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Beautiful crochet flowers for home decor, accessories and gifts. Discover free flower patterns with easy step-by-step instructions for all skill levels.

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Handmade crochet flowers in deep red, pink, white, yellow and purple arranged on a wooden table with yarn and scissors.

Patterns

Flower patterns

Blooms for bouquets, corsages and appliqué. Each guide names the yarn, hook and finished diameter.

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A green crocheted mandala doily with a scalloped edge, pinned out on a blocking hoop.

Crochet Flowers

Crochet daisy: five petals from a ten-stitch ring

A flat five-petal daisy worked from a ten-stitch ring. Each petal consumes exactly two ring stitches, so the last petal meets the first with…

BeginnerHook: 1.75 mm steel hook for the thread version; 3.0 mm (US D/3) for the DK versionYarn: Size 10 crochet cotton for a 4 cm flower; DK cotton gives roughly 6 cm acrossabout 3 min read

Hub notes

What belongs in this hub

What belongs here: flat and semi-flat flowers worked in one or two colours that finish between about 2 cm and 8 cm across. Each guide gives the hook, the yarn, the petal construction, the stitch count each petal consumes, the finished diameter and the time per flower, so the same flower can be re-scaled by changing yarn weight instead of guessing. Flowers that need wire, millinery stamens or a wrapped stem are listed as gaps.

How we label and test guides

Construction

Choose by construction, not by petal count

Worked in the round

One centre, petals added in rings. The firmest option and the best choice for appliqué, hair clips and anything that will be handled.

Usually worked with double crochet clusters into a ring, with the petals joined as you go.

Layered petals

Two or three separate flower layers stacked and joined through the centre. Gives depth and lets you use two colours without changing yarn mid-petal.

Layer sizes decide the silhouette: a small top layer over a large base reads as a rose, equal layers as a daisy.

Flower onto a stem

The bloom is worked first and mounted on a wrapped stem, with leaves worked separately. The right method when the flower has to stand up in a vase or a bouquet.

Wrapping: floral wire covered in yarn, or a worked chain stem stiffened as you go. Floral wire is not a toy-safe material — keep wired flowers out of children’s hands.

Reference image

Petals hold the curve you block into them

Look at the petals in the picture: each one is wider at the outer edge and narrower where it meets the centre, and the curve only survives because the piece was blocked flat and left to dry. A petal worked in the same stitch but blocked damp against a table will dry flat, and the flower will read as a coaster.

The centres are the other thing the image shows that charts do not: whether the first ring closed tightly or left a visible hole. That gap is set in the first round and cannot be fixed later.

A crocheted blanket made from hexagonal flower motifs in ochre, rust, green and cream, laid flat.
Hexagon “African flower” motifs joined into a blanket. Motif projects are worked to a fixed repeat, so the join decides the finished size.

Where it goes

The application decides the yarn

  • Corsage or buttonhole
  • Bouquet for a vase
  • Gift topper
  • Hair clip or headband
  • Appliqué on a bag or cushion
  • Wreath and garland
  • Napkin ring or place setting
  • Keychain charm
Practical note

Anything that will be washed wants cotton or a cotton blend and a firm gauge. Anything purely decorative can use the fuzzy, shiny or oversized yarn that would look wrong on a wearable. Scale the yarn to the object: the same pattern in DK and in bulky gives two completely different flowers.

About this hub

Blooms for bouquets, corsages, hair clips and applique, grouped by how the petals are built: chain-loop petals, petals worked in the round, and joined motifs. Thread-weight cotton and lace yarns are the default; every guide names the yarn it assumes.

What belongs here: flat and semi-flat flowers worked in one or two colours that finish between about 2 cm and 8 cm across. Each guide gives the hook, the yarn, the petal construction, the stitch count each petal consumes, the finished diameter and the time per flower, so the same flower can be re-scaled by changing yarn weight instead of guessing. Flowers that need wire, millinery stamens or a wrapped stem are listed as gaps.

Honest status

What this hub still needs

  • Every flower guide here is untested: petal counts follow stitch mechanics, not a worked sample.
  • No wash or colour-fastness guidance, and cotton blooms can bleed or soften after washing.
  • No stem, wire or bouquet assembly guide yet, which is the biggest gap in this hub.
  • No photography; petals are shown as SVG diagrams.