Crochet Doily Brooch

Lovely little brooches to adorn your sweetest projects (or yourself!).

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Finished size is approximately 2” in diameter. The piece should be about 0.75” after round 2.

US crochet abbreviations/stitches used.

Special Stitches:
Beg-POP (beginning popcorn): Ch 3, work 3 DC into the same stitch. Drop the loop from your hook and insert it from front to back into the top of the beg Ch-3. Grab the dropped loop with your hook and pull it through the stitch to complete.

POP (popcorn): Work 4 DC into the same stitch. Drop the loop from your hook and insert it from front to back into the first DC of the group. Grab the dropped loop with your hook and pull it through the stitch to complete.

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • 1 ¾ mm Crochet Hook
  • 8 yd Crochet Thread (I used DMC Perle Cotton 8)
  • Yarn Needle for weaving in ends

Steps (2 steps, 30 minutes)

  1. 1

    Ch 5, slst to first ch to make ring.


    Round 1: Ch 1, 8 SC into ring, slst to first sc. (8 SC)


    Round 2: Beg-POP into first SC, Ch 3, *POP into next st, Ch 3; Rep from * around. Slst into top of Beg-POP. (8 POP + 8 ch-3 sp)


    Round 3: Ch 1, SC into first ch-3 sp, Ch 3, SC into same sp, *SC into next ch-3 sp, Ch 3, SC into same sp; rep from * around, slst into first SC.


    Round 4: Slst into first ch-3 sp, ch 4, DC in same sp, [Ch 1, DC, in same sp] 3 times, *DC in next sp, [Ch 1, DC in same sp] 4 times; Repeat from * around, slst into third ch of beg ch-4.


    Round 5: Ch 1, SC in first ch-1 sp, [Ch 3, SC in next ch-1 sp] 3 times, *SC in next ch-1 sp, [Ch 3, SC in next ch-1 sp] 3 times; Rep from * around, slst into first sc. Fasten off.

  2. 2

    Weave in ends and attach pin in center back.