chain 3, as does rosette A. For rosette C, begin chain 4.
Chain 3.
Work round 1:11dc into magic ring. Gently pull tail to close the ring, leaving no hole.
All closed up!
Join last stitch to 3rd chain of turning chain with a slip stitch. Work remaining rows of chart. Make several rosettes in varying sizes according to your intended layout. Now we’ll join them up!
Finished rosettes ready to be joined together.
Insert hook into any spot along outer chain, yarn over and draw through loop to begin.
Single crochet evenly spaced along outer chains. I usually single crochet 7 into a chain 5 space, or 5 into a 3 space; this creates a firm outer edge. Continue partway around to where you’d like to join the next rosette.
Join by continuing the single crochet stitching onto the outer chain of the next rosette. Continue working single crochet around the second rosette until you get close to where you began.
Single crochet, continued.
Once you get close to where you began the round on rosette two, pick the spot where you'd like the two pieces to come together again, and continue your round of single crochet back onto rosette one. There will be a small gap of unedged chain which we'll take care of later.
Continue working single crochet around rosette one until you come back to the beginning of round. Join with slip stitch, cut yarn leaving a tail, and fasten off.
Steam press patch flat. Really flat.
Weave in tails using tapestry needle. Use whichever tail is closest to your unedged join, where the two rosettes meet, to tack the pieces together from the back. As long as the front looks good, don’t stress about the back. Once it’s sewn down, no one will see it. I personally love that aspect!
Pick a thread that will blend in with your work, and grab your sharp sewing needle. You may want to use straight pins to pin your patch where you'd like it to be sewn down. I tend to just hold it in place and go at it.
Use the smallest stitches you can manage to sew the patch down. I use a fine running stitch at the very edge, almost the back of the patch. Continue all the way around the edge of the patch. You may or may not want to give it a few small stitches in the center, depending on how large of a piece you crocheted, and the thickness of your fabric.
The final look, with extra patches for fun!
I’d love your feedback on this tutorial, because I’m planning on posting more. Let me know what you think!
