I made this poinsettia for my mom using DMC Cebella size 30 in Christmas green and Christmas red, Mill Hill light yellow opalescent beads and a pin back.
This poinsettia is done in three layers to give it depth.
Layer one is done using green on shuttle and ball CTM
Ring: 1-1-1-1-1-1 close ring
Layer two is done using red on shuttle and ball CTM
Layer three is done using red on shuttle and ball CTM
Block each layer individually making the chains long, skinny, the picot might be slightly pointed.
When dry stack the three layers with the green leaves to the bottom and the smallest red leaves to the top. To attach the beads I used a needle and thread starting at the under side of the green leaves I went up through all three layers with the needle, slide on a bead then back down through all three layers. I continued this way until I had on all the beads that represent the actual flower when all the beads were on I tied the starting bead thread to the ending bead thread. Note the sewing on of the beads is how all three layers are hooked together. I then attached the poinsettia to a pin.
use mock picot to move from ring to chain.
chain 16 - 16 join to mock picot.
*join to next picot of ring
chain 16 - 16 join to picot that this chain started at*
continue until you finish the join at base of last chain join to mock picot that was base of first chain.
Cut and tie.
Do second layer same as layer one except the chain is 13 - 13
Do third layer same as layer one except the chain is 10 - 10