{"id":20,"date":"2026-10-13T06:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T06:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2026-10-13T06:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T06:27:09","slug":"crochet-flower-garland-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"Crochet Flower Garland Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crochet flower garland is one of the easiest ways to turn small motifs into a finished decoration. This tutorial uses simple flowers, small leaves, and a chain base. The important part is spacing: flowers need enough room to be visible, but not so much that the garland looks empty. The counts below make a balanced garland about 36 inches long.<\/p>\n<h2>Materials<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Five small crochet flowers, each about 2.5 inches wide.<\/li>\n<li>Ten crochet leaves.<\/li>\n<li>DK cotton for the chain cord.<\/li>\n<li>3.5 mm hook, yarn needle, scissors, and pins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Make the cord<\/h2>\n<p>Ch 140 for a short mantel or shelf garland. Mark the center chain with a stitch marker. If you want hanging loops, ch 12 more at each end and slip stitch back into the cord to form loops. A 140-chain cord in DK cotton is usually close to 36 inches, but the final length depends on your tension.<\/p>\n<h2>Place the flowers<\/h2>\n<p>Lay the cord on a table. Pin one flower at the center marker. Count about 18 chains to the left and place the next flower, then count 18 more chains for the outer flower. Repeat on the right side. You should have five flowers total: one center flower and two on each side.<\/p>\n<h2>Add leaves<\/h2>\n<p>Place two leaves near each flower, angled in opposite directions. Keep the leaves slightly tucked under the flower edges so the garland looks connected. Sew each flower to the chain cord through the back center, then sew each leaf with two or three small stitches at the base.<\/p>\n<h2>Finishing<\/h2>\n<p>Hold the garland up before weaving in the final tails. If one flower turns forward too much, add a small hidden stitch from the petal back to the cord. Steam gently, let the garland dry flat, and store it rolled rather than folded so the petals keep their shape.<\/p>\n<h2>Color planning<\/h2>\n<p>Choose one main flower color, one accent flower color, and two greens for leaves. Repeating colors in a planned order makes the garland feel intentional. For example, place the accent color at the center and both ends, then fill the spaces with the main color.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crochet flower garland is one of the easiest ways to turn small motifs into a finished decoration. This tutorial uses simple flowers, small leaves, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flower-tutorials","category-garlands-wreaths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}