A few Christmases ago my mOm gave a cute knitting kit of knitted flowers for embellishment, decorations or pins and jewelry.
The yarn is in every color of the rainbow and the patterns make the cutest things!
I tried my first one and really like it, despite the trickiness of knitting an inch of i-cord and having to turn it inside out! Really, inside out, it was really a pain.
This little flower sits on my monitor stand at work and makes me smile every day. I really should knit more of them, they would make perfect whimsical gifts.
The Inadvertent Redhead 
There’s a challenge! I suppose a purled i-cord should work too, or were you using one of those knitting dolly things! Anyway, the flower is lovely!
I will have to try purling an icord, I never thought of that! Thank you so very much.
I hope it works, I’ve never tried it myself! BTW, do you know the book “100 flowers to knit and crochet” by Lesley Stanfield? I think you might like it…
I put that on my wishlist right away, thank you so much!!
Warning (a bit late, I know): it’s addictive…