Crochet a Beautiful Flower — Easy Pattern with Optional Kinder‑Surprise Core
Crocheting beautiful flowers is a delightful way to add charm and personality to hats, scarves, bags, home décor and small gifts. This easy pattern creates a small, stuffed flower with clearly defined rounds and a simple color-change row for layered petals. The pattern uses a fine cotton yarn and a 2.5 mm hook; an empty Kinder‑Surprise egg shell can be inserted for a neat, rounded core if you want a firmer shape.
Materials
Schachenmayr Catania Fine 165m/50g, crochet hook 2.5 mm, Kinder‑Surprise Egg Shell (optional).
Skill Level
Easy
Abbreviations
- Ch = chain
- St = stitch
- Sc = single crochet
- Sl st = slip stitch
- Dec = decrease stitch (two single crochets together)
- Inc = increase stitch (two single crochets into one stitch)
- Rnd = Round
Instructions
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic circle.
Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 sts)
Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (18 sts)
Rnd 4: *inc, sc in each of next 2 sts* (24 sts)
Rnd 5: *inc, sc in each of next 3 sts* (30 sts)
Rnd 6: sc in each of next 30 M
Rnd 7: *inc, sc in each of next 4 sts* (36 sts)
Rnd 8-15: sc in each of next 36 sts.
Put shell inside.
Rnd 16: *dec, sc in each of next 4 sts* (30 sts).
Rnd 17: *dec, sc in each of next 3 sts* (24 sts).
Rnd 18: *dec, sc in each of next 2 sts* (18 sts).
Rnd 19: *dec, sc in next st* (12 sts).
Rnd 20: *dec*.
Fasten off.
Color Change (petals)
Rnd 1: one Rnd sl st.
Rnd 2: ch 3, 3 dc in each of next st till the end of Rnd, sl st.
Rnd 3: ch 3, 2 dc in each of next st till the end of Rnd, sl st.
Finishing
Embroider mouth and eyes with black yarn.
Tips: Work tension evenly so the shell (if used) sits smoothly inside. Experiment with two or three contrasting colors at the Color Change section to create layered, dimensional petals.