Petaled Crochet Flower Embellishments: A Holiday Crochet Appliqué Extravaganza

As the holiday season approaches, it's time to start thinking about how to decorate your home and gifts with festive flair. Crochet is a versatile craft that can be used to create a wide variety of holiday decorations, including delicate flower embellishments.

This article will provide you with a comprehensive guide to crocheting beautiful and festive flower embellishments for the holiday season. We'll cover everything from choosing the right yarn and hook to following easy-to-follow patterns.

Cherry Blossom Applique | Crochet Pattern: 5 Petaled Crochet Flower Embellishment For Holidays (Crochet Applique Patterns)

by Mamta Motiyani

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Materials You'll Need

• Yarn: Worsted weight yarn in your desired colors
• Crochet hook: Size G (4.0mm)
• Yarn needle
• Scissors

Basic Crochet Stitches

Before you start crocheting flower embellishments, it's important to be familiar with the basic crochet stitches.

• Single crochet (sc): Insert the hook into the next stitch, yarn over, and pull up a loop. Yarn over again and pull through both loops on the hook.
• Half double crochet (hdc): Yarn over, insert the hook into the next stitch, yarn over, and pull up a loop. Yarn over again, pull through two loops on the hook, yarn over again, and pull through the remaining two loops on the hook.
• Double crochet (dc): Yarn over, insert the hook into the next stitch, yarn over, and pull up a loop. Yarn over again, pull through two loops on the hook, yarn over again, pull through two loops on the hook, and yarn over again and pull through the remaining two loops on the hook.

Holiday Flower Embellishments

Now that you're familiar with the basic crochet stitches, you're ready to start crocheting flower embellishments for the holiday season.

Christmas Poinsettia

The poinsettia is a classic Christmas flower that can be easily crocheted with worsted weight yarn in red, green, and yellow.

1. Round 1: Make a magic ring and ch 1. *Dc 2, ch 2, dc 3 in the ring. Repeat from * 4 more times. Join with a sl st to the first dc. (5 petals)
2. Round 2: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the first sc. (5 sc)
3. Round 3: Ch 1, *hdc in the next sc, dc in the next sc, tr in the next sc. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to the first hdc. (5 tr)
4. Round 4: Ch 1, *hdc in the next tr, dc in the next tr, tr in the next tr. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to the first hdc. (5 tr)
5. Round 5: Ch 1, *hdc in the next tr, dc in the next tr, tr in the next tr. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to the first hdc. (5 tr)
6. Round 6: Ch 1, *hdc in the next tr, dc in the next tr, tr in the next tr. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to the first hdc. (5 tr)
7. Round 7: Ch 1, fptrc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the first fptrc. (5 fptrc)
8. Round 8: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the first sc. (5 sc)
9. Round 9: Ch 1, *hdc in the next sc, dc in the next sc, tr in the next sc. Repeat from * around. Join with a sl st to the first hdc. (5 tr)
10. Round 10: Ch 1, hdc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the first hdc. (5 hdc)
11. Round 11: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the first sc. (5 sc)
12. Round 12: Ch 1, sl st in each st around. Join with a sl st to the first sl st.

Thanksgiving Turkey Feather

Add a touch of whimsy to your Thanksgiving décor with these crocheted turkey feathers.

1. Row 1: Ch 100, sc in the second ch from the hook and in each ch across. (99 sc)
2. Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (99 sc)
3. Row 3: Ch 1, sc in the first 2 st, *2 sc in the next st, sc in the next 2 st. Repeat from * across. (149 sc)
4. Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each st across. (149 sc)
5. Row

Cherry Blossom Applique | Crochet Pattern: 5 Petaled Crochet Flower Embellishment For Holidays (Crochet Applique Patterns)

by Mamta Motiyani

4 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	646 KB
Text-to-Speech	:	Enabled
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
Print length	:	11 pages
Lending	:	Enabled

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