Easy Beginner Crochet Rose – Free Pattern
Certainly! Here’s a simple crochet rose pattern suitable for beginners. You’ll need some basic crochet skills and a few supplies:
Materials:
- Worsted weight yarn in the color of your choice for the petals.
- Green worsted weight yarn for the leaves.
- Crochet hook size H/8 (5.0 mm).
- Yarn needle.
- Scissors.
Abbreviations:
- Ch: Chain
- Sl st: Slip stitch
- Sc: Single crochet
- Dc: Double crochet
- Hdc: Half double crochet
Instructions:
Rose Petals (Make 3):
- Start with a magic ring. If you’re unfamiliar with this technique, you can chain 4 and join with a slip stitch to form a ring.
- Round 1: Chain 1 (does not count as a stitch), work 12 sc into the ring. Join with a slip stitch to the first sc. (12 stitches)
- Round 2: Ch 3, skip 1 stitch, sc in the next stitch – Repeat * to * around. You’ll have 6 ch-3 loops. Join with a slip stitch to the first ch-3 space.
- Round 3: In each ch-3 space, work the following: (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc). Join with a slip stitch to the first dc. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for assembly.
Rose Center:
- With a different color of yarn, create a small magic ring.
- Round 1: Chain 1 (does not count as a stitch), work 8 sc into the ring. Join with a slip stitch to the first sc. (8 stitches)
- Round 2: Ch 2, sc in the next stitch – Repeat * to * around. You’ll have 8 ch-2 spaces. Join with a slip stitch to the first ch-2 space. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for assembly.
Rose Leaves (Make 3):
- With green yarn, chain 11.
- Row 1: Starting from the 2nd chain from the hook, work 1 sc in each chain across. (10 sc)
- Row 2: Ch 1, turn. Work 1 sc in each sc across. (10 sc)
- Row 3: Ch 1, turn. 2 sc in the first sc, 1 sc in the next sc – Repeat * to * across. (15 sc)
- Row 4: Ch 1, turn. Work 1 sc in each sc across. (15 sc)
- Fasten off, leaving a long tail for assembly.
Assembly:
- Take one rose center and roll it up to create the inner part of the rose. Secure it with the yarn tail and stitch it closed.
- Attach the rose center to the center of one of the rose petals using the long yarn tail. Stitch it securely.
- Take the other two rose petals and position them around the center, slightly overlapping. Attach them to the center and to each other.
- Attach the leaves to the bottom of the rose, evenly spacing them around the base.
- Weave in any loose ends and trim excess yarn.
And there you have it – a simple crochet rose! Feel free to experiment with different colors and sizes to create a bouquet of beautiful roses. Happy crocheting!