A free flower crochet pattern for beginners, the flower pals

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Meet Margaret and Lily the cute little flower buddies! I created them as part of my little baby nursery decoration. It’s a super easy project and works up quickly, hope you will enjoy it too!

This hyper-cute pair of flowers can be a great toy or gift for a child. The pants of the two flowers are interchangeable which makes room for even more fun! You can also experiment with different colors for the petals and the body.

Where to find the pattern?

This pattern is available here in this blog post, or if you wish to get a printer-friendly PDF version you can download it free from my Ravelry Shop. 


Crochet Pattern

Materials

  • Less than 50 grams, sport weight/5 ply yarn in 5 colors. I used DROPS Safran.
    • Green
    • Yellow
    • White
    • Orange
    • Beige
  • 3 mm crochet hook
  • Toy Stuffing
  • Stitch marker
  • Embroidery needle
  • Embroidery floss
    • Black and white

Finished Size

The flowers are 10 cm (4 inches) from head to toe when using a 3 mm hook and DROPS Safran yarn. You can use other hook and yarn combinations to make your flowers bigger or smaller.

Notes

All sections are worked in a continuous round unless otherwise specified. Always mark the beginning of each round with a stitch marker. Chain stitches don’t count towards stitch count.


Abbreviations, US terminology

ch – chain
sc – single crochet
inc – single crochet increase
dec – decrease
rnd(s) – round(s)
st(s) – stitch(es)
sl - slipstitch
[ ] – repeat steps between brackets for the specified number of times
( ) – the number of stitches you should have at the end of each round


Body

rnd 1: in yellow or orange color, start with a magic ring, sc 6 into ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: Inc 6 (12 sts)
rnd 3: [sc 1, inc 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 4: [sc 2, inc 1] 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 5: [sc 3, inc 1] 6 times (30 sts)
rnd 6: [sc 4, inc 1] 6 times (36 sts)
rnd 7-18: Sc around (36 sts for 12 rounds)
rnd 19: [sc 4, dec 1] 6 times (30 sts)
rnd 20: [sc 3, dec 1] 6 times (24 sts)
rnd 21: [sc 2, dec 1] 6 times (18 sts)
rnd 22: [sc 1, dec 1] 6 times (12 sts)
rnd 23: dec 6 (6 sts)

Cut the yarn, stuff the body, and pull the yarn through the remaining 6 stitches.


Pants

rnd 1: in green color, start with a magic ring, sc 6 into ring (6 sts)
rnd 2: Inc 6 (12 sts)
rnd 3-5: Sc around (12 sts for 3 rounds)
Sl in the last stitch, fasten off. Now create another leg.

When you finished the second leg, don’t fasten off the yarn. Grab the other leg and sc around both legs for one round. (24 sts)
rnd 2: Sc around (24 sts)
rnd 3: [sc 3, inc 1] 6 times (30 sts)
rnd 4: [sc 4, inc 1] 6 times (36 sts)
rnd 5-17: Sc around (36 sts for 17 rounds)

Sl in the last stitch, fasten off.


Petals for Margaret

In white color join yarn in one of the front loops of the pants.

Sc 6 in front loops only. Now turn your work and sc 6 in the same 6 stitches, now back into loop only. This will create a 12 st long little round. Work in this round. rnds 1-6: Sc around (12 sts for 6 rounds) rnd 2: Dec 6 (6 sts) Pull through the yarn on the remaining 6 sts.

Petals for Lily

In beige color join yarn in one of the front loops of the pants. Sc 3 in front loops only. Now turn your work and sc 3 in the same 3 stitches, now back into loop only. This will create a 6 st long little round. Work in this round.

rnds 1-6: Sc around (6 sts for 6 rounds)

Pull trough the yarn on the 6 sts.



Embroidery

Using the dark thread, embroider the face. Using the light thread, embroider simple lines on the front of the body. Make sure that the spaces between the lines are even, you can use the crocheted rows as a guide, so one stitch can be just as long as a crochet stitch.

Yay! Congrats, your flowers are ready! I can't wait to see your work, tag me on Instagram - @spinachandstitch if you share them! If you have any questions about the pattern just drop me a line here: spinachandstitch@gmail.com



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