The original Poppy Crochet Along Month, inspired by my book Crochet Bouquet, was August 2008, but you’re welcome to crochet poppies any time of year! The offer at the end of this post still stands.
The poppy is the flower for August, according to Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees, by Ernst and Johanna Lehner. It’s probably because in Europe, poppies are seen at harvest time, in August.
Of course those are the simple and pretty field poppies, not the lush Oriental poppies that inspired the poppy in Crochet Bouquet (pp. 65-66).
But we don’t mind–August is Poppy Crochet Along Month!
A crocheter in the Crochet Bouquet Alongs group on Ravelry (in 2021, a very quiet group called Knit and Crochet with Suzann) requested that we have a Beginner’s Corner. Since the poppy is a fairly advanced flower, let’s do the Large Fancy Five (page 24 of Crochet Bouquet) as August’s Crochet Along for beginner and intermediate crocheters. There’s a correction for the Large Fancy Five, which you can find here.
It has picots on the petals, similar to the poppy. In fact, I think if you use black for Round 1 and red for Round 2, it will look very much like a poppy–especially if you add the stamens or Fun Fur center.
Have fun! Let me know if you have questions.