This is a two-color crochet flower (5 petals) made with long stitches. I’ll walk you through it step by step, nice and slow.
🧶 MATERIALS
- Yarn: 2 colors
- Color A = center & inner petals (white)
- Color B = outer petals (red)
- Hook: 3.0–4.0 mm (match your yarn)
- Scissors
📌 STITCHES (US TERMS)
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- dc = double crochet
- tr = treble crochet
- sp = space
STEP-BY-STEP PATTERN
🔹 ROUND 1 – CENTER RING (Color A)
- Make a magic ring
- Ch 1 (does NOT count as a stitch)
- Work 10 sc into the ring
→ insert hook into ring, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops - Pull ring tight
- Sl st into the first sc to join
✔ You now have 10 stitches
🔹 ROUND 2 – INNER PETALS (Color A)
This round makes 5 petal fans, each fan uses 2 stitches
Start:
- Ch 3 (counts as first dc)
First petal:
- In the same stitch:
- 1 tr
- In the next stitch:
- 1 tr
- 1 dc
- Ch 1
- Skip 2 stitches
👉 One inner petal made
Repeat:
- In next stitch:
- Ch 3
- 1 tr (same stitch)
- In next stitch:
- 1 tr
- 1 dc
- Ch 1
- Skip 2 stitches
🔁 Repeat until you have 5 petals
Finish round:
- Sl st into the top of the first ch-3
- Fasten off Color A OR carry yarn neatly behind
✔ You should see 5 open fan shapes
🔹 ROUND 3 – OUTER PETALS (Color B)
Attach Color B into any ch-1 space
For EACH petal:
- Ch 1
- 1 sc into ch-1 space
- 1 hdc
- 3 dc
- 1 hdc
- 1 sc
- Ch 1
- Sl st between petals (into the skipped stitches from Round 2)
👉 One full petal completed
🔁 Repeat steps 1–8 around for all 5 petals
🔹 FINISHING
- Sl st to first sc
- Fasten off
- Pull yarn tight
- Weave in all ends
- Gently shape petals with fingers
📐 FINAL SIZE
- About 7–9 cm (3–3.5 inches) depending on yarn & hook
💡 ADJUSTMENTS
- Bigger flower → use thicker yarn or 4.5–5 mm hook
- Pointed petals → replace middle 3 dc with 3 tr
- More depth → add ch-2 at petal tip