Mini Lotus Flower Crochet Tutorial | US Term | for Advanced Beginner

Hi everyone, welcome to my channel. In this video I'm gonna show you how to crochet the mini lotus flower. They are also known as water lily. Subscribe to us if you like our video, and check our shop to find out more crochet projects. These are the materials we need. Part 1. Flower. We'll crochet the first layer of petals with pink color, and the second layer with dark pink. You can also crochet the petals with single color yarn. Take out the pink yarn. Make a magic loop first. Single crochet 5 times around the loop. Pull the loop tight. Slip stitch in the first stitch. Chain 1 to start round 2. Then, make an increase in every stitch for round 2. By the end, you will have 10 stitches for this round. Slip stitch in the first stitch. And chain 1. For round 3, repeat making single crochet followed by an increase 5 times in total. By the end of it, you will have 15 stitches for round 3. Next, we'll create the petals. Chain 2 first. We are going to work into the front loops only for this round. Double crochet in the first loop. And triple crochet back in the same loop. Then, triple crochet in the next loop. Chain 1. Make a 1 chain picot. Work into these 2 loops. Yarn over and pull through. Make a slip stitch. Then, triple crochet again back in the same stitch. Triple crochet in the next stitch. And double crochet back in the same stitch. Chain 2. Slip stitch back in the same stitch. We made 1 petal. Every petal occupies 3 front loops. Repeat the pattern and make a total of 5 petals. Fasten off when you finish. If you want to make a single colored flower, you can just keep crocheting without breaking the yarn. Next, we'll work in the back loops of round 3. To make the first layer of petals staggered from the second layer, we need to start from the last back loop of round 3. Take out the dark pink yarn. Wrap it around your hand. Pinch the yarn tail to the back of the flower. Yarn over and pull through. Chain 3. Make a triple crochet back in the same stitch. And make a double triple crochet here. Then, double triple crochet in the next stitch. Chain 1. Make a 1 chain picot. Double triple crochet back in the same stitch. After that, make a double triple crochet in the next stitch. And a triple crochet back in the same stitch. Chain 3. Slip stitch back in the same stitch. Repeat the pattern and make a total of 5 petals. This is our finished flower. Hide those yarn tails in the stitches. All finished! Part 2. Flower Core. We'll start the flower core with green yarn. Make a magic loop first. Place 5 single crochet in the loop. Pull it tight. Slip stitch in the first stitch. And chain 1 to start round 2. Make 5 increase stitches for this round. Make a slip stitch to end this round. Chain 1. For round 3, we'll work into the back loops only. Single crochet in every loop. Slip stitch and chain 1. Push the right side out. Then, put the hook back and keep crocheting. Work into the back loops only and make 5 decrease for the last round. Hide the thread in it if you have one. Slip stitch in the end. Fasten off. Leave some yarn and cut it off. Thread a needle up with the yarn tail. Sew through every front loop to close the piece. Pull the yarn tight during the process. Hide the yarn in the flower core. Next, take out the yellow yarn. Wrap it around your hand. Pinch the yarn tail to the back of the flower core. Work hook into the front loop of round 2. Yarn over and pull through. Chain 2. Work into the next loop. Put the yarn tail on the hook so we can hide it in stitches. Make a slip stitch. Chain 2 again. Make a slip stitch in the next loop. Repeat the sequence till the last loop. Make a slip stitch in the first loop in the end. Fasten off. Hide the yarn tail in the work. Well done! We finished it! Part 3. Bud. For the bud, follow the pattern and finish round 1 to round 5 by yourself. We'll jump to the round 6 in the video. After you finish round 5, fasten off and break the yarn. Take out the dark pink yarn. We'll crochet with dark pink yarn for the rest rounds. Single crochet in every stitch for round 6 and you will have 18 stitches at the end of this round. For round 7, repeat making a single crochet followed by a decrease in a total of 6 times. For the rest 2 rounds, follow the pattern and finish it by yourself. Don't forget to stuff the bud during the process. Fasten off when you've finished. Sew through every front loop to close the piece. Hide the yarn in the bud. Finished! Part 4. Leaf. Make a magic loop first. Place 10 single crochet in the loop. Pull the loop tight. Slip stitch in the first stitch. Chain 1 to start round 2. For round 2, we'll work into the back loops only. Make 10 half double crochet increases for this round. Make a slip stitch in the end. For the big leaf, you just need to make a half double crochet increase in every stitch as round 3. Part 5. Assembling. First, let's stick the flower core to the flower. Here I am using hot melt glue. You can also use other kind of glue or connect them by sewing. Take out a branch of around 15 centimeters. Apply some glue on the top of the branch. Stick the branch to the back of the flower center. Take out the green yarn. Wrap yarn around the whole branch. When there is one centimeter branch left, apply some glue to it and wrap yarn on that. Add branches for other pieces as well. Arrange them in a small vase.