Irish rose

The rose is not widely known as a symbol of Ireland, the shamrock being more famously associated with the Emerald Isle.

Irish wildflowers, Short-styled Field-rose, Rosa stylosa, Rós stíleach

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Irish Hope™ produces lovely, soft yellow, 4” blooms with 50+ petals in bold clusters with frilled petal edges. At times, her flowers appear in a blushed lemon. Irish Hope™ has a deliciously sweet honey-lemon perfume and is a tall continual blooming plant with dark-green healthy foliage. Choose this rose for her ability to grow effortlessly in even the most difficult of conditions

How to Draw a Rose: Have you ever wondered how to draw a rose? It sounds very hard, but with practice it will become very easy to you. It's great for cards, too.

This is what my brain and hands compiled after reading through several vintage patterns on the internet. Irish Rose, 2.5 in diameter Unknown white crochet thread (I think it's Aunt Lydia N.10 or something similar) Hook 2.25mm. I can't work with those tiny steel hooks :( Abbreviations: st, sts-stitch, stitches ch-chain sp, sps-space, spaces sc-single crochet dc-double crochet sl st-slip stitch Base Ring: ch7, join with sl st to form a ring Round 1: ch 1 ( doesn't count as sc), 16 sc around…

Image taken from: Title: "Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle. A story of two Border towers" Author(s): Kettle, Mary Rosa Stuart [person] British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 012641.f.53" Page: 289 (scanned page number - not necessarily the actual page number in the publication) Place of publication: London (England) Date of publication: 1893 Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin Type of resource: Monograph Language(s): English Physical description: 286 pages (8°) Explore this item in the British…