Here is a step-by-step tutorial to make the crochet lace square shown in your image. This motif has a central circle, 4 petal-like solid sections, and an open lace mesh around them.

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🧶 CROCHET LACE SQUARE — FULL DETAILED TUTORIAL

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🔵 ROUND 1 — The Center Circle

Purpose: Create a tight, dense round circle.

1. Make a magic ring
2. Chain 3 (counts as first DC)
3. Make 15 double crochets into the ring
   → Total stitches = 16 dc
4. Pull ring tight
5. Slip stitch into top of chain-3

✔ After this, you have a flat circle with 16 stitches.

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🔵 ROUND 2 — The Raised Texture Around the Center

This round uses front-post stitches to make the ring look embossed.

1. Chain 1
2. Work 1 front-post single crochet (FPsc) around each of the 16 dc
   • Insert hook around the post, not the top loops
3. Slip stitch to first FPsc

✔ You should have a neatly raised ring.

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🔵 ROUND 3 — Base for the Petals (Mesh Round)

This creates spaces where we will crochet big petals.

1. Chain 3 (counts as dc)
2. Chain 1, skip next FPsc, dc in next FPsc
3. Repeat around
   → You will have 16 dc and 16 chain-1 spaces
4. Slip stitch to top of chain-3

✔ The round will look like alternating dc and holes.

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🔵 ROUND 4 — The 4 Large Petals

You will make a flower with 4 petals.
Each petal is worked inside every 4th chain space.

PETAL PATTERN (memorize this):

→ In the chosen ch-1 space, work:

• 1 sc
• 1 hdc
• 5 dc
• 1 hdc
• 1 sc
  (This produces one long petal.)

Now work the round:

1. Slip stitch to the FIRST ch-1 space
2. Make 1 petal (sc, hdc, 5 dc, hdc, sc)
3. Skip next 3 ch-1 spaces
4. In the next ch-1 space, make another petal
5. Repeat until you have 4 petals
6. Slip stitch to finish

✔ Your motif now has exactly 4 identical long petals.

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🔵 ROUND 5 — Mesh Around Petals

This begins the lacy net surrounding the petals.

1. Chain 5 (dc + ch2)
2. Make 1 dc at the top center of the petal
   • Insert hook into the middle dc of the 5 dc you made earlier
3. Chain 2
4. Dc into the next available “top-of-petal” section
5. Continue with:
   → (ch2, dc in next mesh point) all around
6. Slip stitch to join

✔ This round forms a ring of diamond-shaped holes.

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🔵 ROUND 6 — Expanding the Lace

We will increase the mesh until it turns into a square.

Pattern:

• Chain 5
• Dc in next chain-2 space
• Ch 2, dc in next chain-2 space
• Continue around

No corners yet—just building height.

✔ After this round, the lace looks more open, and the petals are surrounded.

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🔵 ROUND 7 — Shaping into a Square

This round creates corners.

1. Chain 5
2. Dc in next chain-2 space
3. Work the corner like this:
   → In the same ch-2 space: (dc, ch2, dc)
4. Continue ch2, dc in next space until the next corner space
5. Repeat corner pattern 4 times
6. Slip stitch to finish

✔ Now your motif becomes a square instead of a circle.

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🔵 ROUND 8 — Final Mesh Border

This round strengthens and defines the square shape.

Repeat the pattern:

• Dc in each ch-2 space
• Ch2 between each
• At corners: (dc, ch2, dc) in the corner space

Slip stitch to close.

✔ The square should now match the photo almost exactly.

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🧼 BLOCKING (Important for this lace)

To make it flat and crisp:

1. Pin all corners and petal tips
2. Spray with water or steam lightly
3. Let dry fully
4. Remove pins

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🎉 DONE!

You now have the exact lace square shown in your image.

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