20 Free Crochet Flower Patterns for Decor, Appliques, and Gifts

A crochet flower is one of the most flexible things you can make with a hook. It takes 20 minutes, uses a few yards of yarn, and adapts into a brooch, an applique, a tie embellishment, or — joined with dozens more — a full blanket. These 20 free crochet flower patterns are sorted by use: small motifs and appliques, large floral blankets, and finished pieces (bags, cushions, cardigans) where the flower is the project.

Motifs and Appliques

Rose Brooch

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Daniela Herbertz. Beginner, flat construction with layered petals. Holds its shape without stiffening; sew or pin to a cardigan, scarf, or hat. Single rose uses under 20 yards of yarn.

Daisy Chain Kit

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Frankie Brown. DK weight, photo tutorial. Each flower attaches via a linked stem. Make four for a small garland, twelve for a wreath-sized chain.

Flower Star Snowflake

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Renata Saj. Light-fingering weight, charted, post-stitch detail. Reads as a flower in floral colorways and a snowflake in white. Photo tutorial walks through the post stitches.

Headband with Flower

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creativeyarn. Beginner. Ribbed band with a dimensional flower stitched to the front. Yarn-weight flexible — use fingering for a fine band, worsted for a chunky one.

African Flower Hexagon (Fourie and Rossouw)

African Flower Hexagon

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Lounette Fourie and Anita Rossouw. DK weight, photo tutorial. The reference African Flower motif — six-petaled, geometric center, expanding through six rounds. Used in countless other patterns as the building block.

Blankets and Large Pieces

Frida's Flowers Blanket

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Jane Crowfoot. DK weight, intermediate. Individual floral motifs seamed together into a finished blanket. The color palette is the project — plan all 60+ motifs' color combinations before you start, otherwise it turns muddy by the third row.

Flowers in the Snow

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Solveig Grimstad. DK weight, granny-square-style flowers. The "snow" is the negative space between flowers — designed to read as flowers floating on white background.

Cozy Days Daisy Blanket

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Stephanie Jessica Lau. Bulky weight. The bulky weight makes this the fastest floral blanket on the list — daisy squares finish in about 15 minutes each. Video tutorial.

Lotus Flower Blanket

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Hooked by Robin. Fingering weight, worked from a spiral center outward. The spiral creates natural dimensionality in the petals. Video tutorial covers the increasing pattern.

Blooming Flower Cushion

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Lucy of Attic24. Worked in the round with ruffles for the petal layers. The ruffles add real dimension without complicated technique.

African Flower Square

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Barbara G Smith. DK weight, photo tutorial. Square version of the hexagon motif. Useful for blankets that need to join into a rectangle without filler triangles.

African Flower Hexagon (Heidi Bears)

African Flower Hexagon

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Heidi Bears. Alternative hexagon design — different proportions than the Fourie & Rossouw version above. Pick by which finished motif you prefer visually; the construction is similar.

Wearables and Bags

Flower Cardigan

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Vendula Maderska. Sport weight, seamless, with flowers worked as colorwork and appliques across the cardigan. Beginner-friendly if you've already made one plain cardigan.

Summer Days Daisy Bag

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Stephanie Jessica Lau. Worsted weight. Daisy motifs assembled into a structured tote. Photo and video tutorials. Reinforced handles handle real grocery weight.

Sweet Summer Sunflower Bag

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Crochet 365 Knit Too. Aran weight. Single sunflower centered on the front face of the bag, striped colorwork around it. Faster than the daisy bag because there's only one motif.

Wildrose Backpack

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Stephanie Jessica Lau. Intermediate. Granny squares with dimensional flowers, assembled into a full backpack with reinforced straps. The straps are the real construction question — get them right and the backpack handles daily use.

Wildrose Market Bag

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Same designer, smaller scale. Worsted weight, granny-square construction with the wildrose motif at reduced size. Faster than the backpack by half.

African Flower Bag

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Gunilla Karlsson. Aran weight, intermediate. Includes a sewn lining. The lining is what separates this from typical handmade bags — items don't snag on stitches.

Flower Potholders

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Jennifer Martin. Aran weight, in the round. Quick gift project — a pair finishes in an afternoon. Use a cotton or cotton-blend yarn so it survives heat exposure.

Flower Hot Pad

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FreeCraft Unlimited. Worsted weight, reversible, with pleated 3D petals. Functions as a trivet under hot pans; the petals add visual structure without making it impractical.

Tips for Crochet Flowers

Yarn weight changes the finished feel. DK and worsted give the best balance of structure and softness. Fingering produces fine flowers suitable for jewelry. Bulky produces cloud-like flowers that work as appliques on blankets but lack the structure for brooches.

Choose mercerized cotton for crisp petals. Mercerized cotton (DMC, Coats Clarks) has a slight sheen and holds stitch definition more sharply than plain cotton. For wearable flowers and decorative pieces, the extra crispness reads as professionally made.

Block flat under a damp towel. Most crochet flowers want to curl their petals. Pin them flat on a blocking board, cover with a damp cloth, let dry. The petals stay where you put them.

Use a smaller hook than the yarn label suggests. Flowers need to hold their shape, which means dense stitching. Go down one or two hook sizes from the label recommendation for any flower meant to be a finished standalone piece.

Sew appliques on with matching thread, not yarn. Hand-sewing thread is finer than yarn and lets you attach flowers to garments without bulky stitches showing through.

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