I made some cheerful little Crochet Rainbow Flowers for a friend recently to hang on her front window, and wanted to share the easy quick Free Pattern with you!
You could string them together to make a garland or attach them to a bag. They would look fabulous decorating a straw bag for Summer.
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Yarn for Crochet Rainbow Flowers
All you will need is some small scraps of yarn to make these crochet applique flowers, and you will be whipping up a bunch of them to share in no time!
I have a stash of cotton yarn in ALL the colours, so I choose 7 Rainbow shades to make my flowers. The yarn I used is Scheepjes Catona a sport weight cotton yarn, but you could use any weight yarn and matching hook.
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They look so pretty in a neat little stack! Read on for the easy instructions and I hope you will enjoy making your own bright and cheery Crochet Rainbow Flowers to share with friends and family.
Instructions for the pattern is written in US Crochet Terms
Skill Level
Only basic stitches are used in this pattern
Measurements
Each flower measures 3.25in [8.5cm] across in the sports weight yarn used
Gauge is not important for this project.
Materials
- Small amounts of Cotton Yarn. I used a sports weight yarn Scheepjes Catona in 7 Rainbow colours
- 3.5mm crochet hook
- Yarn Needle to weave in threads
- You can use any yarn weight you choose and a matching hook
Tips
- Crochet over your ends when you are making the first few stitches of each round. The tight sc stitches will hide the ends and save you all the weaving in!
- I use the ch 1 at the beginning of a round to count as my 1st sc, and sl st into that chain to join each row. I think it makes a neater round, but feel free to use your prefered method. Just make sure your stitch count is correct at the end of each round.
Abbreviations
US Crochet Terms
Beg beginning
Ch chain
Yo yarn over
St stitch
Sc single crochet
UK Crochet Terms
Beg beginning
Ch chain
Yo yarn over
St stitch
Dc double crochet
Special Stitches (US Terms)
Double crochet 2 together (dc2tog): A double crochet decrease made over 2 stitches
Insert your hook in indicated st, yo, and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook, insert your hook in next st, yo, and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook, yo and pull through all 3 loops on hook.
Instructions for Crochet Rainbow Flowers
Round 1: Using 1st colour, make a magic ring, ch 1 (counts as 1 sc), 5 sc into magic ring, join with a sl st to 1st sc. Tighten ring and fasten off – 6 sc
Round 2: Using next colour, join in any st, ch 1 (counts as 1 sc here and throughout at beginning of a row), 1 sc in same st (at base of ch 1), 2 sc in next st and each st around, join with a sl st to 1st sc, fasten off – 12 sc
Round 3: Using next colour, join in any st, ch 1, 1 sc in same st (counts as 2 sc), 1 sc in next st, * 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st; rep from * around, join with a sl st to 1st sc, fasten off – 18 sc
Round 4: Using next colour, join in any st, ch 1, 1 sc in same st (counts as 2 sc), 1 sc in next 2 sts, * 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 2 sts; rep from * around, join with a sl st to 1st sc, fasten off – 24 sc
Round 5: Using next colour, join in any st, ch 1, 1 sc in same st (counts as 2 sc), 1 sc in next 3 sts, * 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 3 sts; rep from * around, join with a sl st to 1st sc, fasten off – 30 sc
Round 6: Using next colour, join in any st, ch 1, 1 sc in same st (counts as 2 sc), 1 sc in next 4 sts, * 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 4 sts; rep from * around, join with a sl st to 1st sc, fasten off – 36 sc
Round 7: Using next colour, join in any st, ch 1, 1 dc2tog (see special stitches) over same st and next st, ch 1, sl st into same st, * sl st into next st, ch 1, dc2tog over same st and next st, ch 1, sl st into same st; rep from * around, join with a sl st to beg ch 1, fasten off – 18 petals
Weave in those last few threads and you are done!
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Do you have a video tutorial for this pattern?
I don’t but if you do a search for a sc circle on YouTube, you will find something similar:)
Very cheerful and vibrant rainbow flowers.
Such a lovely idea. Thank you for sharing your pattern!
So vibrant colors. Thanks.
Thank you so much for the pattern. I found tweaking it a bit makes for a fun sun appliqué by doing tr2tog with a picot at the top of each tr2tog. It’s exactly the sun appliqué I’ve been looking for for months and you helped me get there! I can’t thank you enough!
Thank you so much! I am delighted that you put your own spin on the pattern!
Would this pattern work as a coaster?
Hi! If you use a heavy weight yarn your circle would be bigger and work well for a coaster
How would you recommend joining these for a toddler blanket?
You could! Or you could make a number of the applique flowers and attach them to a plain blanket:)