Celebrate the month of May with a Crochet Hawthorn flower. Hawthorn flowers are the second birth flower for May with the first being Lily of the Valley. A cluster of flowers often with berries at the same time, Hawthorn flowers range from pure whites to pastel pinks. Hawthorn flower represents hope and new beginnings. They are also the symbol for love and marriage as they can also represent love, romance and passion. The thorny branches can also symbolize protection and resilience.
The first birth flower for May is the Lily of the Valley flower. These beautiful little stems which have a cascade of flowers, symbolize purity, humility, and sweetness. If you would like to make my Lily of the Valley Crochet Birth Flower click HERE.
This is an easy crochet flower pattern to create, which you can make with nearly any yarn you have in your stash. Make your flowers in pure white or get creative like me and add a pink blush to the tips of the petals with some paint to create the pastel pink blooms. You can make your flower with any yarn and matching sized crochet hook (although you do want to keep your stitches tight, so use the smallest crochet hook you can for your sized yarn). Depending on the size of yarn, you use will increase or decrease your sized flower, but I can promise they will all be beautiful. To create a stem as I have you will need to make between 5 flowers, 2 buds and 2 leaves.
My free pattern includes the step by step tutorial to crochet the flower ONLY. If you would like to support me to continue creating FREE PATTERNS, you can purchase the full PDF pattern including Flower, buds and Leaf tutorial in my Webshop or in my Etsy for only $1.99.
To make your flower I have made How to crochet Hawthorn Flower tutorial below with a simple step by step written | photo tutorial. Or if you prefer a video tutorial, I have also made a Youtube video.
Materials (Per Flower)
- 3 meters White Sport weight Yarn (I have used Circulo Anne yarn in Branco 8001)
- 1 meter Yellow Lace weight Yarn (I have used Malabrigo Silkpaca Frank Ochre)
- 2 meters Green Sport weight yarn (I have used some yarn from my stash)
- 2.5mm | US Size B Crochet hook
- 1.75mm | US Size 4 Crochet Hook
- Scissors
- Tapestry Needle
- 40cm piece of wire
- Pliers
- Pink & white Acrylic Paint (optional)
- Paintbrush (optional)
Gauge: N/A Use the smallest crochet hook you can with your chosen yarn to create tight stitches, this will help your flower keep the form.
Size: My crochet Flower is 3cm diameter.
Notes: The flower petals are made with the larger hook. Each flower is made as an individual motif. The motifs are arranged and sew together. The central stamen is made using 1.75mm crochet hook. A wire is threaded through the base of the flower then green yarn is used to wrap around the wire. This pattern ONLY includes the flowers.
Crochet Stitches
To make my crochet Primrose, you will be using a few advanced crochet stitches including: Slip Stitch (sl st), Single Crochet (sc), Double Crochet (dc), Double Crochet CLUSTER Stitch, Picot (picot).
How to Crochet Hawthorn Flowers
Flower
Row 1 White Yarn 2.5mm | Size B Crochet Hook: Make a magic circle, add 5dc into the center of the magic circle. Close magic circle. Total: 5dc.
Row 2: *(sl st, ch3, dc cluster, ch3, sl st) in the same stitch* repeat * to * 4 more times, sl st into the first st. Fasten off and weave in your ends.
Stamen
Row 1 Yellow yarn 1.75 mm | Size 4 Crochet hook: Make a magic circle, chain 1, *sc, picot – chain 2, sl st into the 2nd chain from the hook* repeat * to * 7 more times into the magic circle, sl st into the first stitch. Total: 8sc. Fasten off and weave in your ends. Leave a 20cm tail.
How to Paint Crochet Hawthorn Flower
If you would like to create pink Hawthorn flowers, follow the steps below if not jump to the assembly section below.
Step 1: Create the tone of pink you would like for your flower ( I lightened my ready made pink acrylic paint with white to make a pastel pink that I was happy with), add some water to make your paint more diluted.
Step 2: Using a dry paintbrush carefully paint the edge of the flower with the paint, then bring the paint strokes from the edge of the petal to the center of the flower – this will create a gradient effect. If your paint is to dry add a drop of water. Continue this process until all your petals are painted. Allow to dry before adding the stamen motif.
How to Assemble Crochet Hawthorn Flower
Step 1: Using the long tail from the sepal sew the motif into the center of the flower. Fasten off and weave in all your ends.
Step 2: Bend the florist wire in half, thread this through the center base of the flower, fold the wire in half to create a double stem. Thread 2 meter piece of green thread through the base of the flower as shown below.
Step 3: Carefully wrap the yarn around the folded wire. Next fold the tips of the wire, up against the stem, continue wrapping the yarn around all the wires (this will create a smooth tip), once you reach the end. Fasten off and weave in your ends.
Congratulations you have made your Crochet Hawthorn Flower. I would love to see you crochet creations, please tag me on @moara_crochet on Instagram to share your work.
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