A Five-Petal Flower on a Little Pot: Written Practice Pattern

A flower can sit directly on a crocheted soil disc, giving a small pot a bright top without a wired stem. This written practice version has a five-petal bloom, one optional leaf, a 24-stitch pot rim and a matching soil insert. It is a new low-profile construction, not a verified reproduction of the tall flower in the photograph.

What is and is not verified

The written stitch counts below have been checked, but no physically made sample or measured gauge is available. The finished height and the pot’s ability to sit upright depend on the chosen yarn, fabric and filling. Make this as a decorative practice piece, without claiming it is a safety-tested toy.

Materials and US terms

Use compatible yarns for the pot, soil, flower centre, petals and optional leaf, a hook that produces close sc fabric, a stitch marker, yarn needle, scissors and suitable soft filling. No particular hook size, yarn quantity or finished dimension is promised.

MR = magic ring; ch = chain; sc = single crochet; hdc = half double crochet; dc = double crochet; sl st = slip stitch; inc = two sc in one stitch; BLO = back loop only. Pot and soil rounds are continuous: mark their first stitch and do not add a turning chain. The flower is joined, with its chains excluded from the centre count.

Pot: a flat base and straight sides

1. R1: 6 sc in MR. Tighten the ring. (6)
2. R2: inc in each stitch. (12)
3. R3: repeat [sc, inc] six times. (18)
4. R4: repeat [2 sc, inc] six times. (24)
5. R5: sc in BLO of every stitch. (24)
6. R6–10: sc in both loops of every stitch. Each round has 24 stitches.

Sl st in the next stitch to finish and leave a long sewing tail. Keep the rim open. Check the base and side fabric before filling; the BLO round marks the transition but does not guarantee a perfectly rigid or flat vessel.

Soil disc: stop at the same 24 stitches

In soil colour, repeat pot rounds 1–4, using both loops throughout. Finish with a sl st in the next stitch and secure the end. Do not add the pot’s side rounds. This disc has 24 edge stitches to match the 24-stitch rim.

Bloom: use each of five centre stitches once

In centre colour, make MR, ch 1, then 5 sc in the ring. Join with sl st to the first sc and finish the colour. The ch 1 and joining sl st are not extra centre stitches. Mark the five sc if their tops are hard to distinguish.

Join petal colour in the first centre sc. In that same stitch, work ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, sl st. Sl st into the next centre sc and make the same petal there. Continue until all five centre sc have one petal. After the fifth petal, finish the yarn without making a sixth petal in the first stitch. There are five petals and ten dc in total.

Optional leaf: travel along both sides of the chain

Ch 8. Starting in the second chain from the hook, work sc, hdc, dc, dc, dc, hdc in the next six chains. In the last chain work [sc, ch 2, sc]. Turn around the chain end and work into the unused underside loops of the previous six chains: hdc, dc, dc, dc, hdc, sc. Sl st to the first sc to finish and leave an attaching tail.

The leaf has 14 worked stitches plus the tip’s ch-2 space; the joining sl st is excluded. Follow the original chain back toward the starting end rather than crocheting the return into the new stitches.

Attach the decoration, then enclose the filling

1. Place the bloom on the soil disc. Sew its centre through several firm stitches so the petals remain free.
2. If using the leaf, sew its narrow starting end beside or beneath the bloom. Keep its tail on the underside of the soil disc and secure it there.
3. Lightly fill the pot, keeping the base from bulging. Match the soil’s 24 edge stitches to the rim’s 24 stitches.
4. Using the pot’s tail, sew corresponding rim and disc stitches together all around. Leave a small opening to adjust filling, then complete the seam and secure the tail through firm fabric.

Inspect the rim join and decorations, then record the actual dimensions and whether the base sits as intended. If the pot leans, adjust filling before adding weights or rigid parts; those would change this construction and its care requirements. Follow the yarn and filling labels when cleaning.