This is a layered puff-petal crochet flower (often called a long-loop or wrapped-post petal flower). I’ll explain it step by step, matching what’s in the photo.
🌼 CROCHET LONG-WRAPPED PETAL FLOWER (VERY DETAILED)
Finished size
About 8–10 cm (3–4 inches) depending on yarn and wraps
🧶 MATERIALS (IMPORTANT)
- Yarn: Medium (4 / worsted)
- Green (center)
- Blue (petals)
- Hook: 3.5 mm or 4.0 mm
(smaller hook = tighter, prettier petals) - Scissors
- Yarn needle
✂️ BASIC STITCHES YOU MUST KNOW
- Magic Ring (MR)
- Single crochet (sc)
- Chain (ch)
- Slip stitch (sl st)
No advanced stitches needed 👍
🟢 ROUND 1: CENTER (GREEN)
Step-by-step:
- Wrap yarn around fingers → make a Magic Ring
- Insert hook into ring
- Yarn over, pull up loop
- Ch 1 (this does NOT count as a stitch)
- Crochet 12 sc into the ring
- Insert hook into ring
- Yarn over, pull up loop
- Yarn over, pull through both loops
👉 Count carefully: 12 sc
- Pull yarn tail tightly to close the ring
- Sl st into the first sc
- Do NOT turn
✔ You should see a tight green circle
🔵 ROUND 2: PETAL BASE (BLUE)
Join blue yarn:
- Insert hook anywhere in the green circle
- Pull blue yarn through
- Ch 1
Create spaces for petals:
Repeat 12 times:
- Sc in next stitch
- Ch 1
After the last ch 1:
- Sl st into the first sc
✔ You now have:
- 12 sc
- 12 chain-1 spaces (VERY IMPORTANT)
These spaces hold the petals.
🔵 ROUND 3: LONG WRAPPED PETALS (MAIN PART)
This is where the flower texture comes from 🌺
Each petal goes into one chain-1 space
🌸 HOW TO MAKE 1 PETAL (VERY DETAILED)
- Insert hook into chain-1 space
- Pull up a loop to normal height
- Yarn over hook 8–10 times
- Wrap loosely
- Do NOT tighten
- Keep wraps stacked neatly on hook
👉 More wraps = thicker petal
👉 9 wraps is ideal
- Insert hook back into same chain-1 space
- Yarn over, gently pull up a long loop
- Same height as wraps
- Yarn over
- Pull through ALL loops on hook
- Go slowly
- Hold wraps with fingers so they don’t twist
- Ch 1 to lock the petal
✔ One fat, ribbed petal is done
Between petals:
- Sl st into next sc (between chain spaces)
Repeat:
- Make 1 petal in each chain-1 space
- Sl st between each petal
You will end with 12 petals
🔒 FINISHING
- Sl st to secure
- Cut yarn (leave 10 cm tail)
- Pull through loop
- Use yarn needle to hide ends behind petals
🌼 SHAPING THE FLOWER (VERY IMPORTANT)
- Use fingers to:
- Pull petals outward
- Twist slightly clockwise or counter-clockwise
- This gives the natural layered look like in the photo
❗ COMMON MISTAKES & FIXES
Petals too tight?
➡ Use fewer wraps (7–8)
Petals uneven?
➡ Make sure:
- Same number of wraps
- Same pull-up height
Hole in center?
➡ Pull magic ring tighter
Petals curling?
➡ Wrap yarn more loosely
🌟 OPTIONAL: EXTRA FULLNESS (PHOTO-LIKE)
To make it extra thick like the picture:
- Make 10–12 wraps
- OR use double yarn strand
🎀 USE IDEAS
- Join flowers together for garland
- Sew onto bags
- Cushion applique
- Hair clip or brooch