Flowers for a Granny Square Crochet Pattern (UK Version)

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7 years ago

For my latest crochet beginner guide I’ll be showing you how to make these flowers for a granny square crochet pattern. This is what the flowers will look like.

There will also be an easy to follow video tutorial for this pattern available on my YouTube channel at Flowers for a Granny Square Crochet Tutorial.

This pattern will be using UK terminology. If you would like to view the US version go to Flowers for a Granny Square Crochet Pattern (US Version).

Flowers for a Granny Square Crochet Pattern

Abbreviations

st – stitch
sts – stitches
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
dc – double crochet
htr – half treble crochet
tr – treble crochet
dtr – double treble crochet

Materials Used

3 colours of wool or cotton. I used 8 ply wool which is light worsted in the US and DK in the UK.
Crochet hook, I used a 2.5mm hook.
Scissors.
Thread to stitch on the leaves.
Sewing needle.
Darning needle to weave in ends.

Centre of Flower

Make a magic loop.

Row 1: 1 ch, 8 dc into circle. Pull circle tight and sl st into 1^st ch.

Row 2: 1 ch, work 2 dc into each dc from 1^st row. (16 dc) Sl st into 1^st ch. Fasten off.

Petals

Join main colour to any st on flower centre.

Row 1: (3 ch, 1 joined tr in same st as ch and next st, 3 ch, sl st in same st as last part of joined tr, sl st in next st) repeat to end. Sl st in bottom of 1^st petal.

Row 2: (4 ch, sl st into the beginning bottom of the next petal as shown) repeat to end, joining with a sl st into start of 1^st 4 ch loop at the end of the row.

Row 3: (2 ch, 1 tr, 1 dtr, 1 tr, 1 htr in loop, sl st into next 4 ch loop) repeat to end. Fasten off.

Leaves

7 ch.

Row 1: Miss 1^st ch, work 1 dc in each of next 2 sts, 1 htr in each of following 2 sts, 1 tr in each of last 2 sts. 3 ch sl st in same place as last tr.

Row 2: 3 ch, working into the back of the ch work 1 tr in 1^st ch, 1 htr in each of next 2 sts, 1 dc in each of following 3 sts, sl st into end of leaf. Fasten off.

To Make Up

Weave in ends. Stitch the leaves on back of flower as shown.

And here is the first leaf joined, viewed from the back.

And this is the finished flower.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed the pattern. If you have you might want to have a look at some of my other patterns including the crochet orchid, crochet rose and crochet tree.