Japanese flower crochet pattern

Recently I shared photos of a Japanese flower crochet pattern from a Japanese crochet book on Instagram. Many people asked for the pattern so I have translated just the flower pattern. Below is an image of the book and a link to where it can be purchased.  Hope you like it! If you would prefer a video tutorial or would like to use both the written pattern below and the video find the YouTube video below!

This pattern is written in US crochet terms

Materials

I have used both 4 ply Hobbii Organic Rainbow cotton and 4 ply Lincraft cotton

tapestry needle

scissors

I used a 2.5 mm crochet hook. You may want to use a 2.75 or 3 mm hook. It depends on your tension and how loose or tight you want the fabric. If you use a thicker yarn such as DK, you should use a 3.00 mm hook.

Instructions

Round 1: Magic circle, ( or ch 5, sl st to make a circle) ch 3, then 23 dc into the circle, pull tightly. Ss into 3rd ch of first 3 ch to close round, fasten off. ( 24 dc including 3 ch)

 Round 2: Standing dc into any dc, 1 ch, repeat * dc, ch 1 * till the end of the round , ss into first dc to close round (24 dc, 24 ch, 24 spaces)

 Round 3: Ch 1, sc into first dc * 11 ch, 3 sc into next 3 dc ( not into the chain spaces only the dc’s )* repeat from * to * 7 times till you have eight 11 ch “petals”

Then ss into first sc to close round. There should be a bit of a space between the last stitch and the next 11 ch to fit in the petal dc’s in the next round

Round 4: *Dc 8 into the first 11 ch space ( or petal), ch 1, 8 dc into the same 11 ch space. Sc into the middle sc of the 3 sc from the previous round*. Repeat 8 times to make 8 petals, ss into stitch before first petal, fasten off, weave in ends.

I hope you have enjoyed making your Japanese flower crochet pattern!

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 See below for the title of the book, it is available to purchase here

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