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How to Crochet a Flower: Easy 5-Petal Flower Tutorial for Beginners

Learn how to crochet a flower in two rounds with this free beginner pattern: a five-petal flower with a contrast center, plus easy variations and ways to use it.

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A finished five-petal crochet flower in berry pink with a butter-yellow center, resting on an open palm next to a crochet hook.Save

If you can make a magic ring and a double crochet, you can make this flower. Learning how to crochet a flower is one of the most rewarding beginner milestones: it’s your first piece worked in the round, it takes about 15 minutes, and the result is genuinely useful as a hair clip, a bag charm, an appliqué, or the first stem of a bouquet.

This pattern is two rounds: a contrast center, then five rounded petals.

What You’ll Need

Supplies for a crochet flower: two small balls of cotton yarn in pink and yellow, a 3.5 mm hook, scissors, and a tapestry needle.Save
Two colors of cotton, a 3.5 mm hook, and scissors. That's the entire supply list.

Use cotton or a cotton blend in DK weight. It gives crisp, round petals. Any two colors work, but a darker or brighter center makes the flower read as a flower from across the room. You’ll also use a MR, sc, sl st, hdc, and dc. Hover over any of them for a reminder.

Round 1: Make the Center

Start with color A (the center).

Yellow yarn wrapped around two fingers forming a magic ring with the hook pulling up a loop.Save
Step 1: the magic ring. Wrap, pull up a loop, and chain 1 to lock it.

Make a magic ring and chain 1 to lock it (this chain doesn’t count as a stitch). Work 10 single crochet into the ring, over both strands.

Ten single crochet stitches worked into a magic ring before it is pulled closed.Save
Ten single crochet into the ring. Count them before you pull the ring closed.

Count them: exactly 10. Then pull the tail firmly to close the center completely, and join with a slip stitch to the first sc. Cut the yarn and fasten off (FO).

A tight yellow crochet flower center after the magic ring has been pulled closed and joined.Save
Pull the tail and the center closes. Join with a slip stitch and fasten off.

Round 2: Crochet the Petals

Now switch to color B. Make a slip knot on your hook with the new color, insert the hook into any stitch of the center, yarn over, and pull through both the stitch and the loop on your hook. That’s a slip-stitch join, and it’s the anchor for your first petal.

Pink yarn being joined to the yellow flower center with a slip stitch.Save
Join the petal color with a slip stitch in any stitch of the center.

Each petal is four stitches worked into one stitch: (hdc, 2 dc, hdc). Then you slip stitch into the next stitch to anchor it. With 10 stitches in the center, that’s exactly 5 petals.

The first pink crochet petal worked on the yellow center: half double, two double crochet, half double in one stitch.Save
One petal = half double, two double crochet, half double, all in the same stitch.

Keep your petal stitches relaxed. Tight petals make the flower cup upward instead of lying flat.

A crochet flower with three of five pink petals completed.Save
Slip stitch into the next stitch to anchor each petal, then start the next one. Three down, two to go.

The Full Pattern

Here’s the complete pattern with a tracker. Tick each step as you go. It remembers your progress if you close the page.

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A finished five-petal crochet flower with yarn tails being woven in on the back.Save
Weave in the tails on the back, or leave one long to sew the flower onto something.

Easy Variations

Change one thing and you get a completely different flower:

  • Bigger, longer petals: work (dc, 2 tr, dc) instead of (hdc, 2 dc, hdc).
  • Pointed petals: (hdc, dc, ch 2, sl st in 2nd ch from hook for a picot, dc, hdc).
  • Two-layer flower: make one flower with (hdc, 2 dc, hdc) petals and one with (dc, 2 tr, dc) petals, then stack the small one on top, offset so the petals sit between each other.
  • Six petals: use 12 sc in Round 1 and work 6 petals.
A row of crochet flower variations: small, large, pointed petals, and a two-layer flower.Save
Same pattern, four looks: swap the petal stitches for taller ones, add picots, or stack two sizes.

Color Ideas

  • Classic daisy: yellow center, white petals.
  • Berry and butter: pink petals, yellow center, the Yarn Candy look.
  • Tonal: two shades of the same color for a softer, more modern flower.
  • Rainbow scrap jar: different petals every time. Perfect for leftover yarn.
Colorful five-petal crochet flowers made in many color combinations scattered on a table.Save
Once you know the pattern, color is the fun part. Make a dozen from scraps.

What to Make With Your Flowers

Crochet flowers used as a hair clip, a bag charm, and a gift topper.Save
Three ways to use one flower: a hair clip, a bag charm on a split ring, or a gift topper.

Once this flower feels easy, try a 3D bloom next: the rolled crochet rose or a sunflower. Or browse all 20 of our crochet flower ideas.

A jar of finished crochet flowers on a sunny windowsill.Save
Make one every evening this week and you'll have enough for a jar, a garland, or a bouquet.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is there a hole in the middle of my crochet flower?

The magic ring wasn't pulled tight, or you started with a chain ring instead. Pull the tail firmly before joining the round, then weave the tail through the center stitches in two directions so it can't loosen.

Magic Ring in the Crochet Stitches Guide →
Can I make this flower in one color?

Yes. Skip fastening off after Round 1: just slip stitch into the next stitch and start the petals. It's a little quicker, though the contrast center is what makes the flower pop.

How do I make the petals bigger?

Use taller stitches. Work (dc, 2 tr, dc) in each petal stitch instead of (hdc, 2 dc, hdc) for longer, more open petals, or use a thicker yarn and bigger hook for a bigger flower overall.

My flower is curling up like a cup. What happened?

Your petal tension is tighter than your center, or your hook is too small. Try a half size larger hook for Round 2 only. Blocking with a little steam or water flattens a slight cup.

What can I make with lots of small crochet flowers?

A bouquet on wire stems, a garland, a flower-appliqué beanie, a bag covered in flowers, or flower-center granny squares for a blanket.

Crochet Flower Bouquet Guide →

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