Crochet Flowers

Flowers look refreshing, colorful and stylish regardless of the form in which they exist. Whether they exist in a home decor project in the form of prints or vases. In the field of fashion as artificial decoration. Or in landscapes and gardens where they are really aromatic and pleasing. Flowers and their charms never fade out. If you consider the subject of crocheting, flowers are totally eye-catching and an interesting art and craft activity for any enthusiast to take part in. Since they are handmade flowers, embellishments and decorations are entirely left up to the creator. They look realistic, decorative, and very versatile such that they can be incorporated on pillows, wall hangings, lampshades, clothing, various centerpieces and so on. Also, many people crochet flowers to wear them as a brooch, as hat pins or fashion jewelry as a fashion statement.

How to Make Crocheted Flowers

Right below are some simple steps in learning to crochet flowers. Once you learn this method and its basics properly, later on you can indulge yourself to crochet a variety of patterns for crocheted flowers.

Materials

• Simple crochet hook
• Wool (2 or 3 colors)

Abbreviations

• dc - double crochet
• ch - chain
• sc - single crochet
• sl st - slip stitch
• sts - stitches
• st - stitch
• rep - repeat

Instructions

1. In the first step, choose any one color of your choice and ch 6 sts initially. This is the foundation row you will be creating.
2. Next go back to the first chain and do a dc. Follow this article in case you want to catch on how to double crochet.
3. After the dc, ch 2 and rep the entire process for 7 times that too - all into the first chain.
4. Do you see 8 spokes of stitches created now? Good! Now you will have to join up the entire 8 spoke circle doing slip stitch crochet into the 3rd chain on the left of your work.
5. Next make a sc, ch 1, 2 dc, ch 1, sc and incorporate all these sts into the flower arches you have created earlier.
6. This is the basic procedure to create the flower petals. Rep steps 1-5 all over again in all the 8 arches and you have your first crochet flower ready to use.
7. Join it with a sl st to the first sc on the first flower petal and cut off the wool.
8. The working with the first flower is completed. Now choose the next color to give the crocheted flower a diversity of pretty colors. Form a slip knot and put the crochet hook under the 1st color spoke of the flower and gently draw the second color wool through it.
9. What you will see are 2 sts on the hook and you will have to pull the hook to make just one stitch. Next ch 6 and on the next spoke crochet a dc. Again ch 3 and rep the dc and ch 3 on every spoke to create colorful petals.
10. Make a sl st into the 3rd chain of the first row and turn your whole project to the right side.
11. Slowly pull the first color petals little ahead and begin to crochet sc, ch 1, 3 dc, ch 1, sc on each and every arch.
12. Join all of them with a sl st into the first sc and bind off.

Well, this way your crochet flower is completely crocheted, and ready for utilization. The petals and whirls on flowers do not have a restriction. You can make as many you want, because every whirl will increase the total size of the crochet flowers. So the choice and variety of colors is entirely up to the user.

Crochet Flower Patterns

• 3-D flower granny square
• 3-in-1 flower pattern
• 5 petal flower
• Basic flower
• Breaded crochet flower brooches
• A rose for mother
• Blue pansy
• Bellefleur crocheted flowers
• Chain stitch flower
• Cluster flower small motif pattern

Crochet flowers are pretty versatile as an art form because of the endless styles and beauty it brings out when these simple embellishments are created on an ordinary piece of fabric. And it's not only fit for beginners, but it can be absolute fun and interesting for professionals too!