Flowers are a great project for using little scraps of yarn. There are a number of flower patterns available online. I thank Nezumi World for the ingenious idea of starting the petals on the outside end, and knitting the middle last. http://nezumiworld.blogspot.com/2009/06/world-wide-knitting-in-public-day.html I make a similar five petal flower but start it with a puffy center. Nita's Flower Any yarn and any size needle will work. I used worsted weight wool and size 9 needles. CO 3 Kfb in each stitch (6 st) K garter stitch for 4 rows. K2 tog across. Don't BO. Cut long tail. Thread yarn. Run yarn through stitches and along all edges. Tighten into a ball. (This is similar to what you do at the top of a stocking hat.) Knot yarn, weave in ends and cut. (If you aren't going to felt the flower, you can leave the ends for ties.) PETAL: Holding button-like center right side up, pick up 3 st along the edge. PKP in each st. (9 st) K across Next row, and all wrong side rows until the last: Purl On each K row, k2 tog each end until you have 3 st. S1 P2 tog, PSSO, cut yarn and pull through. Weave the end into the back side. Pick up three more stitches along the edge of your puffy center, and repeat 4 times. As you weave in the yarn ends at the base of the petals, sew the bottoms of the petals together so that they overlap slightly. I felted mine, so it came out like this: Then appliqued it to a purse: