How To Crochet a Flower - 4 Easiest Styles

Learn how to crochet a flower 4 ways! Crocheting leaves and flowers adds a whole new dimension to your crochet skills. It is a great way to use up small odds and ends of yarn, and there are so many things you can do with crochet flowers. We will chat more about those ideas later; for now, let's just get on with how to crochet flowers! In this article, I have chosen simple crocheted flowers for beginners.

How to Crochet a Flower Tutorial

Crochet Flowers Supplies

• Cotton Yarn - Choose colors based on the type of flowers you want to create. You only need small amounts of yarn for each flower.
• Crochet hook - Size suitable for the yarn you have chosen. 
• Scissors.
• Yarn needle for weaving in ends.

SAMPLES - All these crochet flower samples were made with worsted weight yarn (10ply) and a 4.5 mm hook.

Stitch Abbreviations

In this how to crochet a flower tutorial, we will be working with USA terminology for these samples.

• ch - chain stitch
• dc - double crochet stitches
• sl st - slip stitch
• tr - treble crochet
• dtr - double treble
• hdc - half double crochet
• sc - single crochet stitches
• sp - space

How to Crochet a Flower - Step by Step

For all these flowers that start with a ring, I have mentioned starting with a chain ring, but if you prefer, you can use a magic ring instead.

Here are the 4 types of crochet flowers in this tutorial:

1. How to Crochet a Small Flower

These easy crochet flowers look good in 2 colors, one color for the center and the other for the petals. You will also need a crochet hook suitable for your choice of yarn, as well as a yarn needle and a pair of scissors.

Round 1: Center Color

1. Chain 4. Join with a slip stitch to form a ring.
2. Chain 2. (Counts as one hdc)
3. Half double crochet (hdc) 11 times into the ring.
4. Slip stitch to the top of the chain 2. Fasten off.

Round 2: Petal Color

1. Join in a new color with a slip stitch to the top of any hdc.
2. *Chain 2, 3 double crochet (dc) into the next hdc, slip stitch into next hdc.

3. Repeat from* all the way around. (There should be 6 Petals.)
4. Join up with a slip stitch.
5. Fasten off and weave ends in. And there you have a simple flower!

2. How to Crochet a Flower, Medium

Round 1: Center Color

1. Using the color for the center, chain 3. Join with a slip stitch to form a ring.
2. Chain 2 (Counts as first stitch), dc into loop, chain 1.
3. *2 dc, ch 1 into center ring.
4. Repeat from * 4 more times around.
5. Join with slip stitch into top of 1^st chain 2. (You will have 6 dc clusters and 6 ch-1 spaces.)

Round 2: Petal Color

1. Change color with a slip stitch, chain 1 (Counts as first sc), chain 3.
2. *Sc in next ch-1 space, chain 3.
3. Repeat from *all the way around.
4. Join with slip stitch into first ch-3 space. (You will have 6xch-3 spaces.)

Round 3: Petal Color

1. Chain 1 (Counts as first sc.)
2. Work: {2 dc, 3tr, 2 dc, sc } into the same ch-3 space.

3. {Sc, 2dc, 3tr, 2 dc, sc} into next ch-3 space.
4. Repeat 4 more times to form 6 petals.
5. Join with slip stitch into first chain. Fasten off.

3. How to Crochet a 3D Flower

I think this one is my all-time favorite crochet flower! It stands up in gorgeous 3D detail and is not difficult to make. It is made by crocheting one long piece, then rolling it up and stitching it into place.

Foundation:

1. Chain 58.

Row 1:

1. Dc into 7^th chain from hook.
2. * Chain 2, skip 2.
3. (dc, ch2, dc) into the next chain.
4. Repeat from * all the way across. (18 V-stitches.)

Row 2:

Work petals into V’s and sc into the stitch between the V’s.

1. Chain 3, turn.
2. 5dc in next 2 ch space.
3. sc in next space.
4. {6dc into next 2 ch sp, sc into next space} 5 times.
5. 9 dc into next 2 ch sp, sc into next st, 6 times.

You can see how your work is curling up naturally. It is meant to do this!

6. 10 tr into next 2 ch sp, sc in next st. Repeat to the end.
7. Finish off your yarn, and leave 6-10” to sew the flowers together.

Finishing:

The petals will curl up naturally. Just roll up your petals into a nice rose shape, with smaller petals in the center and larger petals on the outside. Stitch together at the base to make your flower secure. Be sure to stitch through all the layers so that your rose doesn’t fall apart!

5. How to Crochet a Large Flower

This flower, made with DK yarn and a size 7 (4.5mm) hook, measures just 5 inches (12cm ) across. If you use finer yarn and hook, it will be smaller, or you can make each petal with fewer chains as a base. Just remember to adjust all your stitches accordingly if you do that!

Row 1: Center Color

1. Start with a magic ring in the flower center color. (Or if you prefer, make a ring of 4 ch, joined with a sl st.)
2. 6 sc into the ring. Join with a sl st.

Row 2: Center Color

1. 2 sc into each sc, join with a sl st.

Row 3: Petal Color

First Flower Petal:

1. Change to petal color. Work 16 ch. (If you want smaller petals, use less ch. It should be an even number of ch.)
2. Sl st into the first sc from round 2. (This will make a loop of ch.)
3. Turn and work back into your ch loop.
4. Work 1sl st into each of next 3 ch.
5. Work 4 sc , 1 into each of the next 4 ch.
6. 2 sc into each of next 2 ch. (You are turning the corner here, so need to add extra sts.) You will have 4 sc in 2 ch sts.
7. 4 sc into next 4 ch. (Working down the other side of the loop.)
8. 3 sl st into last 3 ch.

Second Petal:

1. Sl st into next sc from round 2.
2. 16 ch. Sl st into same sc to make a loop again.
3. Turn and work into ch loop.
4. 1 sl st into each of next 3 ch.
5. 4 sc into next 4 ch.
6. 2 sc into each of next 2 ch.
7. 4 sc into next 4 ch.
8. 3 sl st into last 3 ch.

Remaining Petals:

1. Repeat as for 2^nd petal all the way around your sc circle. You should have 12 petals.
2. Finish by joining the last petal with a sl st, end off your yarn, leaving a tail to stitch the flower to the headband.
3. Weave in any remaining ends.

Crochet Leaves

You may want to have a couple of leaves to go along with your crochet flowers. Learn how to crochet leaves.

How to Crochet a Flower - More Styles

Here are some more styles of flowers:

What to Do with Crocheted Flowers

Now, what to do with all these lovely flowers? There are endless possibilities.

• Bookmarks: Make your flower, then add ch 35. Sc into each ch. Fasten off and add a tassel onto the end of the ‘string’.
• Brooches or badges: You can buy simple badge clips or even just use safety pins! Stitch or glue your flower embellishments onto the pin.
• Hairclips: They can be added to hair clips in the same way.
• Key chains: Buy metal key chains and attach the flower to the clip on the bottom of the key chain. Thread a loop of the wool through the clip. Add these to keys, belts, backpacks, or bags.
• Fridge magnets: Attach the flower to the magnet with super glue.
• Garlands: For a different look, join multiple flowers together to make garlands, wreaths, or curtain tie-backs.

Enjoy playing around with creating a few flowers with yarn and hook, because as you can see, there are numerous ideas about what to do with these attractive crochet flowers!

How to Crochet a Flower - In Conclusion

Crocheting lends itself to making lovely flowers. These are just a few simple examples of the crochet flowers you can make. If you are an experienced crocheter, you can find crochet flower patterns for realistic, 3D flowers, which are a lot more complicated and are often made petal by petal and then stitched together.

Crochet Flower Patterns

Get more flower crochet projects:

• Get more crochet flower patterns
• How to Crochet a Rose
• Crochet Rose Patterns