Why not make your own poppy this Remembrance Day? This pattern is a quick and easy crochet pattern. The finished poppy is 3.5″ tall and 3″ wide. If you’d like a bigger or smaller poppy you can use a different weight yarn and the appropriate hook.
Materials
- 5mm crochet hook
- Aran weight yarn in Black, Red and Green. I used Paintbox yarn from LoveCrafts
- Scissors
- Darning needle
Instructions
Abbreviations
- Ch = chain
- Dc = double crochet
- Sc = single crochet
- Hdc = half double crochet
With black yarn, make a magic ring. Watch the video on how to do this here!
Round 1 -Ch3 (counts as first dc) make 15 dc into the magic ring. Join to the top of the ch3 with a slip stitch. Fasten off. (16 dc total)
Round 2 – Join red yarn to the top of the ch3. Ch1 (doesn’t count as a stitch). Make 2hdc in the same space, 2dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2hdc in the next stitch, slip stitch in the next stitch, 2hdc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 2hdc in the next stitch, slip stitch in the next stitch. slip stitch into the the first stitch. Ch1, turn
Round 3 – 2hdc in the first stitch, 1 hdc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch. 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2hdc in the next stitch, 1 hdc in the next stitch, slip stitch into the slip stitch from the previous round. 2hdc in the next stitch, 1 hdc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2dc in the next stitch, 1dc in the next stitch, 2hdc in the next stitch, 1 hdc in the next stitch. Slip stitch into the slip stitch from the previous round. Fasten off.
Leaf
Using green yarn, ch10
Row 1 – slip stitch into the second chain from the hook, sc in the next 2 chains, hdc in the next 2 chains, 2dc in the next chain, 2dc in the next chain, hdc in the next chain, 3sc in the last chain. You will now work the other side of your chain. Hdc in the first chain, 2dc in the next chain, 2dc in the next chain, hdc in the next 2 chains, sc in the enxt 2 chains, slip stitch in the last chain. Fasten off and leave a long tail to attach the leaf to the flower.