Mini Crochet Tulip Pattern (Free)

This tulip is the base of a crochet bouquet. One stem takes an afternoon, and after three or five you’ll have a small bouquet to give away.

The pattern uses US terms and is worked in a continuous spiral (rounds are not joined with a slip stitch). Place a stitch marker in the first stitch of each round. Need help with the stitches? See crochet for beginners.

Bloom (petal colour)

1. Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2. Rnd 2: inc x6 (12)
3. Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18)
4. Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24)
5. Rnd 5–9: sc in each st (24), 5 rounds in total
6. Rnd 10 (petal tips): (sl st, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sl st, sl st) x3 (24)

Cut the yarn leaving 15 cm, pull it through and weave it in on the inside of the bloom. You’ll have a cup with three pointed tips, like a tulip just opening. For a fuller bloom, add a little fill to the bottom of the cup.

Stem (green)

1. Rnd 1: 5 sc in MR (5)
2. Rnd 2–30: sc in each st (5), 29 rounds in total

Slide the floral wire or pipe cleaner into the stem once it’s about 6 cm long, then keep crocheting around it. Cut the yarn, leaving 20 cm for sewing.

Leaf (green, make 1 or 2)

1. Ch 13.
2. Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: sl st, sc, hdc, 6 dc, hdc, sc, sl st (12)
3. Ch 1, turn to the underside of the chain and work along the other side in the same order: sl st, sc, hdc, 6 dc, hdc, sc, sl st (12)
4. Sl st into the starting point. Cut the yarn, leaving 15 cm.

Assembly

1. Push the top of the stem about 1 cm into the magic-ring opening at the base of the bloom.
2. Sew the base of the bloom to the stem with the green tail, going around the stem twice for strength.
3. Sew the base of the leaf to the stem, about 4 cm below the bloom.
4. Weave in all ends and trim neatly.

Tips

• For a bouquet, make 3, 5 or 7 stems in different colours, tie them with ribbon and wrap them in kraft paper.
• The petals come out pointier if you snug the yarn a little as you work the tr in Rnd 10.
• See magic ring and increase in the glossary.