Blooming Flower Crochet Tutorial

The blooming flower crochet stitch is a fun addition to a crochet blanket or square. This 3D flower adds lots of texture too.

This step by step tutorial will walk you through how to make the blooming flower crochet stitch. Once you have the steps down, it’s easy to make!

blooming crochet flower in pink and white and text reading how to crochet a blooming flower step by step

STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO CROCHET THE BLOOMING FLOWER

STEP ONE

This swatch shows several rows of double crochet in white. Then the crocheter has started a row of single crochet in dark pink. This will be the row for the blooming flower stitch. The crocheter has worked a chain 1 and 9 single crochet stitches. The crocheter is now prerparing to start a flower stitch and will work the stitch around the post of the 10th double crochet in the row below. The tapestry needle is indicating how the crochet hook will be inserted around the post of the 10th double crochet in the row below.

tapestry needle indicating designated stitch

STEP TWO

Yarn over to start the double crochet and insert the hook to go around the post of the indicated stitch in the row below.

crochet hook is inserted around the post of the indicated stitch

STEP THREE

Complete the double crochet around the post of the indicated stitch below.

double crochet completed around the post of the indicated stitch below

STEP FOUR

Then complete the picot stitch.

STEP FIVE

Complete the double crochet and picot stitch four more times.

four more double crochet and picot stitches completed

STEP SIX

Rotate 180 degrees. The tapestry needle is indicating how the crochet hook will be inserted around the post of the 9th double crochet in the row below.

work is rotated 180 degrees and tapestry needle shows where to work next stitch

STEP SEVEN

Yarn over and insert the hook to make the next double crochet stitch around the post of the 9th double crochet stitch in the row below.

STEP EIGHT

Finish the double crochet stitch.

STEP NINE

Finish the picot stitch.

STEP TEN

Finish the double crochet and picot stitch four more times.

STEP ELEVEN

Rotate 180 degrees again. Pull the edge of the flower back to find where to make the single crochet stitch to complete the flower. Prepare to make a single crochet in the stitch indicated with the tapestry needle.