Poppies are one of my favorite flowers. I love their intense carmine red color! After picking up a poppy plant at the nursery, I decided to crochet a few that will last all year long.
To make these poppies I used a 2.75 mm crochet hook, red, black, and yellow worsted weight yarn, and a tapestry needle. The final result is a flower approximately the same size as a real poppy.
This pattern is written in US terms.
Free Poppy Crochet Pattern
Abbreviations
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
inc – single crochet increase
dec – single crochet decrease
hdc dec – 2 half-double crochet together
dc inc – double crochet increase
mc – magic circle
Petals (make 4 with bright red yarn)
Row 1: ch 4
Row 2: skip first ch, 3 sc (3)
Row 3: ch 1, sc, inc, sc (4)
Row 4: ch 1, inc, sc, sc, inc (6)
Row 5: ch 1, sc, inc, dec, inc, sc (7)
Row 6: ch 1, sc, inc, sc in next 3 st, inc, sc (9)
Row 7: sc, inc, dec, sc, dec, inc, sc (9)
Row 8: sc, sc, hdc dec, dc inc, hdc dec, sc, sc (8)
Row 9: sl st in each stitch around (25)
finish off and leave a long tail
Center (make one with yellow & black yarn)
Row 1: with yellow, sc 5 in mc (5)
Row 2: with black, inc in each stitch around (10)
finish off and leave a long tail
Assembling
1: stitch the narrow ends of two petals together
2: layer the petals on top of another, stitch them together in the center
3: stitch the center into the middle of the petals
Sew in the loose ends and your poppy is all done!
I’m going to make a few more flowers and create a flower crown! You could attach these poppies to anything your heart desires. I think they’d look pretty strung together as a garland.
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These turned out great! I love this idea, thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! I can’t wait to make more
I LOVE poppies and love this tutorial! Thanks! 🙂 Lisa
Thank you! The poppies I planted just bloomed and I’m very happy about it (:
Just found this pattern and cannot wait to make some poppies
Thank you! This was one of my first crochet patterns and I still really adore it. I have yet to make an entire poppy flower crown but that is on my crochet bucket list.