Crochet Rose Bouquet Blanket Pattern with Leaf Border
Use two hook sizes to shape this floral crochet design: a sturdy round base and leafy border meet delicate pink roses for a dimensional bouquet look.
A white crochet circle becomes the foundation for a floral piece that can be kept small for a coaster or centerpiece, or enlarged into a full blanket. The combination of the clean main-color base, green pointed leaves, and individually rolled pink roses gives the finished edge a dimensional crochet bouquet effect.
The tutorial uses a 5.0 mm hook for the white and green sections and a smaller 4.0 mm hook for the flowers, giving the flower strips a slightly more delicate scale. You’ll build the base through the increase rounds, create the leaf spaces and picot petals, then make the crochet roses separately before sewing them onto the edge. The base can be stopped early or extended by repeating the increase rounds to suit the size you want.
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Choose Your Size First
The most useful part to decide before starting is how large you want the base to become. The pattern is continuous, so you do not need a completely different pattern for a coaster, placemat, or blanket.
- Small: A coaster or small bouquet uses less than 50g of yarn.
- Medium: A centerpiece, placemat, or standard bouquet size uses less than 100g of the main white yarn.
- Large: For a full blanket, plan on approximately 300g of the main color.
- To customize: Stop the base after fewer rounds for a smaller piece, or continue repeating the increase rounds beyond Round 14 until the circle reaches your desired size.
Because every new round adds one more double crochet to each set, keep the increase at the last stitch of every set as the circle grows. That placement is what keeps the repeating structure consistent.
Materials & Tools
- 100% Acrylic yarn, Medium 4-weight, in White and Green
- 100% Acrylic yarn, DK weight/Weight 3, in Pink or another flower color
- H / 5.0 mm crochet hook for the White and Green sections
- G / 4.0 mm crochet hook for the Flowers
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
Yarn Amounts
- Coaster: less than 50g
- Centerpiece/placemat: approximately 100g of white yarn
- Full blanket: approximately 300g of white yarn, with additional proportional amounts for the colors
Crochet Terms
- MR = Magic Ring / Magic Circle
- CH = Chain
- DC = Double Crochet
- SC = Single Crochet
- SL ST = Slip Stitch
- INC = Increase (2 DC in the same stitch)
- SK = Skip
- SP = Space
- PICOT = Picot stitch (CH 4, SL ST into the first CH)
Easy Crochet Rose Bouquet Blanket Pattern
Build the White Base
The base follows one repeating idea: each set gains one additional DC in every new round, and the increase is always placed in the final stitch of that set. Between sets, the CH-1 space separates one group from the next. When working the next round, skip that CH-1 space and continue into the following DC set.
Round 1: MR. CH 2 (does not count as a stitch). 12 DC into the magic circle. SL ST to the first DC to join. Pull the magic circle tight. (12 DC)
Round 2: CH 2. INC (2 DC in the same stitch), CH 1. Repeat * to * 12 times. SL ST to the first DC to join. (24 DC, 12 CH-1 sps)
Round 3: CH 2. 1 DC, INC (in the next st), CH 1, SK the CH-1 space. Repeat * to * 12 times. SL ST to the first DC to join. (12 sets of 3 DC each, separated by CH-1)
Round 4: CH 2. 1 DC in next 2 sts, INC in the last st of the set, CH 1, SK the CH-1 space. Repeat * to * 12 times. SL ST to the first DC to join. (12 sets of 4 DC each, separated by CH-1)
Rounds 5–14 (or until desired size): CH 2. Place 1 DC in each stitch except the very last stitch of each set; in the last stitch of each set, place an INC (2 DC). CH 1, SK the CH-1 space, and continue into the next set. Repeat around, SL ST to join at the end of each round. Each new round adds one DC to every set. At Round 14, cut the yarn and fasten off, or continue the same increase pattern for a larger piece.
Check the Circle Before Adding the Border
Before switching to green, look at the outer edge of the circle. The sets should remain clearly separated by their CH-1 spaces, and each round should have grown by one DC per set. If you are making the standard version through Round 14, that round is the point where the base is finished before the leaves begin.
Turn the Edge Into Leaves
Now the green yarn establishes the spaces that will become the leaves. The first green round is mainly a spacing round: the CH-3 arches create the openings for the decorative leaf stitches that follow. Work consistently around the edge so the leaf pattern remains even.
Base Round for Leaves: Attach green yarn to any DC from the last round with a SL ST. CH 1. SC in the same stitch. CH 3, SK 2 stitches, SC in the 3rd stitch. Repeat * to * around. SL ST to the first SC.
Leaf Round: SL ST into the first CH-3 space. SC in the CH-3 space. DC, Picot (CH 4, SL ST into first CH), DC, SC all in the same CH-3 space. In the next CH-3 space, repeat (SC, DC, Picot, DC, SC). Repeat in every CH-3 space around. SL ST to the first SC. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Each leaf is worked completely inside its CH-3 space, so once you finish one leaf, the next place to work is the next CH-3 space rather than the stitches between the spaces.
Make the Pink Roses
The flowers are worked separately with the smaller 4.0 mm hook. The long starting and finishing tails are important because the roses need to be sewn into shape and then attached to the blanket.
Row 1: Leave a long starting tail. CH 13.
Row 2: SK the first 3 CHs (counts as 1 DC). DC in the 4th CH from the hook. INC (2 DC) in the next CH. Place 3 DC in each of the remaining CH stitches. CH 1. Leave a long tail for sewing and cut the yarn.
Roll the Flower Into Shape
The completed strip will naturally coil. Roll it tightly around itself to form the rose shape. Keep the bottom layers together as you roll so the flower does not loosen before it is sewn.
Thread the yarn needle with the long tail left from the flower. Sew back and forth through the layers at the base of the coiled rose several times to secure its shape, then knot it firmly.
Attach the Roses
The roses are now ready to be placed onto the finished base. The tutorial alternates the flowers between the leaf junctions rather than placing one at every junction.
Place a rose on the blanket base according to that alternating arrangement, then sew through the base of the flower and into multiple layers of the blanket to hold it securely. Knot the yarn, weave the remaining end through the blanket stitches, and trim the excess.
You can also place a flower at every junction if you prefer a fuller floral edge.
An Alternative Mentioned in the Tutorial
The tutorial also mentions attaching the yarn directly to a blanket junction, making CH 13, and crocheting the flower directly onto the blanket. However, the tutorial notes that this method makes the piece heavier to turn while working the flower, so the separately made rose method keeps the flower-making stage easier to handle.
Finish the Bouquet Shape
Once the roses are secured and the loose ends are woven in, the piece can be used flat as a coaster, centerpiece, or placemat, depending on the size you made. For a bouquet-style presentation, fold the edges inward and bundle the base with ribbon to create the finished floral-bouquet look.
