Teeny Tiny Flowers

This is a very simple little crochet pattern for small five-petalled flowers and leaves.
I love making crochet flowers. I love the decorative nature of them, that they can be used to embellish all sorts of crochet, knit or fabric garments and objects.
They can be used to decorate  a bag, a hat, a cushion, a coat.
In rows, in little posies, or randomly scattered.

First a word about yarn thickness and hook size.
Below are three flowers made using the exact same pattern, but with different yarns and hooks.
On the left, Rowan DK handknit cotton, on the recommended 4mm hook.
In the middle, the same Rowan cotton, but on a 3.5mm hook.
On the right, Rowan DK wool on a 3.5mm hook.

I prefer to use a slightly smaller hook size than usual so that the flowers come out tighter/smaller (as in the middle flower). It's up to you :: experiment with your own yarns and hook sizes to see which you are happiest with.

The pattern is written in UK terms, the stitches as follows ::

sl st :: insert hook, yarn over, pull the loop back through the stitch, then through the loop on your hook.

dc:: insert hook, yarn over, pull the loop back through the stitch (two loops on hook), yarn over and pull through both loops on hook.

htr :: yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull the loop back through the stitch (three loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all three loops on hook.

tr :: yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull the loop back through the stitch (three loops on hook), yarn over and pull through two loops on hook (two loops left on hook), yarn over and pull through remaining two loops.

For US peeps:

UK dc = US sc

UK htr = US hdc

UK tr = US dc

To begin : chain 4 and join to form a ring. It'll be small, but you should be able to wiggle it with your finger and find the central hole to work out of or the first round.

Round 1 ::

Ch 2, work 9 dc stitches into the ring, join with a sl st in 2nd ch of initial ch-2 (see pic above)

Round 2  ::

work out of the stitches for this round.

*chain 2, then work 1 tr, 1 htr into first stitch.

sl st into next stitch.*

Repeat between **, 4 more times ending in a sl st. Fasten off.

Each petal should take up 2 stitches (one for the tr/htr stitches and 1 to sl st into)

You can see in the above pic that there are 2 stitches left waiting for the last petal to be made and sl stitched.

LEAVES ::

chain 6.

Row 1 ::

beginning in 2nd chain from hook, work 1dc, 1htr, 1 tr, 1htr, 1dc.

Chain 1 and turn.

Row 2 ::

beginning in 2nd chain from hook, work 1dc, 1htr, 1 tr, 1htr, 1dc.

fasten off, and use a darning needle to darn ends down through the centre of the leaves.

Happy Hooking!

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Comments

[Belinda]

I am working on this now for my sister’s 70th birthday presents, one of them anyway. She loves my crochet wreaths. I’m sure she’ll leave it up for more than just “the season.” These types of wreaths are great for doors in Florida that have a screen door w/ glass outside the main door. There’s not much space between the door and screen door so they FIT, and by golly, these yarns don’t get faded out in the sun like other wreath materials. Nice job on the design. Very enjoyable to make and play with your own color scheme depending on your scraps! Bravo!

[Suzanne Hilton]

Hi I just found this pattern,the flowers are perfect size for me to add to a unicorn beanie I've made for my 3yr old grand daughter.

[Manu]

Found your tutorial looking for tiny flowers to put on some cute baby sandals. Thank you for sharing!

[Gail Weiss]

What is the diameter of the smallest flower?

[Marie Rosplock]

https://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/teeny-tiny-flowers.html
How do I do round 2 - specifically: Round 1 :: Ch 2, work 9 dc stitches into the ring, join with a sl st in 2nd ch of initial ch-2
Round 2:: "work out of the stitches" for this round. *chain 2,then work 1 dc, 1 hdc into first stitch. sl st into next stitch.* [I converted the UK stitches to US].
I am unfamiliar with the wordage "work out of the stitches". Could you please explain how I do that? Thank you.

[Jane honey fraser]

Please can you tell me the name of frida kahlo inspired head band where find pattern please

[samuel]

really nice. thanks for sharing.

[Mary Gilleran]

Thank You for the use of your teeny tiny flower instructions.

[Christine Ramsey]

Thank you for the instructions ... I'm hoping to make a slew of purple poppies for Murphy's Army 2019 campaign ... honoring wartime service animals.
Have a safe day.
God bless

[Jeon]

Amazing and creative design flowers.

[Meenakshi Singh]

I am going to substitute the flowers with little hearts so that l can decorate some of my projects. Please accept our hearty thanks from my Way2flowers team.

[creativemummybear.blogspot.co.uk]

Used this lovely little flower pattern to decorate my Yarndale 2017 heart! Thank you xx

[Jan Maguire]

Thanks that pattern was exactly what I needed.
😊Jan😊

[shorty]

thank you for this pattern.It is so cute.
i can not wait to get started.

[shorty]

thank you for this pattern.It is so cute.
i can not wait to get started.

[Jan]

Thanks so much for this pattern. It's one I used while crocheting flowers for my spring wreath. I shared it on my blog and linked to your pattern.
Jan
https://janmadeit.wordpress.com/2017/05/27/crocheted-flowers/

[nananghadeh]

I try and I came across your blog this morning and I've already successfully made 2 crochet flowers. This isn't huge for someone who can already crochet I guess but for someone who has been constantly frustrated at being unable to make something simple

[tgruy]

Thank you so much for the ideas, and for sharing. I made a heart with flowers for my mom's crypt.

[Ginger]

I have been looking for the cutest, easy pattern for flowers...
YOU WIN!!!
Thank you for sharing,
Ginger

[Eman]

I don't know why but flowers never look like yours ... the borders are not as Sharp

[Tomson]

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[Lina]

https://www.eurofloorslondon.co.uk/

[Colette]

Very creative, thank you for sharing. I placed the tiny
flowers with leaves on my crocheted towel toppers for
added beauty.

[Linda]

Oops, meant to say so that l can substitute the flowers for hearts for Valentine projects

[Linda]

Your work is a rare talent with such vibrant colours, it puts a smile on my face. Thank you for this! I am going to substitute the flowers with little hearts so that l can decorate some of my projects.