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16 Free and Easy Crochet Flower Patterns

Illustration of crochet flowers

Illustration: The Spruce / Ellen Lindner

Crochet flower patterns can be used to add fun and style to a variety of projects. You can use them as appliqués on everything from hats to shoes and string them together as bunting. Place them on tables as coasters and use them in large-scale works of art, including yarnbombing. You'll find an almost endless variety of patterns to create specific flowers (such as poppies and tulips) and general flower shapes of all sizes. This collection of 16 free crochet flower patterns features designs that are easy, creative, and fun.

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    2-Round Puff Stitch Crochet Flower Pattern

    Puff Stitch Crochet Flower Free Pattern

    Highland Hickory Designs

    If you want to make a small textured crochet flower then this puff stitch flower is a nice choice. As a bonus, with this pattern you can go past the two rounds that make the flower and learn how to make a crochet flower square with this at the center–and then learn how to join them into a crochet shawl!

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    3D Crochet Flower Pattern

    3D Crochet Flower Free Pattern

    Passionatecrafter/YouTube.com 

    This pattern shows another way to make a three-dimensional crochet flower. Follow the 30-minute video tutorial, at the end of which you will have created a detailed, creative plant you won't have to water. It is especially striking worked in two colors but can be worked as a solid color as well.

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    Bobble Stitch Flower Crochet Keychain Pattern

    Crochet Flower Keychain Free Pattern

    Annemarie Benthem/Ravelry

    Make a small crochet flower that packs a big punch thanks to the big bobble stitches it uses. Add a simple chain stitch loop to turn this flower into a keychain.

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    Buttonhole Crochet Flower Pattern

    Open Crochet Flower Free Pattern

    Club Crochet 

    When you crochet this two-round, five-petal flower, it will have a buttonhole right in the center of it. You can add the button to attach the flower to an item such as a hat. Alternatively, you can simply leave it open for a lacy floral design. The pattern comes with written instructions as well as a video tutorial.

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    Crochet Cherry Blossom Pattern

    Crochet Cherry Blossom Free Pattern

    In the Yarn Garden

    This is a four-round five-petal free crochet pattern. The colors, along with the shaping, create a cherry blossom perfect for decorating in spring. The pattern comes with written instructions as well as a symbol chart. Crochet designer In The Yarn Garden also offers a few other free crochet flower patterns.

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    Crochet Clematis Flower Pattern

    Crochet Clematis Flower Pattern

    Leticia Lebron/Ravelry

    Leticia Lebron on Ravelry, also known as Flawless Flowers, is another crochet designer to check out if you love to make crochet flowers. This one is her Princess Diana Clematis flower, a climbing vine that can be used to create a decorative arrangement over one foot in height.

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    Crochet Flower Headband Pattern

    Crochet Flower Headband Free Pattern

    Kristin Holloway Designs

    This is a crochet headband pattern that includes instructions for crocheting two different types of flowers. One is a rose and the other is a Johnny Jump-Up. You'll also find additional free crochet flower patterns from this designer.

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    Crochet Poppy Pattern

    Crochet Poppy Free Flower Pattern

    Vera Matrebo/Ravelry

    There is a small, subtle color change at the center of this poppy pattern. Simple stitches worked in only one loop create the dimensional petals that give you the poppy shape.

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    Crochet Tulips Pattern

    Crochet Tulip Pattern

    Lene Rasmussen/Ravelry

    These crochet tulips look complicated but they are actually a beginner project. The shape of the crochet flower is simple, and then you need to use some extra DIY skills (glue, flower sticks) to complete the project.

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    Lacy Crochet Flower Brooch Pattern

    Lacy Crochet Flower Brooch Pattern

    F​ox Stitch Design/Etsy

    This is a delicate lace flower made with crochet thread. The center of the flower can be made from yellow thread or replaced with a pearl button. The small flower is intended to be worn as a crocheted brooch, but it could also work as earrings and other jewelry or added to clothing as an appliqué. Designer Fox Stitch Design has a terrific collection of crochet flower patterns including some designed for advanced crafters.

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    Large Crochet Flower Pattern

    Crochet Flower Baby Blanket

    All My Styles/Etsy

    This is a crochet baby blanket pattern worked in the round and designed to look like a blooming flower. The same pattern worked in t-shirt yarn would make a great flower rug.

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    Loopy Crochet Flower Pattern

    3D Crochet Flower Free Pattern

    Therese Eghult/Ravelry  

    Here is yet one more way to create a three-dimensional crochet flower. It is worked in three rounds and uses a variation on hyperbolic crochet to give the petals their ruffled edges.

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    Picot Crochet Flower Pattern

    Picot Crochet Flower Pattern

    Buttonnose Crochet/Ravelry

    This is another free crochet flower pattern that's part of the 365 Days of Flowers project. It uses picot stitch to define each of the petals. Changing colors in each round will make this flower pattern especially striking.

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    Pinwheel Crochet Flower Pattern

    Crochet Flower Free Pattern

    Ana Morais Soares/Ravelry

    This is a seven-round crochet flower pattern, so it requires a little bit more work than some of the simplest designs, but it is still an easy flower to crochet. What makes it special is the textured stitches that give it an extra dimension.

    This pattern is part of a complete set of crochet flower patterns designed by different people, called 365 Days of Crochet Flowers.

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    Primroses Crochet Pattern

    Primrose Crochet Flower Pattern

    Planet June 

    In addition to making the primrose crochet flowers, you can make a crochet basket or pot for your flower. This type of complete project makes a great housewarming gift. It is the perfect decor for anyone without a green thumb!

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    T-shirt Yarn Crochet Flower Pattern

    T-shirt Yarn Crochet Flower Pattern

    Anneke Wiese/Ravelry

    This easy crochet flower pattern is designed to be made with t-shirt yarn for a nice chunky design created in just a few rounds of crafting. Of course, you can use the pattern to make flowers in other yarn as well. Designer Anneke Wiese notes that if you join a few dozen of these flowers made in DK weight yarn you'll have a beautiful floral baby blanket.