When I first came back to crochet after a 35 years hiatus, one of the first projects I took on was a poncho using a technique called Irish free-form crochet. It was a very ambitious project and I did make videos on how to crochet small flowers and leaves as I was making this project.
As I have worked on building my blog and YouTube channel, I have occasionally uploaded one of these tutorials on YouTube. I recently added two more motif tutorials and I thought I would present all the video tutorials here as a collection.
I have a few more tutorials in this series, and I may eventually offer a complete course on how to make the poncho, using the Irish free-form crochet technique on Udemy where I have my Boho Poncho Online Course. But for today, I have these six designs!
The yarn I used for these motifs no longer appears to be available. It was called Mondial Cotton Soft Bio and it was 100% organic cotton. It is a number 3 fingering weight yarn, but of course, you can use any yarn you like to create these patterns. I have seen the Mondial yarn on Etsy and eBay, so you may have some luck there if you like this yarn. I found a comparable yarn at Yarnspirations and I put a link for that below.
The supplies you would need for these tutorials are:
- Number 3, fingering weight yarn in a selection of color
- 2.5 mm (between a B-1 & C-2) crochet hook
- Darning Needle
- Scissors
- Hand Steamer (optional)
Click on each video below to watch the tutorial here or pop over to YouTube and watch it there!
How to crochet a mini 5 petal flower
How to crochet a small leaf motif
How to crochet a shell or crescent shape motif
How to crochet a ten petal flower
How to crochet a six petal crown shaped flower
How to crochet a five petal flower
I hope you like these tutorials and find some inspiration to use the motifs in various projects. I think the flowers and leaves work well to embellish garments, knitting projects or crochet projects (like hats and scarves for example). Have fun!
If you like these tutorials, you may also like:
- How to crochet a snowflake and a sugar starch recipe
- How to crochet 2 more snowflake patterns
- How to crochet rocks and round things
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