Last Minute Poppies for Remembrance Day

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My Last Minute Poppy Pins are perfect for a quick, meaningful craft. These adorable poppies are designed with safety in mind, featuring locking safety pin or brooch closures, making them ideal for children. Using Medium Weight yarn and a 5 mm (H) crochet hook, you can whip up these poppies in about 10 minutes. A full photo tutorial is available to guide you through each step.

Last Minute Poppy Pins - Free Crochet Pattern ODC

My children both want to wear a poppy this year for their Remembrance Day Assembly at school. They are only 4 (JK in school) and 6 years old (Grade 1) so they need something safe and secure.

The poppies available here are on straight pins which are not very suitable for little children who are active (or curious) so I decided to whip up a few small ones for them to wear tomorrow.

These poppies use Medium Weight Yarn and a 5 mm (H) crochet hook and they take about 10 minutes to make.

Quick Crochet Poppy Pins – 10-Minute Pattern

They are pretty simple to make once you understand how to crochet the petals.

I’ve included some images below to help you make your own poppies. You can use these for Remembrance Day or Veteran’s Day on November 11th but please remember to support your local Veterans too!

Supplies

Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Yarn. 141 g (5 oz) / 236 yds (215 m). Medium Weight Yarn [4]. 100% Acrylic. Machine washable and dryable.
Colors: Red and Black
Crochet Hook: 5 mm (H)
Scissors, Yarn Needle, safety pin or brooch clasp, sewing needle and thread

Difficulty Level

Easy

Finished Size

2 inches across from petal edge to petal edge

Gauge

Use a crochet hook a few sizes smaller than the yarn calls for.

You can substitute any yarn and hook for this stitch pattern – just remember when you substitute if your gauge is different, the finished size of your project will also be different.

Abbreviations

US Terminology used

ch – chain
dc – double crochet
DMR – double magic ring
MR – magic ring
R – row
rem – remaining
rep – repeat
sc – single crochet
sk – skip
st/sts – stitch/stitches
yo – yarn over
* – Repeat the instructions between the asterisks the number of times indicated. This repeat will contain of multiple instructions.
() – Repeat the instructions between the parentheses the number of times indicated.
[] – at the end of the row – the total number of stitches

Helpful Tutorials

Helpful Video Tutorials

Notes

you work in the back bump of the chain stitches
when you are pulling the yarn through all 15 loops on your hook you will want to grasp those 15 loops and pull down to create the room needed to slide the yo all the way along the loops to the other side
the poppy is worked in rows and then cinched together to form the flower
the center of the poppy is created with a double magic ring* but you can alternately use a ch 3 to begin and create a ring, or a ch 2 to begin and work into the second ch from the hook.

Last Minute Poppy Pin Free Crochet Pattern

See photo tutorial at the end of the post!

Petal 1: With Red, Ch 9. Yarn over and insert your hook in the back bump of the third ch from the hook, yo and pull up 1 loop. *Yarn over, insert your hook into the back bump of the next ch, yo and pull up 1 loop**. Rep from * to ** 5 more times. You will have 15 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all 15 loops. Ch 1 to close the petal.

Petal 2-4: Rep Petal 1, finish off and leave a long tail to assemble.

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Assembly

Thread your yarn tail on your yarn needle and weave the needle in and out through the petal (see images 10-12 below)
Repeat for each of the 4 petals. Pull the yarn end to tighten them to form the flower shape. Join Petal 1 and Petal 4 to create a circle and weave in your remaining ends (see image 13 below).

Poppy Center

With Black

Create a Double Magic Ring (see notes) and make 5 sc into the ring. Sl st to the initial sc to join. Finish off leaving a tail of yarn for assembly.
Place the black center in the middle of the red poppy and stitch them together securely. Weave in ends.
Using thread and sewing needle sew the safety pin (the side that does not open) to the back of the poppy securely OR attach your pin (brooch) back and sew to the back of the poppy.

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Last Minute Poppies for Remembrance Day