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You don’t need to be a ’60s hippie to pull off a good floral crown – whether you’re heading to a festival or just hanging out in the garden, this pretty pattern by Becky Garratt will help you unleash your inner flower child – it’s one of the free crochet patterns we love to make every summer!
The headband is essentially made by creating a long chain of leaves, with the flowers stitched on afterwards. Tie the headband at the back and let the leafy tendrils hang loose!

You will need
- A 3mm (US C/2 or D/3) hook
- A 4mm (US G/6) hook
- Stylecraft Classique Cotton DK (100% cotton, 50g/92m), 1 ball of each:
- Busy Lizzie (3657)
- Wisteria (3664)
- Soft Lime (3663)
Measurements
120cm (47in)
Abbreviations
You can find a full list of all abbreviations we use in our abbreviations and conversions guide. This pattern is written in UK terminology, but you can easily convert it to US terms using this handy chart.


Flower headband crochet pattern
Using a 4mm hook and Soft Lime, *ch16, turn ch over to work in the back ‘bumps’ of the ch, ss in first ch, dc in next ch, htr in next ch, dc in next ch, ss in next ch, turn ch back over and ss in the same st as the last st; repeat from * 20 more times, ch10. Fasten off.
Flowers (make 11)
Using a 3mm hook and either Busy Lizzie or Wisteria, ch14.
Starting in the second ch from the hook, (ss in next ch, 3htr in next ch) 6 times, ss in the last ch. Fasten off.
Roll into flower shape and stitch to hold.
To make up
Sew or glue the flowers onto the headband.
Get festival-ready with our crochet flower headband
Crochet and festivals go hand in hand, so get ready for lots of summer fun with our crochet flower headband.
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Crochet these colourful crochet earrings with our free pattern, they’ll look fabulous at any summer event!

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Matt Spiers
Matt Spiers is an artist and founding editor of Gathered.how. What started as a hobby over a decade ago led to Matt developing a passion for crochet (which led to a career with Simply Crochet magazine). Matt now dabbles in all sorts of creative past-times, everything from music production to gardening to whittling – he’s an all-round craft master.

