{"id":24,"date":"2026-10-13T06:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T06:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-10-13T06:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T06:27:40","slug":"beginner-crochet-flower-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Crochet Flower Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This beginner crochet flower tutorial teaches a five-petal flower using basic stitches. It is a good first flower because the center is small, the petals repeat clearly, and the final stitch count is easy to check. Use two colors if you want the center to stand out, or make the entire flower in one color for a simple practice piece.<\/p>\n<h2>Materials<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Worsted cotton yarn in one or two colors.<\/li>\n<li>4 mm crochet hook.<\/li>\n<li>Yarn needle, scissors, and one stitch marker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stitches used<\/h2>\n<p>You need chain, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, and double crochet. If you are very new to crochet, practice making a chain that is not too tight. Tight chains make the petals harder to shape.<\/p>\n<h2>Center<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Make a magic ring or ch 4 and sl st to form a ring.<\/li>\n<li>Ch 1, work 10 sc into the ring, and sl st to the first sc.<\/li>\n<li>Pull the center closed. You should have exactly 10 sc around the center.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Petals<\/h2>\n<p>Each petal uses two center stitches. Repeat five times: in the next stitch, work ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, sl st into the same stitch. Sl st into the next stitch to move between petals. After five repeats, the flower has five petals and five movement stitches between them.<\/p>\n<h2>Finishing<\/h2>\n<p>Fasten off and leave a sewing tail if the flower will be attached to another project. Use your fingers to open each petal and make the spaces even. If a petal looks taller than the others, check whether you accidentally made three double crochet stitches instead of two. Weave ends through the back of the center and trim neatly.<\/p>\n<h2>Ways to use it<\/h2>\n<p>Sew the flower to a hair clip, a crochet square, a gift tag, a baby blanket corner, or a simple chain garland. Make several in different colors for easy practice and a cheerful finished project.<\/p>\n<h2>Practice idea<\/h2>\n<p>Make three flowers in the same yarn with three hook sizes: 3.5 mm, 4 mm, and 4.5 mm. Compare the petals and center. This small exercise teaches how hook size changes drape, firmness, and finished flower size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This beginner crochet flower tutorial teaches a five-petal flower using basic stitches. It is a good first flower because the center is small, the petals&#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":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beginner-flower-patterns","category-flower-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","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=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sivqi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}