Flower in a Pot in Deramores Studio DK - Downloadable PDF

Flower in a Pot Knitting Pattern by Amanda Berry – A Detailed Guide

This charming Flower in a Pot pattern, designed by Amanda Berry and published by Deramores, is a downloadable PDF knitting pattern for a decorative knitted plant pot toy and accessory. The finished piece stands 29cm tall and is rated as beginner to intermediate in difficulty, making it an ideal project for knitters who have moved beyond the basics and are ready to tackle shaping, colour work, and simple construction techniques. The design results in a whimsical, three-dimensional knitted flower displayed in a pot — complete with embroidered facial features and weighted base for stability — making it a delightful handmade gift, home decoration, or novelty toy.

What Is Being Made

The project is a knitted plant pot featuring a flower with a character face. The construction combines multiple separately knitted components that are seamed together to create the full three-dimensional piece. The pot is weighted with dried rice at the base for stability, and the flower head is given dimension and softness through toy filling. Safety eyes and an embroidered mouth give the flower its endearing personality. At one size only, the finished item measures 29cm in height, making it a substantial and impressive decorative object.

Techniques Used

• Knitting in the round and flat: Sections of the pattern are worked flat on single-pointed needles, with pieces seamed together at finishing.
• Shaping: Both increases and decreases are used throughout to create the curved and tapered forms of the pot, stem, and flower head.
• Colour work: Multiple yarn colours (labelled Yarn A through Yarn E) are used across different components, requiring colour changes and yarn management.
• Seaming and assembly: A tapestry needle is used to join knitted pieces together, a key intermediate skill that gives the finished toy its structure.
• Embroidery on knitting: The mouth of the flower character is embroidered using a contrast yarn, adding expressive detail to the surface.
• Toy finishing: The pattern incorporates 12mm Trimits toy safety eyes, toy filling for the flower head, and 400g of dried rice to weight the base of the pot — techniques commonly used in amigurumi and knitted toy making.

Stitches Used

• Knit (K): The foundational knit stitch used throughout the pattern.
• Purl (P): Used to create texture and to work the wrong-side rows in stockinette fabric.
• Stockinette stitch: The primary fabric of the pattern, worked by alternating knit and purl rows. Tension is measured over stockinette at 25 stitches x 32 rows per 10cm.
• Kfb (Knit into front and back): An increase stitch used for shaping, adding one stitch by working into both the front and back loops of a single stitch.
• Pfb (Purl into front and back): A purl-side increase, mirroring the Kfb technique on wrong-side rows.
• K2tog (Knit two together): A right-leaning decrease stitch used to reduce stitch counts during shaping.
• Ssk (Slip, slip, knit): A left-leaning decrease that pairs with K2tog to create symmetrical shaping on either side of a section.

Materials Required

Yarn

The pattern is designed for use with DK weight yarn and is shown in two yarn options. The primary recommendation is Deramores Studio Anti-Pilling DK, which offers excellent stitch definition and durability, particularly well-suited to toys that will be handled frequently. The colours used are:

• Yarn A – Gingerbread (1 x 50g ball)
• Yarn B – Vanilla (1 x 50g ball)
• Yarn C – Chocolate (1 x 50g ball)
• Yarn D – Rose (1 x 50g ball)