Purple Crocus Flower Crochet Pen — Free Pattern

A crocus is one of the first flowers to hint at spring. Here, six lilac petals overlap into a softly cupped bloom with a bright golden center. Add narrow green leaves and a small crocheted pot, and you have a practical flower pen that stays in season all year.

Your desk-garden project at a glance

• Difficulty: Intermediate (source calls this medium).
• Approximate finished size: Approximately 12 × 20 cm; measurements depend on pen, yarn, tension, and flower shaping.
• Hook: 3.75 mm or 4 mm. Terms: US crochet terms; work in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise.
• Construction: individual flower head, two leaves, green pen sleeve, terracotta pot, and hollow-centered soil.
• Before stitching: choose a pen and confirm its barrel width. The base pattern is sized for a pen around 8 mm across.

Crochet shorthand (US terms)

Stitch totals in the final column count the stitches after completing the round. If your number differs, check the increases or decreases before moving on.

Part 1 — Six lilac crocus petals

✿ Flower-head shaping

Visual orientation only; follow the round counts in the written instructions.

Using purple yarn, make six matching petals. Each is worked around both sides of a chain.

Fasten off with a generous sewing tail. Sew the first three petals into a three-sided cup; repeat with the other three. Nest one group inside the other and stitch them together at the base so the layers stay open at the top.

The little golden center

Fasten off and sew the thin golden piece to the center of the crocus. Keep it upright inside the petals.

Part 2 — Two narrow crocus leaves

✿ Leaves and small details

With green yarn, ch 10. Starting in the second chain, work sl st, then 8 sc along the chain (9 stitches). Fasten off with a long sewing tail; make a second leaf and attach both to the pen-cover stem. Their slim, upright shape helps distinguish this flower from the rounder sunflower and rose leaves.

The shared pen base: stem, pot and soil

All four designs in this collection use the same basic construction. Make the flower head described above, then complete the following three components. The stem is a sleeve that fits over a real pen; the soil has a narrow central passage to hold that sleeve.

1. Green pen-cover stem

✿ Pen sleeve: three important stages

The green sleeve can be shortened or lengthened to fit your pen.

Use light-green yarn and a stitch marker. For a pen around 8 mm in diameter, work:

Fasten off and leave a yarn tail for assembly. Try the cover over your pen before finishing. If it is too tight, increase the stitches in the initial ring and maintain the new stitch count; if it is too short or tall, change the number of plain rounds. The length varies with the pen you use.

2. The little terracotta-colored pot

✿ Pot: R1 through R9

These are newly generated visual examples of the pot developing. Use the stitch table for exact stitch totals.

Crochet with orange or coral yarn in continuous rounds; the rim turns back toward the inside.

Fasten off, turn the pot inside out, then stitch the edge of round 23 to the unused back loops of round 19. That forms the rolled rim shown in the construction. For a friendly face, add black eyes and a small smile with embroidery thread (optional). You can also use safety eyes for an adult desk decoration, but avoid detachable parts around young children.

3. Crochet the removable-looking soil form

✿ Soil shape and hollow center

The central tunnel remains open for the pen sleeve; schematic, not a photograph.

Work in light brown. The narrow center is deliberate—it makes space for the pen stem.

Fasten off, then carefully push the narrow tube inward through the lightly stuffed soil shape, using the blunt end of a pen or marker if needed. This creates the central opening pictured in the source pattern. Keep the center open rather than filling it with stuffing.

Put the flower pen together

✿ Completed project reference

1. Sew the finished blossom securely to the top of the green pen sleeve. Position it so the bloom faces forward.
2. Add the two leaves to opposite sides of the sleeve, where your flower instructions indicate.
3. Set the crocheted soil piece into the pot and secure it with small, tidy stitches around the edge so it stays in place.
4. Guide the green pen cover through the central opening of the soil. Check that the pen tip remains usable and that the flower head is balanced.
5. Weave in loose yarn ends and gently shape the petals with your fingers—no heavy pulling.

Fit and safety: This is a decorative pen accessory, not a toy for small children. Test the diameter and length against the actual pen, avoid blocking the writing tip, and secure small parts carefully.

A few questions before you finish

Can I use another pen? Yes. The source gives the tube for a roughly 8 mm pen. A wider pen needs more starting stitches and the corresponding number of sc in subsequent rounds; make a quick fit check first.

Why does the soil have a hole? The inward-folded tube creates an opening for the pen-cover stem; stuffing the center solid would prevent that.

Can I change the pot color? Absolutely. Coral, terracotta, blush pink, and moss green all suit this little desk-garden collection.

Ready for another flower? Browse the full free pattern library to mix more blooms in a handmade bouquet.