This realistic free crochet daffodil pattern is designed to stand in a vase, or be used in a beautiful bouquet of crocheted flowers. My daffodil pattern is easy to follow, involves simple stitches, and takes very little yarn or time to create.

• Your crochet flower kit list.
• Notes for the pattern.
• The free crochet daffodil flower pattern

Daffodils are the ultimate sign of Spring around here. Having a bunch in a crocheted vase on my desk all year is certainly going to add a cheerful dash of color to my days!

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Your Equipment List

• Orange DK yarn
• Yellow DK yarn
• Green DK yarn*
• 3mm crochet hook
• Pipe cleaners (for stem support)
• Tapestry or yarn needle
• Scissors

I used Premier Value yellow DK yarn, King Cole’s Prize orange DK yarn and Sirdar Snuggly green DK yarn* for my daffodils. You should find any yarn of the same weight works up similarly, just remember that for some fibers like high percentage cotton you might need to slightly increase your hook size. Which will in turn slightly increase the overall size of your crocheted daffodil flowers.

Pattern Techniques

You’ll find the following crochet abbreviations in this pattern:

• sc – single crochet
• 2sc – make two single crochets into the same stitch
• sc2tog – use one single crochet to join two stitches together
• hdc – half double crochet
• dc – double crochet
• htr – half treble crochet
• tr – treble crochet
• slst – slip stitch

You’ll also need to be confident making magic circles and chaining.

Your Free Crochet Daffodil Pattern

Your crochet daffodil will be made in a few different sections, using orange and yellow yarn for the flower head and green yarn for the stem and leaves.

Crochet Daffodil Trumpet

Work the trumpet in your orange DK yarn with your 3mm crochet hook.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of eight stitches (8)

Round 2

2sc x 8 (16)

Round 3 – 8

1sc x 16 (16)

Round 9

*Make (1sc, 1dc, 1sc) into the same stitch, then slst into the next stitch. Repeat from * for the length of the round.

When you have completed the circle in this repetitive pattern, attach your yarn onto a needle and weave the loose end into the trumpet until it emerges from the base of this section, which will be your starting magic circle.

Crochet Daffodil Petals

Each of your crochet daffodil flowers will need six petals, arranged in threes around the base of the trumpet’s magic circle.

Work the petals in your yellow DK yarn with your 3mm crochet hook.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of six stitches (6)

Round 2

2sc x 6 (12)

Round 3

(1sc, 2sc) x 6 (18)

Round 4

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 6 (24)

Round 5

Your fifth round will be an incomplete round. Finish when you get to the end of the following instructions:

hdc, dc, htr, tr, htr, dc, hdc, sc, slst

This will give you a defined end to your petals, when you attach them together this end will be the one that is exposed around the trumpet.

Sewing Your Crochet Daffodil’s Petals Together

You are going to sew the petals onto the trumpet in two groups.

The first group of three will be attached onto the magic circle of the trumpet using the orange yarn tail emerging from there. Weave in and out to secure them tightly in place.

You’ll now switch to using a scrap of the yellow yarn to attach your next three petals. Line them up so that they cover each gap between the petals, giving a complete flower head when you look from the front.

Crochet Daffodil Stems

You’ll want to use a section of pipe cleaner to give structure to your crochet flower stems. Work in your green yarn using your 3mm crochet hook.

Row 1

Chain 40 + 1

Row 2 – 5

1sc x 40, turn, ch 1

Wrap around the section of pipe cleaner and hand sew down the edges.

When you’ve finished your flower you can hand sew the stem to it. Bend the end of the stem nearest to the head of the daffodil flower to give that classic position.

How to Crochet Daffodil Leaves

You are going to crochet your daffodil’s leaves in rows rather than rounds, working from a starting chain. Continue to work in your green yarn using your 3mm crochet hook.

Row 1

Make a chain of 41 stitches

Row 2

Slst x 5, sc x 5, hdc x 25, sc x 4, 3sc (33)

Row 3

Rotate and work into the back edge of your starting chain.

sc x 4, hdc x 5, dc x 5, hdc x 5, sc x 5, slst x 5

When you’ve made your leaf, you can sew it onto the stem using a section of your green yarn. I suggest joining it at the base of the stem, and one or two further points along the way up.

Your Crochet Daffodil Flower Bouquet

If you are creating a bunch of daffodils, I think they look best in groups of three or four. You can vary the shades of yarn to give variation, and consider only adding leaves to one or two of them for variation.

Happy Crocheting!

Lucy Kate, x

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My free crochet tulip pattern was designed to replicate one of my favorite flowers in a realistic way. I wanted anyone who glanced at them to go, woah, that’s a tulip alright! It’s a fairly detailed pattern, but quick to work up if you’ve got a little crocheting experience.

• What you’ll need.
• Pattern notes and abbreviations.
• Crochet tulip pattern.
• Crocheting the stem and leaves.

My realistic crochet tulip pattern is the first in a new series of crochet flower tutorials I’m working on! I’m really excited about this project, as the plan is to bring them all together in a beautiful bouquet when I’m done. But you can work your individual crochet flower patterns into matching bunches, creative displays or even crochet yourself a gorgeous vase to put them in.

What You’ll Need To Crochet Your Tulips

To crochet your tulips you’ll need:

• Brightly colored DK yarn
• 3mm crochet hook
• Pipe cleaners* (for stem support)
• Tapestry or yarn needle*
• Scissors

I recommend using an acrylic, wool or cotton/acrylic blend yarn. The yarns used in the example were from my yarn scraps stash. They included some Sirdar Snuggly*, Paintbox DK* and another brand that might have been DMC’s Woolly.

You don’t need to use a pipe cleaner to support the stem, any fine wire will work just fine. Or if you don’t want them to stand up, just crochet the stem alone and it will still look gorgeous laid flat!

Pattern Notes and Terms

To use this pattern you’ll need to be familiar with making a magic circle, crocheting chains, single crocheting and happy to do a little bit of hand sewing.

The abbreviations I’ll use in this pattern are:

• sc – single crochet
• 2sc – make two single crochets into the same stitch
• sc2tog – use one single crochet to join two stitches together
• hdc – half double crochet
• dc – double crochet
• slst – slip stitch

Free Crochet Tulip Pattern

Tulips come in a huge range of colors, but my preferred shades for this tulip crochet pattern are pinks and purples. Use your 3mm crochet hook and DK yarn.

Crocheting the Petals

Create four identical petals:

Round 1

Make a magic circle of eight stitches (8)

Round 2

2sc x 8 (16)

Round 3 – 8

1sc x 16 (16)

Round 9

sc2tog x 8 (8)

Round 10 – 11

1sc x 8 (8)

Round 12

sc2tog x 4 (4)

Sew the final four stitches together with your yarn needle.

Joining the Petals

Cut off all loose ends, leaving a loose end to pull back into each petal to hide them.

Thread your yarn needle with the same colored yarn. Please the petals overlapping each other in a circle.

Sew up the side of each petal, to join it to the adjacent petal.

Weave in and out to sew the bottom closed.

Crocheting Flower Stems

For the stems I recommend you keep it consistent in terms of the pattern, but change the color of fiber of the yarn to give variation if you are creating a bouquet.

I used a section of pipe cleaner to give structure to my crochet flower stems.

Row 1

Chain 35 + 1

Row 2 – 5

1sc x 35, turn, ch 1

Wrap around the section of pipe cleaner and hand sew down the edges.

When you’ve finished your flower you can hand sew a stem to it.

How to Crochet Tulip Leaves

I worked my tulip leaves into each side of a long chain. You don’t need to be exact with your stitch count for this, because leaves aren’t exactly even! This gives you a bit of artistic license to have fun with the design.

Row 1

Make a chain of 31 stitches

Row 2

Slst x 5, sc x 5, hdc x 5, dc x 5, hdc x 5, sc x 5, 3sc (33)

Row 3

Rotate and work into the back edge of your starting chain.

Sc x 5, hdc x 5, dc x 5, hdc x 5, sc x 5, slst x 5

Putting Your Crocheted Tulip Pattern Together

You can now hand sew the composite parts of your tulip flower together. Use a yarn that matches the area where the stitches will be most visible for the neatest finish.

Happy Crocheting!

Lucy Kate, x

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