If you like your crochet with real, squeezable texture, this flower puff stitch crochet pattern was made for you. Six plump puff stitches bloom around a tiny centre ring, each petal separated by a neat chain space, and the flower is then framed, rounded out and squared off into a 4-inch (10 cm) motif you…
There is something about a string of tiny crochet flowers that makes a whole room feel kinder. This mini crochet flowers garland pattern strings nine little five-petal blooms — each one barely 1½ inches (4 cm) across — along a simple crocheted chain, with small green leaves tucked into the gaps. The flower itself takes…
Some squares are just squares, and some are little suns you can hold in your hand. This sunburst granny square crochet pattern builds a glowing centre in two rounds — a golden disc wrapped in plump puff stitches — then lets the rays out in a ring of cream stitches before squaring the whole circle…
A puff stitch doily makes a plain table look dressed. This one grows from a small solid centre into rings of plump puff stitches separated by open chain arches, finishing with a delicate picot edge. The finished puff stitch doily measures about 29 cm across and lies completely flat, because every round is counted and…
This tulip stitch crochet pattern builds a little row of spring flowers from just three working rows: a single crochet base, a green row of double crochet stems, and a row of plump 5-dc shells that bloom as flower heads. Repeat those rows and the tulips stack in straight columns, one directly above the other,…
Every crocheter reaches the point where they want a bag that looks bought, not homemade — and this handbag crochet pattern is designed to be exactly that bag. Worked in sturdy worsted cotton, it has an oval base counted round by round, plain half double crochet sides, and one decorative band of shells near the…
The arcade stitch is a classic pattern that looks at home on a vintage market bag or a seaside cottage curtain: rows of 7-dc shells, each one an arch, offset so they nestle into the gaps of the row below. This arcade stitch crochet pattern teaches it the reliable way, every row written out and…
Most stitches sit politely on the row below; the spike stitch refuses to. In this spike stitch crochet pattern you work an ordinary single crochet — but instead of inserting your hook into the row just finished, you reach down one, two or even three rows below and draw the loop up to the height…
A pom pom edging crochet pattern is the happiest way I know to finish a blanket. Instead of sewing on pom-poms that work loose in the wash, each pom here is crocheted directly onto the edge: two small four-double-crochet clusters on a short chain stem, folded together into a neat, bouncy ball. The poms grow…
Some stitches are pretty, and some make people stop and ask what on earth you are making. This strawberry stitch crochet pattern is firmly in the second camp. Every berry is a plump cluster of five double crochet stitches worked into a single stitch, then closed by a leafy green row so the berries sit…
