Daisy Circle Motif Free Pattern
This is a pattern that I adapted from an 1899 design that was called a "wheel trimming". It would look great, today, as a single flower center motif sewn on a t-shirt, tank top or other type of fabric top. It could make a great accent, added to an accessory, such as a backpack.
You may enjoy the look of a button added to the open center of the motif, that would serve as the center of the daisy.
My Rewritten Directions, With My Own Variation of the 1899 Pattern:
Abbreviations:
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
dtr = double treble
sl st = slip stitch
st = stitch
tr = treble
Materials: Use size thread of your choice. Just to
give an idea of finished width, when this motif is made with
size 10 thread and a US size 8 steel hook, it is about 3 inches in diameter.
When it is made with size 30 thread and a US size 10 steel hook, it is about
2 3/8 inches in diameter.
Colors used in the sample shown are: Color A - Variegated shades of orange and
Color B - White. It would also be nice with Color A - White and Color B - Any
Color of Your Choice.
Starting Chain: With Color A, Chain 15. Join to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, 36 sc in ring. End with a slip stitch in the beginning sc.
Rnd 2: Ch 5, work a 2 dtr cluster over next 2 sts,
* ch 4, work a 3 dtr cluster over next 3 sts, repeat from * around. End with a
sl st in the top of the beginning cluster. (12
clusters altogether). End off Color A.
Rnd 3: Join Color B in the top of any cluster. Ch 3 (counts as
first dc), (tr, dtr, ch 2, dtr, tr) in ch-4 space,
* dc in next cluster
(tr, dtr, ch 2, dtr, tr) in ch-4 space, repeat from * around. Join (with a sl st)
in top of the beginning ch-3.
Rnd 4: Sl st in next tr and sl st in next dtr (to reach the ch-2 space),
sl st in ch-2 space, ch 1, sc in ch-2 space, * ch 7, sc in next ch-2 space,
repeat from * around. Sl st in the first sc, to join.
Rnd 5: Sl st in ch-7 space, ch 1, 10 sc in ch-7 space,
* 10 sc in next ch-7 space, repeat from * around.
Join with sl st to beginning stitch.
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My rewritten instructions copyright 
2001, 2002 by Sandi Marshall,
licensed to About.com, Inc.
Image of daisy motif copyright 2002 by Sandi Marshall,
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Pattern was originally printed in
A Treatise on Embroidery, Crochet and Knitting, published in the
year 1899. This places the book as old
enough to now be in the public domain. How Long Does Copyright Last?
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that's currently under copyright protection and then claim any copyright
to his/her rewritten directions. When an
antique (first published in the USA in the year 1923 or earlier) pattern has fallen into the public domain, then new copyright may be applied to variations created of
those public domain patterns.
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