The Beauty That Small Crochet Touches Bring to Motifs🧚🦋

 


Quick summary

  • What: lacy floral square motif with small crochet touches: picot points, tiny bobble accents, and a subtle surface-line highlight.

  • Make many motifs, block them, join-as-you-go or sew, add a scalloped edging. Great for blankets, runners, garment panels.

  • Skill: easy → intermediate.

Materials

  • Yarn: DK / light worsted (or sport for a finer look).

  • Hook: 3.5 mm (adjust to match yarn & desired drape).

  • Tapestry needle, scissors, blocking pins/mat, stitch markers (optional).

  • Small stitch marker or contrast yarn to mark join points.

Abbreviations (US)

  • ch = chain

  • sl st = slip stitch

  • sc = single crochet

  • hdc = half double crochet

  • dc = double crochet

  • tr = treble crochet

  • bp = bobble/popcorn (instructions below)

  • sp = space

  • st = stitch

  • rep = repeat

  • BLO = back loop only


Design notes

  • Motif is worked in rounds from the center.

  • Outer rounds square the motif (so motifs tile neatly).

  • “Small touches” added: picot points on petal tips, small bobbles in center of alternate petals, and a light surface slip-stitch stripe to highlight one radius. All are optional — leave out any you don’t want.

Worked motif — full step-by-step

Round 1 — center ring

  1. Make a magic ring (or ch 4 and sl st to form a ring).

  2. ch 3 (counts as dc), work 11 dc into ring. (12 dc total.)

  3. Pull ring tight. Join with sl st to top of ch-3.

Round 2 — anchors

  1. ch 1, sc in next dc, ch 3 — repeat around (12 sc + 12 ch-3 loops).

  2. Join with sl st to first sc.

(These ch-3 loops are anchors for the petals.)

Round 3 — small petals (fans)

  1. Sl st into first ch-3 loop.

  2. In that loop work: (sc, ch1, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, ch1, sc) — a small tapered petal.

  3. Repeat into each ch-3 loop around (12 petals).

  4. Join with sl st.

Small decorative touch A — tiny bobble (optional): When making every 3rd petal center (the 3rd dc of the 3-dc group), instead of a plain dc, make a small bobble:

  • Small bobble (3-dc version): (yo, insert, pull up, yo pull through 2) repeat 3 times in same stitch, then yo and pull through all loops — or do a 3-dc popcorn: make 5 dc in same st, remove hook, insert hook into first dc, pull loop through to close a popcorn. Secure and continue. Keep tension consistent.

Use bobbles sparingly (every 3rd petal); they read as subtle raised touches.


Round 4 — connecting arches

  1. ch 1, sc in outer sc of petal, ch 5 — repeat around to make 12 ch-5 arches.

  2. Join with sl st.

Round 5 — larger fans (pineapple step)

  1. Into every other ch-5 arch work: (sc, ch1, hdc, 5 dc, hdc, ch1, sc) (big fan).

  2. Into the remaining arches work (sc, ch3, sc) (connector).

  3. Join with sl st.

Small decorative touch B — picot on fan tips (optional): After the big fan is complete, on the outermost dc of that fan add a picot: ch 3, sl st into tip dc so the motif gets little points around the outside.

Round 6 — tall loops row

  1. ch 1, sc in first sc, ch 7, sc in next sc — repeat around (12 ch-7 loops). Join.

Round 7 — top fans

  1. Into each ch-7 loop work: (sc, ch2, 3 dc, ch2, sc) — narrow top fan. Join.

Round 8 — squareing round (make 4 sides)

We have 12 top fans; group them 3 per side and form 4 corner clusters so motifs square.

  1. ch 3 (counts as dc). 3 dc into next fan top space; 3 dc into next fan top space; in the third fan top space of the group work (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) (corner).

  2. Repeat the [3dc, 3dc, corner] sequence 4 times and join with sl st.

If your layout ends up slightly off, reassign which fan gets the corner so the 4 corners are evenly spaced.


Round 9 — tidy sc round (join round)

  1. ch 1; sc evenly around the motif; 3 sc in each corner ch-3 to round corners. Join with sl st.

Small decorative touch C — surface stripe (optional): Before fastening off, you can create a subtle surface line across one radius: with RS facing, insert your hook from the back to the front at the center of the motif, pull up a loop, and work a surface slip-stitch (sl st on surface) following a line across a few rounds — this gives a delicate highlight. See Surface slip-stitch tip below.

Finish: fasten off and weave ends. Block flat to square.

Surface slip-stitch tip (for the “small touch” highlight)

  • Use the same yarn or a slightly darker/lighter contrast. Insert hook under the post(s) along your path (working on the front surface), yo, pull through, then sl st along that path. Keep tension loose so the surface stitch doesn’t pull the fabric.

Join motifs

Two good methods:

1) Join-As-You-Go (recommended)

  • Finish each motif through Round 8. On Round 9, when you reach an edge that touches an existing motif, replace the plain sc with:
    sc in your motif st, ch 1, sl st into the corresponding sc (or corner) of the neighbor, ch 1

  • For corners that meet two neighbors, sl st into both neighbors’ corner ch-3 space (do this gently so corner space remains).

  • Work row by row: first row left→right, next row join motifs to the motifs above and left as you go. Pin motifs so points align before joining.

2) Sew after blocking (if you prefer)

  • Block all motifs to identical size and pin in layout. Use mattress stitch through back loops only for a flat seam.


Layout & examples (assume motif ≈ 10 cm blocked)

  • Baby blanket 70 × 90 cm → ~7 × 9 motifs = 63 motifs.

  • Runner 30 × 120 cm → ~3 × 12 motifs = 36 motifs.

  • Blouse panel: front 4 × 3 motifs (16) + back similar.

Use formula:

  • motifs_across = round(desired_width_cm / motif_width_cm)

  • motifs_down = round(desired_length_cm / motif_width_cm)

Border (simple & elegant)

After motifs are joined and blocked, work border rounds.

Border A — neat + scalloped

  1. Round 1: Join yarn, sc evenly around entire assembled piece. Work 3 sc in each outer corner. Join.

  2. Round 2: skip 2 sc, 5 dc in next sc (shell), skip 2 sc, sc in next sc — repeat for scalloped finish. Join.

  3. Optional Round 3: add picots at shell tops: (sc, ch 3, sl st in sc) spaced evenly.

Border B — ribbed warm edge

  1. Round 1: hdc evenly around.

  2. Rounds 2–4: hdc in BLO for a ribbed look.

Yarn & amounts

Most accurate: weigh one blocked motif.

Rough starter estimates (DK, motif ≈10 cm):

  • 60 motifs × 10 g each = 600 g → plus 10–15% = ~660–690 g.

  • Throw/blanket 120 motifs → ~1.5–2 kg depending on motif size.


Blocking & finishing

  • Block each motif to exact same size. Pin to square; let dry fully.

  • After joining, block the whole piece so seams relax and picots/shells open.

  • Weave in ends inside seams.

Troubleshooting & tips

  • Unequal motif sizes: block all motifs; if some are still smaller add an extra sc round to enlarge.

  • Join puckers: relax join tension — use ch-2 joins or sew with mattress stitch more loosely.

  • Motif not squaring: ensure Round 8 makes 4 corners evenly; you can add or remove a dc between corners to balance.

  • Bobbles too big: use smaller bobbles (3-dc popcorn) or skip bobbles entirely — even without bobbles the motif reads beautiful.

  • Surface stitch pulls fabric: keep surface sl sts loose and don’t tug.

Variations & styling ideas

  • Make motifs two-color: center one color, outer rounds another → small touches pop more.

  • Add tiny picot points around the final scallop for whimsical texture.

  • Use one surface stripe per motif (all aligned) to form subtle diagonal lines across the joined fabric.

  • Make a garment: join motifs into front/back panels and add sc edge and straps.

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