Want to learn how to crochet motifs?
Or, perhaps you already know how to crochet motifs, and you just want to find some outstanding new crochet motif patterns to work on.
Or maybe you want to learn a new technique for crocheting motifs such as the join-as-you-go method.
Whichever scenario describes your present quest for knowledge, you’re likely to find exactly what you need on this page. The links below will take you to free crochet motif patterns, excellent crochet motif tutorials and reviews of the best crochet motif pattern books available for sale.
Square Motifs
Crocheted squares come in handy for making blankets, pillows, throws, and many other types of projects.
Crochet Circle Motifs
Crocheting in the round can result in a variety of interesting circle motifs and medallion designs. That’s the topic we explore on our page of circle motif patterns.
Triangle Motifs
You can crochet many interesting triangle motifs using the patterns we’ve recommended.
Crochet Hexagon Motifs
Hexagons are intriguing projects to crochet; it is interesting to watch their symmetry develop as you work around and around each hexagon motif. Hexagons are also useful building blocks for designing and crocheting varied projects such as blankets, throws, wraps, shawls, ponchos, pillows and others.
Pictured here: a granny-style hexagon motif with a crocheted flower in the center. The free crochet pattern for this hexagon motif is available here on our website. You can join bunches of these hexagons together to create amazing blankets and other projects.
Flower Motifs
Crafters and artisans worldwide cherish lovely crocheted flower motifs. We’ve posted a wide variety of interesting flower motifs to crochet — some that resemble real flowers like sunflowers, and some abstract flower motifs that look like nothing you’d ever see in nature. You’ll find flower motifs in many different sizes and styles.
See Also: Crochet Daisies
Snowflake Motifs
If you enjoy crocheting intricate snowflake motifs, be sure to check out our list of fantastic snowflake patterns. We’ve posted lovely snowflakes ranging from easy to challenging — some with beads, some without.
How to Join Crochet Motifs
You’ll often want to join your crochet motifs together to create a larger craft project. When this need arises, you’ll want to check out some different methods of instruction for how to join crochet motifs:
Join-As-You-Go Crochet Motifs
If you don’t enjoy weaving in bajillions of loose yarn tails at the beginning and end of each motif, you’ll definitely want to learn the join-as-you-go technique for crocheting motifs. The technique comes with a learning curve, but once you’ve got it, you’ll be amazed at how little end-weaving you’ll have to do.
Pictured Here: A join-as-you-go crochet lace motif from the book Seamless Crochet by Kristin Omdahl. Join-as-you-go is an innovative approach to joining crochet motifs without having to sew them together. Please see my page about join-as-you-go crochet motifs for more details.
Finished Projects to Make From Crochet Motifs
More Crochet Motif Patterns:
- You can make this pretty snowflake trivet using easy crochet circle motifs that are suitable for beginners.
Books That Include Crochet Motifs
Crochet Snowflakes Step-by-Step
Granny Squares: More Than 25 Ways to Crochet the Classic Granny Square Pattern
Triangle Treasury by Darla Sims: Crochet Triangle Motif Patterns
Crochet Motifs for Blankets
If you want to crochet a blanket using motifs, I invite you to check out this page on the topic.
Crochet Motifs for Beginners
Even complete beginners can crochet motifs.
In fact, for most beginning crocheters, I recommend a basic granny square motif as a first project.
Why?
Several reasons:
- You crochet a granny square in rounds, and at the beginning of the project, when there are not yet many stitches worked, it is much easier for a beginner to hold onto projects worked in rounds than it is to hold onto projects worked in rows.
- When you crochet a granny square, you typically work into spaces rather than working into the upper loops of your stitches — and it is much easier to find and locate those spaces than it would be to find and work into the right loops when making a project worked in rows.
After you’ve made a few projects, your skill with aiming your crochet hook into the right spots will improve, and it will get easier for you to get your hook into the right spots in the loops. But for your first project, it’s a lot easier to aim for big spaces like the kind you end up with when you crochet a granny square. - Granny squares are constructed using simple logic and basic stitches that even a six-year-old child can understand.
On one hand, this makes them very easy crochet projects to start out with. On the other hand, some crocheters find granny squares to be boring projects.
Personally, I don’t; I still find them to be riveting projects, even after 40+ years of crocheting them. But regardless, for your first project, I think it’s smart to err on the side of too simple rather than too complex, because you can move onto more complex projects quickly after having mastered the easy ones.
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This page was last updated on 1-11-2026.