This is a beautiful crochet square featuring a leafy flower motif in the center with embroidered details. I’ll guide you through how to make this step by step:
🌿 How to Crochet This Leafy Flower Granny Square
📌 Materials:
- Green yarn (for flower center)
- Light pink or beige yarn (for square)
- Olive or dark green yarn (for embroidery)
- 3.5–4.0 mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
📖 Step-by-Step Instructions:
🍃 Part 1: Crochet the Center Flower (Green)
- Start with a magic ring.
- Round 1:
- Chain 3 (counts as 1 dc).
- Make 11 double crochets (dc) into the ring.
- Join with a slip stitch to the top of the starting chain 3. (12 dc total)
- Round 2 (Petals):
- Chain 3, 2 double crochets in same stitch, chain 3, slip stitch in same stitch (1 petal).
- Slip stitch to next stitch and repeat around. (You’ll have 6 petals)
🧶 Part 2: Crochet the Granny Square Background (Light Pink)
- Join pink yarn in any space between petals.
- Round 3:
- Chain 3 (counts as 1 dc), 2 dc in same space.
- Chain 1, 3 dc in next space.
- In each of the 4 corners, 3 dc, chain 2, 3 dc.
- Continue around, joining with a slip stitch.
- Round 4:
- Continue traditional granny square style:
- 3 dc in each chain-1 space, and 3 dc, chain 2, 3 dc in each corner.
- Chain 1 between clusters.
- Join with slip stitch and fasten off.
- Continue traditional granny square style:
✨ Part 3: Embroider Leaf Details (Olive Green)
- Thread olive green yarn onto a yarn needle.
- Work long straight stitches from the green flower center outward along the square’s openings.
- Create V-shaped and branching stitches resembling leaves.
- Symmetrically stitch on all four sides.
- Weave in ends.
✅ Done!
You’ve created a beautiful granny square with a leafy flower motif and embroidery accents!
