How to crochet a soldier poppy

Lest we forget… crochet yourself a soldier poppy to commemorate Anzac Day. These adorable yarn flowers, complete with pattern, feature over at this website here, but we warn you, the pattern is in Russian. You can copy the text and put it into Google Translate for an English version. These are earrings, but you could use them as brooches too.

Or you could try this gorgeous crocheted poppy, below, by Mari-Liis Lille instead. Mari provides step-by-step photo instructions, plus diagrams.