I really wanted to make something a little different this morning, and I’ve had so much fun making flower bookmarks recently that I decided that was definitely a crochet project that had huge appeal. And i’m so glad I went for it, and excited to share this simple crochet bracelet pattern with you today.

What I Used

• 20g yellow dk yarn
• 20g green dk yarn
• 20g white dk yarn
• 3mm crochet hook
• scissors
• yarn needle

The Stitches

• magic circle
• ch – chain
• dc – double crochet
• slst – slip stitch
• cc – color change

Crochet Bracelet Pattern

I started by making up the flowers. I used five for my bracelet, but if your wrist is wider or more narrow you might need to make one more or less.

The Flowers

Begin working in your yellow yarn.

Row 1

Make a magic circle of five stitches

cc to white yarn

Row 2

ch2, then make 2dc and slst into the next stitch.

*(ch2, 2dc, slst) into each of the remaining four stitches of the magic circle.

Tie off, sew in the white and one of the yellow yarn ends, snipping them off close to the back of the flower. Leave one long strand of yellow yarn out of the back of each flower for sewing in later.

The Bracelet Band

Make a starting chain that is a multiple of five stitches. It should reach neatly around your wrist with a couple of finger space. I made a chain of 45 stitches.

Now chain five stitches, then slst back into the tenth chain from the hook. Working along the remainder of the chain, slip stitch every five stitches, with a five stitch space.

Attaching The Flowers

Lay out the bracelet in front of you, and place the flowers at alternate joining points. Use your yarn needle to sew each flower on, working in and out of the bracelet band and the center of the flower. Tie off and cut the ends short.

The final flower will provide the attachment for the bracelet, and the loop from the other end will secure it closed.

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If you love both reading and crochet, you aren’t alone. These hobbies often go hand and hand, so why not make them bond even closer by crocheting your own bookmark!

I’m a serial page folder. I know I’m not meant to do it, but there is no way I can remember the page number by myself, and the last time I owned a bookmark was sometime in the 90’s…

So I’ve decided to try to save my books from permanently bent pages, by crocheting myself a bunch of bookmarks instead.

This design has a few different forms. You can adjust both the length of the stem, and the number of petals, to suit your own style and the size of books that you tend to read.

If you use DK yarn your 41 chain start will leave you with a bookmark about 8 inches long, and the 51 chain start will be closer to 10 inches.

The Stitches

Your Kit List

We are going to make the bookmark in three sections, and then join them together when they are all complete.

Stem

You will need to use your green yarn for the stem section of your bookmark.

Round 1

Chain 41 or 51 depending on the length of stem you want for your books.

Round 2

Sk1, 1sc x 39. Make 5sc into the end stitch, working around the edge of the stem. Now make 1sc x 39 down the other side. Finally make 1sc x 4 into the end stitch, and slip stitch to join into the next stitch.

Leaves

Work the leaves in your green yarn.

Round 1

Ch21

Round 2

Sk1, slst x 3, sc, hdc x 2, dc x 2, hdc, slst x 2, hdc, dc x 2, hdc x 2, sc, slst x 3. Turn and work the same pattern of stitches down the other side.

Flower Option 1 – Full Petals

Round 4

Now work around every petal, making a single crochet into each side, three single crochets into the top of each petal, then a single crochet down the other side. Between each petal make a slip stitch into the bottom stitch.

When you have made the final stitch of the last petal, take a yarn needle and thread a tail of yarn. Take that tail and sew the base of each petal closed as shown in the image. This will give your flower a much neater finish.

Flower Option 2 – Eight Petals

Round 1

Make a magic circle of eight stitches with your orange yarn.

Round 2

2sc x 8, then slst to close. Color change to your petal color.

Round 3

Working into one of the edge stitches of the middle of the flower

*chain 7, sk1, sc, 1hdc x 3, sc x 2, slst into base of next two stitches.

Repeat from * until the last stitch of round 2, then slst into the base of the first chain 7 of the round.

Round 4

Now work around every petal, making a single crochet into each side, three single crochets into the top of each petal, then a single crochet down the other side. Between each petal make a slip stitch into the bottom stitch.

When you have made the final stitch of the last petal, take a yarn needle and thread a tail of yarn. Take that tail and sew the base of each petal closed as shown in the image. This will give your flower a much neater finish.

Joining Your Bookmark

To complete your bookmark, grab your yarn needle and a piece of green yarn. I began by attaching the leaves to the base of the stem, sewing in and out around the central section of the leaves through to the bottom of the stem.

When that is attached, take your orange yarn and sew the other end of the stem to the orange center of the flower, making sure that you attach to the back side of your flower’s stitches.

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This bright crochet sunflower pattern creates a floral display that doesn’t just look good, it is cheerful too! Made with basic crochet stitches, this crochet flower pattern is beginner friendly.

• Your crochet kit list
• Pattern notes and information
• Your free realistic crochet sunflower pattern

I made these sunflowers for a close friend’s birthday. It’s her favorite flower, so the pressure was on to get them accurate but also to create a fun, bold and bright bouquet.

What Kit You’ll Need

• Brown DK yarn – I used Deramere’s Studio Babylux*
• Black DK yarn- I used Paintbox Yarn’s Simply DK*
• Yellow DK yarn – I used Paintbox Yarn’s Simply DK*
• Green DK yarn – I used Hayfield’s Bonus DK*
• 4mm crochet hook
• Pipe cleaners
• Toy stuffing
• Tapestry or yarn needle
• Scissors

Your Free Crochet Sunflower Pattern

You’ll make your beautiful crocheted sunflower in a few parts, which you will hand sew together as you go along.

Crocheting The Sunflower’s Head

The central part of your sunflower will be crocheted in brown yarn with your 4mm crochet hook. You’ll add some details on in black yarn when it’s come together.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of eight stitches (8)

Round 2

2sc x 8 (16)

Round 3

(1sc, 2sc) x 8 (24)

Round 4

1sc x 24 (24)

Round 5

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 8 (32)

Round 6

1sc x 32 (32)

Round 7

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 8 (24)

Round 8

(1sc, sc2tog) x 8 (16)

Fill with toy safe stuffing.

Round 9

sc2tog x 12, then slip stitch, tie off and attach the yarn needle. Sew the circle to a tight close.

Attach the black yarn to your needle and sew random marks of black on the front (where you initially grew the circle) side of the crochet sunflower’s head.

Crochet Sunflower Petals

Make 16 individual petals, using your yellow DK yarn and 4mm crochet hook.

Round 1

Make a chain of 11 stitches. (10 + 1)

Round 2

You are going to work all the way around your chain.

Skip the first stitch. 1 sc x 9, 3sc x 1, 1sc x 9.

Turn

Round 3

Chain 1, 1sc x 10, 3sc x 1, 1sc x 10.

Tie off and sew a long tail of yarn all the way around the circumference of the petal to give it definition. Weaving in and out of the edge stitches.

Attaching the Petals

You are going to attach the petals in two stages.

For the first stage, lay your petals on a flat surface in front of you. Take eight of them, and sew them together at the end only, attaching them in an overlapping pattern as shown in the image below.

For the second stage, turn your patterns wrong side up and sew one additional petal between each pair of petals as pictured.

Joining the Head of the Crochet Sunflower

Use your yellow yarn and a needle, and sew around approximately the second round in from the heads closing circle. Weave the head tightly onto the petals, being sure to line it up centrally.

How to Crochet a Sunflower Stem

Using your green yarn and 4mm crochet hook.

Sewing the Crochet Sunflower’s Stem

Use your yarn needle and green yarn, and tightly sew the top of the stem onto the central point of the rear side of the petals.

Arranging your Crocheted Sunflowers

My crochet sunflowers are going to be bunched together with a ribbon, but you can use yours however you’d like. I would love to hear how you get along with the pattern, and please do tag me on Insta or share photos on Facebook so that I can see your awesome creations.

If you’re hoping to make a bunch of crocheted flowers, don’t forget to check out my daffodil and tulip patterns too!

Happy Crocheting!

Lucy Kate, x

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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.

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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