Easy Crochet Flower Pattern - Creative Cynchronicity

Crocheting has always been one of my favorite comfort activities. There’s something about the gentle rhythm of the stitches that feels like meditation with yarn – calming, centering, and full of heart. I first learned to crochet sitting beside my grandmother Ma, and this easy crochet flower pattern brings back sweet memories of those times.

This beginner-friendly tutorial shows you how to crochet a flower step by step. These crocheted flowers are the same kind Ma used to stitch onto the granny square afghans she made every year. Each Christmas, a few lucky family members would be gifted one of her beautiful handmade blankets. Mine is pink and green and covered in flowers just like these — and now, I’m passing that love forward, one petal at a time.

Step-by-step images showing how to crochet a simple flower with pink petals and yellow center

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List of Supplies

Yarn – I used a medium worsted weight
Crochet hook – I used a 2.5 mm hook
Scissors
Tapestry needle

Stitches used for this project

Chain – CH
Magic Ring – MR
Half Double Crochet – HDC
Double Crochet – DC
Single Crochet – SC
Treble Crochet – TC
Slip Stitch – SL St

Two crochet flowers in pink and white with yellow centers and leaves, placed side by side on pastel green paper.

Check out our Crocheted Puff Flower tutorial for another variation.

Instructions:

Close-up of a crochet hook and yellow yarn with a slip knot to start the flower

Step 1:

Make a magic ring.

Yellow yarn with chain stitches and crochet hook starting the center of the flower

Step 2:

Chain 3 into the magic ring (chain 3 counts as a 1 DC).

Small yellow crochet circle showing the completed first round of the flower center

Step 3:

Work 14 DC into the magic ring.

Expanding the yellow flower center with additional stitches in the second round

Step 4:

Make a slip stitch into the 3^rd chain

Fully formed yellow crochet circle for the flower center

Step 5:

Now work 3 chains (chain 3 counts as a DC) and 1 DC into the same space.

Completed third round of yellow center with neat stitch pattern

Step 6:

Work 2 DC into each stitch for this round. End this round with a slip-stitch. This round will have a total of 30 DCs.

Pink yarn added to the yellow center as petal row begins in crochet flower pattern

Step 7:

Chain 3 and work 1 DC into the same space.

Beginning the next round of stitches to expand the yellow crochet flower center

Step 8:

2 DC into the next two spaces (1 DC in each space)

Completed yellow circular center of the crochet flower, ready for petal stitches

Step 9:

Repeat this pattern (1 DC, 1 DC, 2 DC) until you reach the first stitch of this round. Lastly, make a slip stitch.

Pink yarn being attached to the outer edge of the yellow crochet flower center

Step 10:

Cut the yarn and sew it at the backside of the pattern. This is the center of the flower.

First stitches of the petal round beginning in pink yarn on yellow flower center

Step 11:

Take a bundle of new yarn for the petal part and insert it through any outer stitch of the center pattern. Chain 1.

Pink yarn forming the start of the first petal on the crochet flower

Step 12:

Work 1 HDC into the next space (1^st).

One completed pink petal worked onto the yellow crochet flower center

Step 13:

Work 2 DC into the next space (2^nd).

Petal row in progress on crochet flower with pink yarn and visible stitch definition

Step 14:

Work 2 TC into the next space (3^rd)

Multiple pink petals crocheted around the yellow flower center

Step 15:

Now, work 2 DC into the next space, and 1 HDC into the next space.

Nearly completed flower with all five petals worked around the yellow center

Step 16:

Make a slip stitch into the next space.

Fully crocheted flower with yellow center and pink scalloped petals

Step 17:

Repeat this pattern around (1 HDC, 2 DC, 2 TC, 2 DC, 1 HDC, Sl St) Finish this round with 5 petals.

Crochet flower with pink petal shaping partially completed around yellow center, showing next petal in progress

Step 18:

Work 1 SC into the next space.

Close-up of a crochet flower as the second petal is being worked in pink yarn around a yellow center

Step 19:

Work 1 HDC into the next space.

Crocheted flower with three pink petals formed around a yellow circular base, in progress

Step 20:

2 DC into the next 4 spaces (2 DC in each space).

A crocheted flower with more pink petals added around the yellow center, showing work in progress with hook

Step 21:

Now work 1 HDC into the next space and 1 SC into the next space, again make a slip stitch into the next space.

Crochet flower showing nearly complete pink petal round around yellow center, hook and yarn in place

Step 22:

Repeat this pattern (1 SC, 1 HDC, 2 DC, 2 DC, 1 HDC, 1 SC, Sl St).

Flower with five distinct pink petals around a yellow center, crochet hook still inserted in final stitch

Step 23:

Skip 1 stitch then work 1 SC.

Completed crochet flower with five rounded pink petals surrounding a golden yellow center

Step 24:

Work 2 SC into the next 8 spaces (2 SC in each space).

Finished crocheted flower with evenly spaced pink petals and a yellow spiral center, hook and yarn visible

Step 25:

Work 1 SC into the next space.

Fully formed pink petal round completed around yellow center, crochet hook in final stitch

Step 26:

Skip 1 space then make a slip stitch.

Final step of pink petal round completed on crochet flower, with a smooth five-petal shape and bright yellow center

Step 27:

Repeat this pattern (skip 1 stitch, 1 SC, 2 SC into the next 8 spaces (2 SC in each space), 1 SC, skip 1 stitch, Sl St).

Step 28:

Cut the yarn then sew it at the backside of the pattern.

You can add these flowers to your favorite granny square pattern just like my grandmother used to do!

Two crochet flowers—one white and one pink—with yellow centers and small green leaves placed on a green background.