Learn how to crochet a Peony Flower with easy instructions and create beautiful blooms in your favorite yarn.
As summer begins in many parts of the world, I’m sharing my Crochet Peony Flower pattern to celebrate the season. Peonies are a popular flower, loved for their large, full blooms and soft pink petals.
You can make your own Crochet Peony Flower using any yarn you like. Add the flowers to cushions, decorate a wreath, or make a lovely bunch for a summer wedding.
How to Crochet a Peony Flower
Materials
- 30 meters of pink yarn
- 5 meters of green yarn
- Matching-sized crochet hook for your yarn ( I have used a 2mm)
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Florist wire (optional)
- Glue (optional)
- 30 meters of pastel pink yarn
Size: With fingering cotton yarn and a 2 mm crochet hook, the peony is 8 cm in diameter and 4.5 cm in height.
Gauge: N/A
Notes: The flower center is made by crocheting a ribbon, then adding individual petals around it. The sepals are crocheted in rounds and worked back and forth in rows.
Stitches
Slip Stitch (sl st): Insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over, and pull the yarn through both the stitch and the loop on your hook.
Single Crochet (sc): Insert your hook into the stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through both loops on your hook.
Half Double Crochet (hdc): Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop. Yarn over again and pull through all three loops on your hook.
Double Crochet (dc): Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through the first two loops. Yarn over again and pull through the remaining two loops.
Treble Crochet (tr): Yarn over twice, insert your hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop. You will have four loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through the first two loops. Yarn over again and pull through the next two loops. Yarn over once more and pull through the last two loops.
Crochet Peony Flower Pattern
Row 1: Chain 40, dc in the 4th from the hook, *dc, dc inc.* repeat * to * 17 more times. Turn. Total: 56dc.
Row 2: Ch3 (count as dc), 7dc, *3dc, dc inc., 2dc* repeat * to * 7 more times. Turn. Total: 65dc.
Row 3: Repeat the following pattern 8 more times: (sc, ch 3, dc) in the same stitch, (dc, ch 3, sl st) in the same stitch, (ch 3, tr), tr inc., (tr, ch 3, sl st) in the same stitch, (ch 3, dc), and (dc, ch 3, sl st) in the same stitch. Work 1 sc, then 1 sc in the final stitch. Fasten off and leave a long yarn tail of 50 cm.
Thread the long yarn tail through a tapestry needle. Weave it through the first 3 chain stitches made at the beginning of Row 1. Roll the ribbon around itself to form a coil. Use the yarn tail to sew through the foundation chain and the folded section to hold it in place.
Continue wrapping the petals around the center, arranging them as you go. Add a few stitches each time to keep the petals secure. Repeat until all the petals are attached. Fasten off and weave in the loose ends.
Flower Petals (Make 6)
Row 1: Chain 4 (count as dc, ch1), 7dc into the 4th chain from the hook. Turn. Total: 8dc.
Row 2: Ch3 (count as dc), dc, 4dc inc., 2dc. Turn. Total 12dc.
Row 3: Ch3 (count as dc), 2dc, dc inc., dc, dc inc., dc inc., dc, dc inc., 3dc. Turn. Total: 16dc.
Row 4: Ch3 (count as dc), 15dc. Turn. Total: 16 dc.
Row 5: Ch1, skip 2 st, 2sc, 10dc, 2sc. Turn.
Row 6: Ch1, skip st, 3sc, 3dc, 3dc inc., 3dc 3sc, sl st into ch1 made at the beginning of Row.4.
Row 7: Turn to work sc down the side of the petal. Ch1, sc into the same, place 2sc in each dc row (8sc in total), sc in the foundation chain, 2sc in each dc row (8sc in total), sc in sc st of row 5, sc in the ch1 from row 6, 15sc across the top of the petal, sc in sl st from row 6, sl st into the first sc. Total: 36sc. Fasten off & weave in your ends on 4 petals. LEAVE A LONG TAIL 30cm ON TWO PETALS.
Once you have made all six petals, arrange three of them in a triangle shape. Use the long yarn tail to sew the three petals together at the center, as shown below. Repeat the same steps with the remaining three petals to make two sets of three petals.
Place the ribbon flower in the center and sew it securely in place. Your Crochet Peony Flower is now complete!
Sepal
Row 1: Make a magic circle and ch 3 (this counts as your first dc). Work 23 more dc into the magic circle. Join with a sl st to the first dc and pull the circle tight. Total: 24 dc.
Row 2: Ch 3 (this counts as your first dc), work a dc increase in the next stitch, then work 1 dc in the following stitch. Turn your work.
Chain 3 (count as dc), triple dc dec., TURN,
sc dec. over two stitches, turn your work, add a sl st into the side of the sc dec, add 4 sl sts down the previous 2 rows,
Work a sl st into the next stitch to make your first sepal. Work another sl st into the following stitch. Repeat these steps 5 more times to make a total of 6 sepals. Join with a sl st to the first stitch. Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail of 50 cm.
How to Assemble the Crochet Peony Flower
If you want to add a stem, cut a 50 cm piece of florist wire. Push the wire through the bottom of the flower. When it reaches halfway, fold the wire in half to make a double stem. Then, pass the wire through the center of the sepal’s magic circle.
Thread the long yarn tail of the sepal through a tapestry needle. Sew through Row 1 of the sepal to attach it firmly around the base of the flower. Make sure the sepals hang freely below the flower.
