I like to crochet flowers. They are fun a quick, can be used for lots of things and are great for using up scraps. The flowers featured here are actually an example of trying to do a little too much and running out of time. They are using leftover yarn from a metropolis or Organicon Festival of Lights CAL kit. I had a plan to use them on a hat, but I just ran out of time.
I am sure these flowers are not particularly unique. They came straight from my head, but I am sure I am not the first person to make flowers similar to this.
The 5-sided flowers above are a free pattern available below, and the leaves and 6-sided flowers are from my Toffee Garden Cowl pattern.
And on some of them I added some embroidery details. I really like Sarah’s Hand Embroidery Tutorials for embroidery stitch ideas, the stitches are neatly categorized and have well photographed tutorials.
The hat I had started is below, if I ever finish it, I will add that picture too.
These flowers work great in both Metropolis and Organicon (and probably most other yarns too).
Crochet Abbreviations
US terms used throughout.
- ch chain
- ch-1 sp(s) chain 1 space(s): number denotes number of chains in chain space
- ch-sp(s) chain space(s)
- sc single crochet
- ss slip stitch(es)
- st(s) stitch(es)
- tr treble crochet
Repeat Formats
*…….; rep from * once more/twice more/3 more times
Work instructions after * and then repeat that section as specified.
a Single Free Flower
With flower center color, make a magic ring, making sure that you will have a tail long enough for sewing the flower onto the cowl.
Round 1: Ch1 [does not count as st], into the magic ring; 10hdc. Close the magic ring, join to the first hdc made and fasten off.
(10 hdc)
Round 2: With petal color, make a standing sc in any hdc, * ch2, 3tr in the same st, 3tr in the next st, ch2, 1sc in the same ch-sp, 1sc in next ch-sp ; repeat from * 4 more times omitting last sc, ss in the first standing sc and fasten off.
(10 sc, 30 tr, 10 ch-2 sps)
Sew in ends, leaving the one long tail for sewing in place, I used the starting tail.
A Double Free Flower
With flower center color, make a magic ring, making sure that you will have a tail long enough for sewing the flower onto the cowl.
Round 1: Ch1 [does not count as st], into the magic ring; 10hdc. Close the magic ring, join to the first hdc made and fasten off.
(10 hdc)
Round 2: With petal color, make a standing sc in any hdc, * ch2, 2tr in the same st, 2tr in the next st, ch2, 1sc in the same ch-sp, 1sc in next ch-sp ; repeat from * 4 more times omitting last sc, ss in the first standing sc, do not fasten off.
(10 sc, 20 tr, 10 ch-2 sps)
Round 3: ch3 (hold behind petals), 1sc between next 2-sc (between petals); repeat from * 4 more times, do not join, do not fasten off.
(5 sc, 5 ch-3 sps)
Round 4: 1sc in next ch-sp, ch2 [counts as first tr], * (2tr, ch2, 1sc, ch2, 3tr) in same ch-sp, 1tr in the next ch-sp; repeat from * 4 more times omitting last tr, join to first tr made and fasten off.
(5 sc, 30 tr, 10 ch-2 sps)
Sew in ends, leaving the one long tail for sewing in place, I used the starting tail.
More Flowers
All the remaining flowers and leaves are from my Toffee Garden Cowl. This pattern has photos for each round and
Happy Crafting!
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