Crochet Water Lily Pattern

kerriscrochet@gmail.com

1 year ago

Welcome to my crochet water lily pattern. This pattern was another request. This is what the finished water lily applique will look like.

There’s also a video tutorial for this pattern available on my YouTube channel at crochet water lily tutorial.

To view this pattern for free, continue to scroll down this page. If you want to download the ad-free version, it’s available on my Ravelry store for $1 at crochet water lily pattern and on LoveCrafts at crochet water lily pattern.

This pattern will be using US terminology. If you want to view the UK version, go to crochet water lily pattern (UK version).

Crochet Water Lily Pattern

Abbreviations

st – stitch
sts – stitches
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – treble crochet

Materials Used

Any thickness crochet cotton or yarn, I used Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat 2 ply crochet cotton colors (106) Snow White and (208) Yellow Gold.
A crochet hook, I used a 1mm hook.
A darning needle to weave in ends and stitch the centre to the flower.
Scissors.

Size

Large water lily (Using 8 ply yarn & a 3mm hook)

7cm wide x 7cm high or 2.75” wide x 2.75” high

Medium water lily (Using 4 ply crochet cotton & a 1.5mm hook)

5.5cm wide x 5.5cm high or 2.25” wide x 2.25” high

Small water lily (Using 2 ply crochet cotton & a 1mm hook)

4.5cm wide x 4.5cm high or 1.75” wide x 1.75” high

Flower Centre

Using (208) Yellow Gold, make a magic loop.

Row 1: 1 ch, work 5 sc in the circle. Pull the circle tight and join with a sl st in the front loop of 1^st st. (5 sts)

Row 2: (3 ch, miss 1^st ch, 1 sl st in each of last 2 ch, sl st in front loop of next st) 5 times.

Row 3: Sl st in back loop of 1^st st of row 1, (3 ch, miss 1^st ch, sl st in each of last 2 ch, sl st in back loop of same st, 3 ch, miss 1^st ch, sl st in each of last 2 ch, sl st in back loop of next st of row 1) 5 times. Fasten off. I left a long tail to join it to the flower.

Flower

Using (106) Snow White make a magic loop.

Row 1: 1 ch, work 8 sc in the circle. Pull the circle tight and join with a sl st in the front loop of 1^st st. (8 sts)

Row 2: (7 ch, work 1 sl st in 2^nd ch from hook, 1 hdc in next ch, 1 dc in each of following 3 ch, 1 sc in last ch, sl st in front loop of next st) 8 times.

Row 3: Sl st in back loop of 1^st st of row 1, (8 ch, work 1 sl st in 2^nd ch from hook, 1 hdc in next ch, 1 dc in following ch, 1 tr in each of next 3 ch, 1 hdc in last ch, sl st in back loop of next st of row 1) 8 times. Fasten off.