Crochet rose pattern
This crochet rose pattern is a beginner-friendly project that creates beautiful crochet roses for accessories, home décor, gifts, and other handmade projects. It works up with basic stitches, includes 3 finished sizes, and is easy to adjust if you want to make larger roses.
Quick answer
This crochet rose pattern is a beginner-friendly project worked flat in one row using worsted weight yarn and an I-9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook. The finished roses measure about 2 inches, 2.5 inches, or 3 inches in diameter, and the pattern can be adjusted to make larger roses too.
Best for: Beginners
Style: Small crochet rose worked flat and rolled into shape
Includes: 3 sizes, pattern details, written instructions, and sizing tips
Ways to use this crochet rose
These crochet roses are pretty, versatile, and easy to add to all kinds of handmade projects. Here are a few fun ways to use them:
- Add them to hats, headbands, or scarves
- Sew them onto bags, pillows, or blankets
- Use them for gift toppers or handmade cards
- Add them to wreaths, garlands, or floral décor
- Make a few for hair clips, brooches, or embellishments
Crochet rose pattern details
Here’s a quick overview of the materials, sizing, gauge, and pattern notes before you begin.
Skill level
Beginner. This free crochet rose pattern uses basic crochet stitches in a basic stitch pattern.
Materials needed
- Crochet hook size: I-9 (5.5 mm)
- Worsted weight yarn (#4)
- Yarn needle — For weaving in ends
- Scissors — To cut yarn
- Stitch markers (optional) — Helpful for keeping track of stitches
Finished sizes
Small: 2 inches in diameter (5 cm)
Medium: 2.5 inches in diameter (6.4 cm)
Large: 3 inches in diameter (7.6 cm)
Crochet gauge
Gauge is not critical for this pattern. Small differences in tension will affect the finished rose size slightly.
How to adjust the pattern to make larger roses
To make larger rose flowers, start with a foundation chain that is a multiple of 4, then add 5 extra chains. Two of those chains are for the turning chain, and the other 3 make sure the repeated pattern ends correctly.
Crochet abbreviations
- dc = double crochet stitches
- ch/chs = chain/chains
- st/sts = stitch/stitches
- sl st = slip stitch
- rem = remaining
Pattern notes
- The pattern is worked flat in one row
- Make a larger rose by chaining any multiple of 4 + 5 chains
- Leave a long tail when fastening off for sewing
- This pattern is a great way to use up scrap yarn
- The pattern is written in US terms
Crochet rose pattern instructions
This crochet pattern is super easy! You make a chain, and then crochet a series of scallops. Each scallop will be a beautiful rose petal.
Small Rose: chain 29
Medium Rose: chain 53
Large Rose: chain 101
- Make your starting chain.
- Make 4 dc in the 3rd ch from the hook.
- Skip a ch, slip stitch in the next ch.
- Skip a ch, 4 dc in the next ch.
- Skip a ch, slip stitch in the next ch.
- Repeat steps 4 & 5 until you get to the last two ch spaces.
- Skip a stitch, slip stitch in the last ch. Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail.
Assembling the rose
Curl your work starting from the center of the rose working outward.
Sew the scallops to each other with the yarn tail and a tapestry needle. Weave in your ends on the back of the rose.
Finishing
Fasten off and then weave in the ends.
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Happy crocheting! 🧶
— Melissa