Crochet marigold

These flowers were requested by a friend of mine.  I did check out a few patterns, but they somehow did not match up with what I had in mind.  So I worked to create my own pattern.  It's such a simple pattern.  The flower and the stem are worked separately and then put together in a unique way.

Difficulty level 
Beginner/Intermediate

Materials
Yarn: 100% acrylic
Hook: 5.00mm

Stitches
ST - Slip Stitch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFk-fdAowbY)
SC - Single Crochet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOlQXn8JWWM)
DC - Double Crochet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGDxroGp0WY)
SC2TOG - SC two together or SC Decrease (https://youtu.be/6jUQXXJUrhA)


Pattern
Flower: I have used bright yellow yarn for the flower.
1) Create a magic circle, keep it loose and leave a tail
2) Stitch 70 DCs into the magic circle
3) Pull tightly onto the tail of the magic circle as tightly as possible so the middle hole is very small and the DCs ruffle to look like the marigold petals.
4) Tie the loose ends.  The flower part is done.

Stem: This part is made separately, which gives it a more realistic look.  It looks similar to the stem when all the petals of a marigold are removed.  I have used green yarn for this part.
1) Start with 3 chains and join them to form a loop.
2) Stitch 10 SC into the chain loop. Join to the first SC.
3) Stitch 1SC into each SC of previous loop.  Join to the first SC.
4). Reduction round - Stitch 1 SC into the first stitch of previous round.  Now reduce by doing a SC2tog on next two stitches.  Again SC in the next stitch and SC2tog in the 2 stitches after that.  Continue like this and join the first SC.  You should have 5 stitches.
5) This is the last round.  We will stitch all the previous stitches together.  To do this loop the hook through all previous stitches without pulling through.  At the end pull through all the loops at once.
6) Tie off.

Below find a picture of the flower and stem separately before putting them together.

Final Step
Next step is to complete the flower.  Take the stem and flower.  Face the top of the flower towards you and insert the end of the stem through the middle of the flower.  Adjust if so the stem is partly on both sides of the flower.  You can choose to leave it as is if it is a tight fit or sew them together.  You can also use glue to stick them together.  For me, I just left it as is!


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