How To Crochet A Bow
Is it just me that finds bows fundamentally confusing. Watching someone tie a bow-tie is a mystery in itself, but getting a good bow shape from a ribbon ends before it’s ever begun. So I was excited to come up with a crochet bow pattern that was both easy to make, and had that traditional neat but cute bow look.
This crochet bow is oversized and makes an adorable hair accessory or bag charm!
What You Will Need
- 50g light pink cotton blend DK yarn
- 20g dark pink cotton blend DK yarn
- 4mm crochet hook
The Stitches
For this pattern I used some nice simple stitches including:
- sk – skip the next stitch
- ch – chain
- slst – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- 3sc – three single crochets into one stitch
Free Crochet Bow Pattern
Begin working in your light pink yarn
Round 1
Make a chain of 141 stitches
Round 2
The pattern is going to be worked around the chain in circular rounds from here onwards.
sk1, 1sc x 139, 3sc, 1sc x 139, 2sc, slst
Round 3
ch1, 1sc x 140, 3sc, 1sc x 141, 3sc, 1sc, slst
Round 4
ch1, 1sc x 141, 3sc, 1sc x 143, 3sc, 1sc x 2, slst
cc to dark pink
Round 5
ch1, 1sc x 142, 3sc, 1sc x 144, 4sc, 1sc x 3, slst
Separating Sections
To create the nicest look from this bow, you will now want to separate out three sections. First wrap some yarn around the middle of the tie. Then fold each side into three parts, and wrap at the furthest end third of each side.
The little ends will be your bow’s tails, the rest will make up the bulk of the bow.
Fold each side and using stitch markers pin it into the shape that looks the best.
The Tie
To join your bow you’ll make one final section.
Row 1
ch21
Row 2
sk1, 1sc x 20
Row 3 – 4
ch1, 1sc x 19
Options
You’ll notice that my three crochet bows pictured have different central strips. When I was testing this pattern I went back and forth with the tie width, if you prefer the look of the thinner tie than just finish on row 2 for that section instead.
