That’s a crochet flower motif — it looks like a layered 3-color flower with a yellow center, green inner petals, and purple outer petals. Here’s how you can make it step by step 🌸
🧶 MATERIALS
- Yarn: 3 colors
- A: Yellow
- B: Green
- C: Purple (or your choice)
- Hook: 3.0–3.5 mm (use what matches your yarn)
- Scissors & yarn needle
🌼 STEP-BY-STEP CROCHET INSTRUCTIONS
🌸 Round 1: Yellow Center
- Make a magic ring.
(Wrap yarn around your finger, insert hook, and pull up a loop.) - Chain 3 — counts as your first double crochet (dc).
- Work 11 dc into the ring (total 12 dc including the starting ch-3).
- Pull the ring tight to close the center.
- Join with a slip stitch (sl st) to the top of the beginning ch-3.
- Fasten off the yellow yarn.
🟡 You now have a small yellow circle with 12 dc.
🌿 Round 2: Green Petal Base
- Attach green yarn (B) into any dc stitch.
- Chain 3 (acts as 1 dc).
- In the same stitch, make 1 dc, ch 2, 2 dc — this forms one “V” shape.
- Skip 1 stitch, and in the next stitch make:
2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc — that’s your second V. - Repeat this pattern around: (skip 1 st, [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc])
- You’ll end up with 6 green V shapes (petals).
- Join with sl st to top of the first ch-3.
- Fasten off green yarn.
🟢 You now have 6 green petal shapes around the yellow center.
💜 Round 3: Purple Connecting Loops
- Attach purple yarn (C) into any ch-2 space between green petals.
- Chain 5, then sl st into the next ch-2 space.
- Repeat this all around:
(ch 5, sl st in next space) — do this around all 6 spaces. - You’ll have 6 chain-5 loops around the motif.
- Join with sl st to the first loop.
💜 Now you have the purple chain loops ready for the outer petals.
🌸 Round 4: Purple Petals
- Into the first chain-5 loop:
- Work: 1 sl st, ch 2 (counts as first dc), 6 dc (so total 7 dc in that loop).
- Slip stitch into next loop to secure petal.
- In the next loop: make 7 dc again.
- Repeat around all loops — 6 purple petals total.
- Join with sl st to the top of first ch-2.
- Fasten off and weave in the yarn ends neatly.
💜 You now have a layered flower motif — yellow center, green inside, and purple petals.
✨ OPTIONAL FINISHING:
- Blocking: Pin your flower flat and lightly steam or mist it to hold its shape.
- Joining: You can join motifs together with slip stitches or a join-as-you-go method to make:
- Blankets
- Table runners
- Cushion covers
- Doilies
