Holding a ball of soft yarn and a simple crochet hook. With these in hand, you can bring to life a beautiful crochet carnation flower. Picture starting with a magic circle, then watching as delicate petals form under your fingertips, row by row. This carnation doesn't need water or sunlight, just your time and love. Its color won't fade, and its petals won't wilt.
Crochet Carnation Flower
It's a little piece of everlasting spring that you can create, perfect for adding a pop of color to your room or making a heartfelt handmade gift for someone special. Crocheting a carnation flower is like weaving a small piece of joy that stays vibrant and blooming, day after day.
Materials Needed:
- PL cting arms (yarn)
- Crochet hook (3 mm)
- Metal stick (3 mm thick)
- Metal wire (0.5 mm)
- Glue
- Cotton filling
Crochet Pattern:
Torus (Base of the Flower)
- Round 1: Start with a magic ring; work 5 single crochets into the magic ring. Pull the tail to close the ring and slip stitch to join.
- Round 2: Chain 1. Do 2 single crochets in each stitch around (total 10 stitches). Slip stitch to join the round.
- Round 3: Chain 1. Single crochet in the next stitch, then 2 single crochets in the following stitch. Repeat from * to * around (total 15 stitches). Slip stitch to join.
- Round 4 - Round 10: Chain 1, single crochet in each stitch around (15 stitches). Slip stitch to join each round.
Creating Petal Frames on Torus
- Round 11: Chain 3. Working in the front loops only: Do 2 double crochets in the next stitch, chain 3, and perform a picot stitch. Repeat from * to * five times. Slip stitch to join the round.
- Cut the yarn.
Main Flower Petals
- Change to white yarn. Hook it on the back loop of any stitch.
- Round 12: Chain 3. Do 3 double crochets in each stitch around. Repeat for total 15 times (45 stitches). Slip stitch to join.
- Round 13: Chain 3. Repeat the same process as in Round 12 (ending with 135 stitches). Slip stitch to join.
- Cut the yarn.
Final Decorative Round
- Change to pink yarn. Chain 3. Single crochet in the next stitch, chain 3. Repeat this pattern for the whole round. Chain to secure and cut the yarn.
Creating Leaves
- Chain 15. Starting from the third chain from the hook, do a half double crochet across 8 chains, then a single crochet across the remaining chains. Incorporate the metal wire as you crochet.
- Turn to the other side, copy the same stitch pattern, and then slip stitch to join the first stitch.
- Cut the yarn.
Assembly:
- Insert the metal stick into the Torus, bending one end so it stays secure.
- Add a small amount of cotton filling in the center.
- Begin wrapping the white yarn over the cotton and around the metal stick, securing with glue as needed.
- Wrap the green yarn around the stick, applying glue at both the start and end to ensure the wrap is secure.
