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Garden Garland Pattern

Garden Garland Pattern
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2-4 Hours Time Needed
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Beginner Friendly Level

Perfect for those just starting their crochet journey, with clear instructions and simple techniques

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Bite-Sized Project

Finishes in 2-4 hours—perfect for an afternoon of creative relaxation.

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Cozy Accent

A warm touch for your space that transforms ordinary corners into inviting nooks filled with handmade charm.

About This Garden Garland Pattern

This pattern creates a cheerful garland made from multiple small crochet flowers in different designs and colourways. Youll use Paintbox Yarns Simply DK with a 3.5mm hook to make each flower, then thread them onto string to assemble the garland. The designs include nine flower variants and small centres so you can mix and match textures and colours.

Garden Garland Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

Perfect for using yarn scraps, the pattern is written in UK terminology with US equivalents in brackets. It is easy to adjust the number of flowers and colour combinations to fit your space or occasion.

Why You'll Love This Garden Garland Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it turns small, simple crochet motifs into a joyful display you can hang anywhere. I enjoy the way the different flower shapes and layers stack together to create an eclectic, handmade look. Making these flowers is relaxing and quick, so I often make a few in an evening while watching TV. I also love that this pattern is perfect for using leftover yarn — each flower feels unique and special.

Garden Garland Pattern step 1 - construction progress Garden Garland Pattern step 2 - assembly progress Garden Garland Pattern step 3 - details and accessories Garden Garland Pattern step 4 - final assembly and finishing

Switch Things Up

I love personalising garlands by changing the colour palette — try soft pastels for a baby room or bold, saturated hues for a party backdrop.

If you want a chunkier garland, I sometimes use a DK or aran weight yarn and a larger hook to create bigger, more textured flowers.

To make a tiny keychain version, I use finer yarn and a 2.5mm hook and make just one small flower to attach to a keyring.

I often embellish petals with embroidered veins or French knots for a little extra detail and personality.

Try combining two or three identical flowers grouped together on the string for a clustered look instead of single spacing.

I sometimes add beads or small felt leaves between flowers to introduce different textures and fill gaps on the garland.

For outdoor displays at parties, I reinforce attachment points with clear thread or a small dab of fabric glue for extra security.

To create themed garlands, choose seasonal colours — oranges and browns for autumn, pastels for spring, or red/green for festive decor.

Make a mini mobile by suspending several flowers from a small embroidery hoop at varying lengths — it makes a lovely gift for a nursery.

I recommend experimenting with yarn fibres — cotton gives a crisp stitch definition while acrylic offers softer drape and bright colour options.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping the joining chain when forming the initial ring can make petals uneven; always join with a slip stitch to form a neat centre ring before working the first round. ✗ Not breaking and changing colours at the correct point will create messy joins; follow the break and join instructions exactly and weave in ends neatly as you go. ✗ Crowding stitches in petal loops will make them stiff and indistinct; work the specified number of chains and stitches for each petal and keep an even tension. ✗ Forgetting to fasten off and weave ends for flower centres will cause them to come loose on the garland; fasten off securely and sew the centre pieces in place before threading. ✗ Ignoring spacing when threading onto the string can create a lopsided garland; lay out the flowers first using the photograph as a guide and space them evenly before securing. ✗ Using a different hook size without checking gauge can change finished diameters significantly; if your flowers turn out larger or smaller, switch to a thinner or thicker hook to match the measurements.

Garden Garland Pattern

Create a colourful string of crochet flowers to brighten any room with this easy Garden Garland pattern. You will make a variety of small flowers using Paintbox Simply DK yarn and a 3.5mm hook, then thread them onto a length of string to form a charming garland. This approachable project is perfect for using up scraps and experimenting with colour combinations to suit your home or a thoughtful handmade gift.

Beginner Friendly 2-4 Hours

Materials Needed for Garden Garland Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - small amounts in the following colourways for Flower 1: A – Champagne White; B – Raspberry Pink
  • 02
    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 1 additional A/B options: A – Sailor Blue, B – Daffodil Yellow
  • 03
    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 1 additional A/B options: A – Daffodil Yellow, B – Tomato Red
  • 04
    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 1 additional A/B options: A – Buttercup Yellow, B – Tea Rose
  • 05
    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flowers 2: A – Tomato Red, B – Ballet Pink; A – Raspberry Pink, B – Champagne White; A – Tea Rose, B – Buttercup Yellow; A – Daffodil Yellow, B – Slate Green
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    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 3: A – Champagne White, B – Rich Mauve; A – Champagne White, B – Raspberry Pink; A – Dark Aubergine, B – Sky Blue; A – Champagne White, B – Kingfisher Blue; A – Slate Green, B – Blood Orange
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    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 4 (make in three colours): A – Tomato Red, B – Ballet Pink, C – Buttercup Yellow; A – Blood Orange, B – Daffodil Yellow, C – Slate Green; A – Raspberry Pink, B – Racing Green, C – Ballet Pink; A – Champagne White, B – Rich Mauve, C – Ballet Pink
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    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 5: A – Tea Rose, B – Daffodil Yellow; A – Tomato Red, B – Ballet Pink
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    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 6: A – Champagne White, B – Tomato Red, C – Tea Rose; A – Tea Rose, B – Slate Green, C – Daffodil Yellow; A – Buttercup Yellow, B – Ballet Pink, C – Slate Green; A – Daffodil Yellow, B – Racing Green, C – Ballet Pink
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    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 7: A – Champagne White, B – Buttercup Yellow; A – Raspberry Pink, B – Ballet Pink; A – Blood Orange, B – Daffodil Yellow
  • 11
    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 8: A – Buttercup Yellow, B – Tea Rose, C – Daffodil Yellow; A – Champagne White, B – Rich Mauve, C – Slate Green; A – Champagne White, B – Sky Blue, C – Tea Rose; A – Champagne White, B – Blood Orange, C – Daffodil Yellow
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    Paintbox Yarns Simply DK - Flower 9: A – Slate Green, B – Raspberry Pink; A – Champagne White, B – Dark Aubergine; A – Tomato Red, B – Ballet Pink
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    General: Small amounts of Paintbox Yarns Simply DK in listed colours (use scraps where possible).

— Tools Required

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    3.5mm crochet hook (UK 9 – US E4)
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    Length of string approx 450 cm (177 in) for garland
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    Scissors
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    Yarn needle for sewing and weaving in ends
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    Stitch markers (optional)
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    Pins for assembly (optional)

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— Flowers :

FLOWER 1 (MAKE 4) :

Make 4 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A and join with ss to form a ring.

Round 1 :

(rs) 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 10 dc (sc) into ring, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Break A and join in B

Round 2 :

Using B, 4 ch, (4 dtr (tr), 4 ch, 1 ss) into st at base of first 4 ch, *ss into next dc (sc), 4 ch, (4 dtr (tr), 4 ch, 1 ss) into same dc (sc), rep from * 8 times more (creating 9 petals)

Info :

Fasten off

FLOWER 2 (MAKE 4) :

Make 4 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A and join with ss to form a ring.

Round 1 :

(rs) 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 6 dc (sc) into ring, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Break A and join in B

Round 2 :

Using B, (4 ch, 4 dtr (tr), 4 ch, 1 ss) into st at base of first 4 ch, *1 ss, 4 ch, 4 dtr (tr), 4 ch, 1 ss into next dc (sc), rep from * 4 times more

Info :

Fasten off

FLOWER 3 (MAKE 5) :

Make 4 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A and join with ss to form a ring.

Round 1 :

(rs) 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 8 dc (sc) into ring, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Break A and join in B

Round 2 :

Using B, 4 ch, 2 dtr (tr) into st at base of 4 ch, (2 dtr (tr), 4 ch, 1 ss) into next dc (sc), *(1 ss, 4 ch, 2 dtr (tr)) into next dc (sc), (2 dtr (tr), 4 ch and 1 ss) into next dc (sc), rep from * twice more

Info :

Fasten off

FLOWER 4 (MAKE 4) :

Make 4 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A and join with ss to form a ring.

Round 1 :

(rs) 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 8 dc (sc) into ring, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Break A and join in B

Round 2 :

Using B, 4 ch, 2 dtr (tr) into st at base of 4 ch, (2 dtr (tr), 4 ch, 1 ss) into next dc (sc), *(1 ss, 4 ch, 2 dtr (tr) into next dc (sc), (2 dtr (tr), 4 ch and 1 ss) into next dc (sc)), rep from * twice more, ss into first dc (sc) of round 1 (4 petals)

Info :

Break B and join in C

Round 3 :

Working in front of petals made in round 2, (4 ch, ss into dc at base of next 2 petals) 3 times, 4 ch, ss into ss at end of round 2

Round 4 :

1 ch (does NOT count as st), (1 dc (sc), 3 htr (hdc) into each 4-ch loop of round 3, ss into first dc (sc))

Info :

Fasten off

FLOWER 5 (MAKE 2) :

Flower: Make 2 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A

Round 1 :

(rs) 8 dc (sc) into 2nd ch from hook, ss to first dc (sc)

Round 2 :

1 ch (does NOT count as st), 2 dc (sc) into st at base of 1 ch, (2 dc (sc) into next dc (sc)) 7 times, ss to first dc (sc) — 16 sts

Round 3 :

1 ch (does NOT count as st), 1 dc (sc) into st at base of 1 ch, 1 dc (sc) into each of next 15 dc (sc), ss to first dc (sc)

Round 4 :

As round 3

Round 5 :

As round 3

Round 6 :

8 ch, miss st at base of 8 ch and next 3 sts, ss into next st, (8 ch, miss 3 sts, ss into next st) twice, 8 ch, miss 3 sts, ss into ss at base of first 8-ch of round

Round 7 :

1 dc (sc), 2 htr (hdc), 1 tr (dc), 1 dtr (tr), 1 tr (dc), 2 htr (hdc), 1 dc (sc) into each 8-ch loop, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Fasten off

FLOWER CENTRE :

Make 2 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and B

Round 1 :

(rs) 5 dc (sc) into 2nd ch from hook, ss to first dc (sc)

Round 2 :

1 ch (does NOT count as st), 3 dc (sc) into st at base of 1 ch, (3 dc (sc) into next dc (sc)) 4 times, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Fasten off. Sew Flower Centre securely to inside of Flower

FLOWER 6 (MAKE 4) :

Make 5 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A and join with ss to form a ring

Round 1 :

(rs) 3 ch (counts as 1 htr (hdc) and 1 ch), (1 htr (hdc) into ring, 1 ch) 9 times, ss into 2nd of 3 ch at beg of round

Info :

Break A and join in B

Round 2 :

Using B, ss into next ch sp, 3 ch (counts as 1 tr (dc)), 1 tr (dc) into same ch sp, (1 ch, 2 tr (dc) into next ch sp) 9 times, 1 ch, ss to top of 3 ch at beg of round

Info :

Break B and join in C

Round 3 :

Using C, ss into next ch sp, 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 1 dc (sc) into same ch sp, (5 ch, 1 dc (sc) into next ch sp) 9 times, 5 ch, ss to first dc (sc)

Round 4 :

Using C, ss into next 5-ch loop, (1 dc (sc), 1 htr (hdc), 1 tr (dc), 1 htr (hdc), 1 dc (sc)) into each 5-ch loop, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Fasten off

FLOWER 7 (MAKE 3) :

Make 5 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A and join with ss to form a ring

Round 1 :

(rs) 3 ch (counts as 1 htr (hdc) and 1 ch), (1 htr (hdc) into ring, 1 ch) 9 times, ss into 2nd of 3 ch at beg of round

Info :

Break A and join in B

Round 2 :

Using B, ss into next ch sp, 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 1 dc (sc) into same ch sp, (5 ch, 1 dc (sc) into next ch sp) 9 times, 5 ch, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Fasten off

FLOWER 8 (MAKE 4) :

Make 5 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A and join with ss to form a ring

Round 1 :

(rs) 3 ch (counts as 1 htr (hdc) and 1 ch), (1 htr (hdc) into ring, 1 ch) 9 times, ss into 2nd of 3 ch at beg of round

Info :

Break A and join in B

Round 2 :

Using B, ss into next ch sp, 3 ch (counts as 1 tr (dc)), 1 tr (dc) into same ch sp, (1 ch, 2 tr (dc) into next ch sp) 9 times, 1 ch, ss to top of 3 ch at beg of round

Info :

Break B and join in C

Round 3 :

Using C, ss into next ch sp, 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 1 dc (sc) into same ch sp, (5 ch, 1 dc (sc) into next ch sp) 9 times, 5 ch, ss to first dc (sc)

Round 4 :

Using C, ss into next 5-ch loop, (1 dc (sc), 1 htr (hdc), 1 tr (dc), 1 htr (hdc), 1 dc (sc)) into each 5-ch loop, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Fasten off

FLOWER 9 (MAKE 3) :

Make 5 ch using 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) crochet hook and A and join with ss to form a ring

Round 1 :

(rs) 4 ch (counts as 1 tr (dc) and 1 ch), 1 tr (dc) into ring, 1 ch) 9 times, ss into 3rd of 4 ch at beg of round

Info :

Break A and join in B

Round 2 :

Using B, ss into next ch sp, 1 ch (does NOT count as st), 1 dc (sc), 1 htr (hdc), 1 tr (dc), 1 htr (hdc), 1 dc (sc) into same ch sp, *(1 dc (sc), 1 htr (hdc), 1 tr (dc), 1 htr (hdc), 1 dc (sc)) into next ch sp, rep from * 8 times more, ss to first dc (sc)

Info :

Fasten off

MAKING UP :

Using photograph as a guide, thread flowers onto length of string to make garland

Assembly Instructions

  • Sew each Flower Centre securely to the inside of Flowers 5 centres before threading to keep centres fixed.
  • Layout flowers on a flat surface following the photograph to decide colour order and spacing before threading onto the string.
  • Thread flowers onto the length of string approximately 450 cm long, spacing evenly along the string and knotting or backstitching yarn tails to secure each flower in place.
  • Secure the ends of the string with knots and leave extra length for hanging; reinforce the first and last flowers with extra stitches if needed.

Important Notes

  • 💡Use a 3.5mm (UK 9 – US E4) hook to achieve the stated measurements for each flower design.
  • 💡Follow the colourway groupings (A, B, C) for each flower to reproduce the shown look, or swap colours to create your own palette.
  • 💡Fasten off and weave in ends as you go to keep the back of each flower tidy and avoid fiddly finishing.
  • 💡Pin or lay out flowers before threading so you can adjust spacing and colour balance to your preference.

This Garden Garland is a delightful, colourful way to brighten a nursery, party or everyday space. Mix and match the nine flower designs to create a unique statement that reflects your favourite colours and memories. Make a garland to keep or give as a handmade present full of charm and personality. 🧶🌸

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

The length of string recommended is approximately 450 cm (177 in); individual flower diameters vary by design (approx. 4.5–8 cm) as listed in the pattern sizes.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, you can use different yarn weights but your finished flowers will change size; adjust hook size accordingly and test one flower to check measurements before proceeding.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated beginner friendly; familiarity with basic stitches such as chain, single/double crochet (UK/US equivalents shown) and slip stitch will make the project straightforward.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crafters finish the garland in around 2-4 hours depending on how many flowers you make and how much time you spend on colour planning and assembly.