Knitted flower brooch: poinsettia knitting pattern

Our sweet knitted flower brooch makes a perfect, quick gift for loved ones for the Christmas season. A botanical gem, it’ll have the green-fingered (and not-so green-fingered) decorating shawls, bags and more with ease. Why not knit up a trio of blooms and add them to a favourite winter hat, or even make a garland of poinsettias to hang above the fireplace?

Any red and green DK-weight yarn can be used for this pattern, so have a rummage in your stash for some leftovers! It’s the twinkly gold beads, though, that make this knitted poinsettia so pretty. Stitch them in the middle of your flower using a length of sewing thread to add the sparkliest seasonal touch.

This beginner-friendly pattern uses some basic knitting increases and decreases. If you're new to these, take a look at our how to decrease in knitting and how to increase knitting stitch guides to see how they're done.

To make a knitted flower brooch, you will need:

• Any DK yarn from your stash. 1 ball each of Yarn A Red and Yarn B Green
• A pair of 3½mm (US 4) needles
• Gold beads
• Brooch back
• Cotton thread

Knitted poinsettia pattern

Tension

Yarn used knits as DK to this tension: 24 sts and 32 rows to measure 10x10cm (4x4in) over stocking stitch using 3½mm needles

Measurements

9cm (3½in) wide

Knitted poinsettia

You'll find our standard knitting abbreviations in this pattern.

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Poinsettia petals

(Make 6)

Cast on 3 sts using 3½mm needles and Yarn A.

Row 1 Purl.

Row 2 Kfb, K1, kfb. [5 sts]

Row 3 Purl.

Row 4 Kfb, K3, kfb. [7 sts]

Row 5 Purl.

Row 6 Knit.

Row 7 Purl.

Row 8 Sl1, K1, psso, K3, k2tog. [5 sts]

Row 9 Purl.

Row 10 Sl1, K1, psso, K1, k2tog. [3 sts]

Row 11 Purl.

Row 12 Sl1, k2tog, psso, fasten off yarn.

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Poinsettia leaves (Make 6)

Cast on 3 sts using 3½mm needles and Yarn B.

Row 1 Purl.

Row 2 Kfb, K1, kfb. [5 sts]

Row 3 Purl.

Row 4 Kfb, K3, kfb. [7 sts]

Row 5 Purl.

Row 6 Kfb, K5, kfb. [9 sts]

Row 7 Purl.

Row 8 Knit.

Row 9 Purl.

Row 10 Sl1, K1, psso, K5, k2tog. [7 sts]

Row 11 Purl.

Row 12 Sl1, K1, psso, K3, k2tog. [5 sts]

Row 13 Purl.

Row 14 Sl1, K1, psso, K1, k2tog. [3 sts]

Row 15 Purl.

Row 16 Sl1, k2tog, psso, fasten off yarn.

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Make up the knitted poinsettia pattern

Join together the petals and leaves using the picture as a reference. Sew the beads to the top of the petals using a matching coloured cotton. Then sew the brooch back to the wrong side of the leaves. Weave in all loose ends.

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Download the knitted flower brooch pattern

Get a PDF version of this pattern here: Knitted poinsettia pattern

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Knit your own blooms for Christmas

This festive poinsettia flower pattern has endless uses! Turn your bloom into a brooch, into a bag charm, a garland or add it to a present. You could even whip up some stems to make a glorious poinsettia bunch.