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Crochet tulip: a spring flower on a stem that never wilts

Crochet an 18-stitch cup in rounds and close it with three pointed petals, a 5-stitch tube round a skewer for the stem and a leaf on a chain of 16. Stuff the bloom lightly and sew it to the stem.

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A cupped bloom on a stiffened stemUS termsHook: 5 mm (US H-8), or the size that gives you gaugeSize from your washed swatchworsted yarn

Know these stitches: magic ring, single crochet, crochet increase, half double crochet, double crochet, chain, slip stitch

The finished tulip.

Materials and yarn planning

Yarns we’ve reviewed that suit it: Knit Picks Dishie Cone yarn, Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton worsted yarn, Paintbox Yarns Cotton Aran. For the hook, choose by size and handle.

Yarn estimate: the bloom’s 132 stitches at about 4 cm of medium yarn each come to about 5.5 m, and the stem and leaf to about 5.5 m of green.

This pattern has about 263 stitches in the bloom, the stem and the leaf. For a closer figure in your own yarn, weigh what you have made once a good part is done, divide by the stitches made so far, multiply by 263 and divide by the ball weight on the label. Taller stitches use more yarn than short ones, so allow a margin.

Finished size and gauge

At 14 single crochets and 16 rounds per 10 cm, the bloom’s 18 stitches make a cup about 13 cm round, 4 cm across, and with the petals about 5.5 cm tall. The stem’s 20 rounds are about 12.5 cm. A thicker yarn and a larger hook make a bigger tulip with the same counts. These are calculations from the counts, not a measured sample.

The gauge calculator compares your swatch with the pattern. A stitch name you do not know is in the abbreviation chart; a UK pattern’s names are in the US/UK term reference.

The pattern

Count rows for this pattern

Bloom

  1. Round 1: make a magic ring, chain 1 and work 6 single crochets in it. Pull the ring nearly closed, leaving a small hole, and join with a slip stitch to the first single crochet (6 stitches).
  2. Round 2: chain 1 (it does not count), 2 single crochets in each stitch, join (12 stitches).
  3. Round 3: chain 1, [single crochet in the next stitch, 2 single crochets in the next stitch] 6 times, join (18 stitches).
  4. Rounds 4–7: chain 1, single crochet in each stitch, join (18 stitches). The sides rise into a cup.
  5. Round 8, the petals: chain 1, [single crochet in the next stitch, half double crochet in the next, double crochet in the next, chain 2, double crochet in the next, half double crochet in the next, single crochet in the next] 3 times, join: 3 petals, each with a point of 2 chains. Fasten off.

Stem and leaf

  1. In green, Round 1: make a magic ring, chain 1 and work 5 single crochets in it. Pull the ring closed and join (5 stitches).
  2. Rounds 2–20: chain 1, single crochet in each stitch, join (5 stitches): a narrow tube about 12.5 cm long. Fasten off, leaving a tail.
  3. Leaf: in green, chain 16. Slip stitch in the second chain from the hook, single crochet in the next 2 chains, half double crochet in the next 3, double crochet in the next 4, half double crochet in the next 3, single crochet in the next chain and 3 single crochets in the last chain. Working along the other side of the chain, single crochet in the next chain, half double crochet in the next 3, double crochet in the next 4, half double crochet in the next 3, single crochet in the next 2 and slip stitch in the last: 31 stitches. Fasten off, leaving a tail.

Putting it together

  1. Snip the point off the skewer if you have not already. Push the skewer into the stem, blunt end first, until it reaches the closed end; about 3.5 cm stands out of the open end.
  2. Stuff the bloom lightly, up to Round 6, so the petals stay open. Push the skewer’s top up through the small hole in the bloom’s base into the stuffing, then sew the bloom’s base to the top of the stem with the stem’s tail.
  3. Sew the base of the leaf to the stem about 3 cm from the bottom and bend it outward.
  4. Make three in different colors and stand them in a small jar filled with dried beans or rice, which holds the stems upright. It is a decoration, not a toy for small children.

Check the work

The bloom grows by 6 to 18 in three rounds and stays at 18 for 4 more. The petal round uses 6 stitches for each of the 3 petals, 18 in all, and 2 chains at each point. The leaf has 17 stitches up one side of the chain and 14 down the other: 31.

Single crochets by round in the bloom, then the petal round’s stitches and chains6 · 12 · 18 · 18 · 18 · 18 · 18 · 24
  • If the bloom flares open like a bowl, a round of the cup has extra stitches: count 18 in each of Rounds 4–7.
  • If the tulip droops, the skewer does not reach far enough into the bloom: push it up until it meets the stuffing’s top.
  • If the petals curl inward, pin them open on a towel, mist them with water and leave them to dry.

Updated . Stitch counts checked row by row; we haven’t crocheted a sample of this one yet. How the patterns are checked. Keep your yarn label, hook and swatch on the printable project worksheet.

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