Free crochet poppy pattern | crochet flower pattern

I’m thrilled to share a gorgeous free crochet poppy pattern with you. It’s no secret that I love flowers. Not only are they beautiful and delicate and just full of wonderful color and scent, but they also hold special meaning for different people and occasions.

It is Armistice Day on the 11th November, a commemoration to mark the truce that was signed between opposing sides during World War I. The armistice came into effect at the eleventh hour (11am) of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. Nowadays, while it still marks this significant historical moment in the history of Britain and the Allies, Armistice Day is also a day of remembrance to commemorate all soldiers who have fallen in the line of duty.

So what does the poppy have to do with this all? During the First World War a poem called “In Flanders Fields” was written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. It is a war poem that mentions the poppies growing in the fields between the crosses that mark the soldiers’ grave sites. The poppy, said to represent blood spilled in war, is now worn across the world in remembrance of fallen soldiers.

I made both red poppies and pink ones (known as Iceland poppies), but this poppy flower crochet pattern can be worked up in any color you like!

Materials required for crochet poppy pattern

I used Vinni’s colors for these lovely crochet poppies, but any double knit (light worsted) cotton yarn would work.

Main color: Red or Pink (petals)
Contrast color: Black (red poppy) or Yellow (pink poppy)
Green (centre)

2.75 mm hook

CROCHET POPPY PATTERN NOTES

• This flower crochet pattern uses US terminology (see abbreviations)
• Don’t know how to do the magic ring? Head over to my magic ring tutorial.
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Special stitches

hdc-dec: This is a modified hdc decrease, worked over two stitches. yo, insert hook into st, yo and pull up loop (3 loops on hook), insert hook into next st, yo and pull up a loop, yo (4 loops on hook), yo and pull through 4 loops.

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Free Crochet Poppy Pattern

This poppy is worked from the centre outwards. First, you make the centre circle, followed by each petal and finally a back piece.

Step 1: Centre circle

This part of the flower is worked in continuous rounds. Start with green

Rnd 1: mr 6 sc (6)

Rnd 2: BLOsc around (6)

Rnd 3: change to contrast color.
In BLO, 2 sc in each st around. Slst to close rnd and fasten off. (12)

Step 2: Make the first petal

This part of the flower is worked in rows, back and forth. First one petal is worked and then a second.

R1: Attach main color anywhere to rnd 3 of the centre circle.
ch 1, 2 sc in next st, *2 hdc in next st, rep from * two more times, 2 sc in next st. (10)

R2: ch 2 (counts as a st), turn. In FLO, 2 hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 6 st, 2 hdc in next st, 2 hdc into next st (the ch). (14)

R3: ch 2 (counts as a st), turn, hdc-dec, hdc in next 10 st, hdc-dec. (12)

R4: ch 1, sc2tog, sc in next 8 st, sc2tog. Fasten off. (10)

Step 3: Make the second petal

With the first petal pointing downwards (see picture) attach red/pink yarn to rnd 3 in the next stitch (if you crochet right-handed, you will join your yarn on the right-hand side of the first petal. The opposite is so if you crochet left-handed). Work the second petal by repeating R1 – 4 of the first petal.

Step 4: Back petals

Rnd 1: Starting in main color, mr 6 sc (6)

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around, slst to close the ring. Do not fasten off. (12)

Continue around in main color and make the petals using the same steps that you used for the first set of petals (Step 2, rnd 1 – 4)

Add on a second petal as per Step 3 above.

With the main petals pointing top and bottom, place the back petals behind the main petals, pointing left and right. Stitch in place.

More crochet flower patterns

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>> Floral clutch bag
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Did you like this free crochet poppy pattern? Why not try my free Narcissus flower crochet pattern? Or check out all the other Thoresby Cottage patterns over on the Tutorials page.

Until next time,

Yours in craft, Caitie x