How to make an easy crochet flower
When I saw them, I thought "how cute" and "maybe I could crochet a flower myself".
I gave it a try and crocheting flowers is very easy :)
I want to see if I can crochet a flower myself
I did not use a special pattern for this one. I just tried until it looked nice and wrote down the pattern while I did the flower. I have no idea how to write down crochet pattern with the symbols they often use in books - so I'll try to explain for you and I hope the photos will show what I did.
Häkel Blumen
100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet
100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet: A Collection of Beautiful Blooms for Embellishing Garments, Accessories, and More
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This is a similar yarn
Lily Sugar'n Cream Yarn: Cone, White
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This is a similar yarn to the yarn I used for the white flowers I think. I like to work with such thin yarn and I used a Nr. 2 crochet hook.
This is my yarn
What you need to know
Just the basics: slip stitch, chain, single crochet, half double crochet, double chrochet, triple crochet.
List of crochet stitches
Crochet flower - first loop
Make a 6 stitches chain, close it to a ring with a slip stich. Crochet flower - First row
Add 1 chain stitch, do 10 single crochet in the loop, close the row with a slip stitch Crochet flower - Second row
Add a chain stitch, do 2 single crochet in each stitch of the first row. You will have 20 stitches in this row now. Close the row with a slip stitch. Crochet flower - Third row
Add 6 chain stitches, do a slip stitch in the 4th stitch of the 2nd row, add 6 chain stitches... and so on until you have 5 chains (see small image 3 above) which makes the base for the petals. Close the row with a slip stitch.
Crochet flower - Fourth row
Add 2 chains, do 2 half double crochets, 2 double crochet, 1 triple crochet, 2 double crochet and 2 half double crochets in each of the arcs of the third row. Close the row with a slip stitch
Finished :)
But the flower is really easy to make. I'm nearly a beginner, because I did not crochet for a lot of years. So if I can do such flowers - you can do too :)
Maybe you need the description for your first and second flower - but after that you can do it yourself.
Now your little flower is finished. You can use it as a decoration for a hat or scarf maybe. Or you could use it for a scrapbooking project. Just add a button on top of the flower and sew it to your card.
Fast & Fanciful Curling Ribbon Flowers
Fast & Fanciful Curling Ribbon Flowers (Crochet) (Annie's Attic #875526)
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Crochet flower - Example with colorful yarn
This is a yarn for knitting socks. But I think it also looks nice for colorful flowers :)
Crochet Hooks
Crochet for beginners
These videos are really well done and show slowly how you do the different crochet stiches.
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Sylvestermouse
Jul 30, 2011 @ 1:15 pm | delete
- Excellent instructions and I love the pictures! Angel Blessed and featured on Squid Angel Mouse Tracks in Crochet
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nyfamily5
Oct 1, 2010 @ 9:47 am | delete
- Great directions, I love to crochet. So calming.
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