Free Crochet Project Pattern Ideas for Beginners

Your crochet journey has just begun and you’re wondering, what the heck should I make? I got your back. Here at TheCreativeLoop, we aim to bring you ideas for projects, patterns, tutorial, tips, tricks and advice to turn you into an expert in no time, all in one place. One issue I had when starting out was struggling to find patterns that were actually cute and fit my style, so I want to help you solve this problem!

When you’re just starting out a new hobby, the last thing you often want to go and do is invest a bunch of money into something you don’t even know if you like yet. As you scroll the internet looking for patterns and projects to crochet, you’re going to hit a lot of paywalls. People put a lot of time and effort into creating, writing, testing and publishing their patterns and deserve to be paid for their efforts. However, many artist generously make their patterns and tutorials available for all of us to enjoy for free! During my time as a crochet artist, I have used and appreciated many free patterns by other incredible artists and websites that I’d love to share with you.

If you’re looking for online websites that provide free patterns, check out my favourite free online crochet pattern sites.

My favourite free and easy online crochet patterns for beginners:

These are all patterns I tried myself as a beginner crocheter and was able to successfully recreate. Be sure to give the original creators of these patterns some love if you use them, a like, follow or a credit on your socials!

1. Flower Power Fingerless Gloves Pattern by Sparrow Fibre

Sparrow Fibre on Ribblr has created these gorgeous fingerless gloves and allowed us to use her pattern for free! I made two pairs of these when I was a beginner and gifted them to my sister and a friend, they loved them! Of course, you can switch up the colours to suit your personal style and could even switch the flower applique for something else, or opt out of adding it to the gloves all together. Give this free pattern a go and be sure to tag SparrowFibre’s socials when you share your own amazing creation!

Btw, Making an account on Ribblr is completely free and will give you access to so many more free patterns!

Find the free online pattern here.

2. Mini Hanging Plant Pattern by Hands of Zeal

Hands of Zeal has shared this really cute and easy crocheted mini hanging plant. I’ve made this many times for gifts as they are always a hit and have one hanging in my bathroom. As my skills improved, I’ve also used the basics of this pattern to create various sizes of hanging plants by increasing the number of increases and rows and adding extra leaves. The creator has made this pattern super easy to read and make. Give it a go!

Find the free online pattern here.

3. Easy Crochet Scrap Pullover Pattern by HayHay Crochet

I love everything that Heather at HayHay Crochet makes but she really did something special sharing this pattern with us. I’ve made this particular pullover three times now, twice for myself and once for a friend. I get so many compliments on mine and want you to experience the same feeling of having people drool over what you can make with your hook and hands. Heather has other free patterns and tutorials over on her website and on her YouTube channel that I would highly recommend to anyone looking for trendy yet easy to make crochet clothing and other projects.

Find the free online pattern here.

Can’t read patterns yet? Don’t stress darl. HayHay Crochet has made this pattern available for you to follow in video form.

Watch the Video Tutorial on Youtube here.

4. Reversible Bikini Pattern by MamaVee

This simple pattern by designer MamaVee is great for a few reasons: It’s easy to follow, super cute to wear and reversible! BUT if you’re not ready or willing to make it reversible, don’t! When I first made this crochet bikini, I only did one side and it turned out be to a super cute and wearable brallette/bikini that I still wear often. This pattern is available as a free PDF download on LoveCrafts, which has lots of other free patterns too!

Find the free online pattern here.

5. Stuffed Tulip Flower (Bouquet) Pattern by A Day Off

This super easy and fun pattern by A Day Off on Ribblr is a must-try. It’s completely free, simple to follow and will leave you with a super cute bouquet of tulips to decorate your home or gift to a loved one once complete. I’ve made countless tulips using this exact pattern and everyone loves it! You can choose any colours for your tulips that you would like. You will however need a couple extra materials, namely something to use for the stems like wire or a long skewer and a hot glue gun for assembling the flower to the stem. Don’t be overwhelmed though, it’s SUPER easy!

Find the free online pattern here.

6. Mini Boot Tapestry by Destiny Makes

Now, Destiny Makes has to be one of my favourite crochet/fibre artists in the game right now. They have an awesome collection of free tapestry crochet patterns for you to try and her paid patterns are absolutely to die for. This cute mini boot tapestry isn’t the only one I love, I’ve made almost all her free tapestry patterns for my craft room wall and have even paid for her patterns as they are so well made and stunning. If you’re not sure how to tapestry crochet, that’s okay! Just means you get to be excited about learning something new. I’ll be adding more resources about this soon but in the meantime you can check out this tutorial by Yay for Yarn on Youtube on the basics of tapestry crochet.

Find the free online pattern here.

7. Crochet Mesh Top Pattern by Crochet by Mags

I will never stop stressing how many incredible crochet patterns are available for free on Ribblr but this easy Crochet Mesh Top by Crochet by Mags is one you will adore. It’s the perfect summer top that you could easily wear very casually or dress up for a night time mesh moment if you know what you’re doing. You can make it any colour, perfectly to fit you and because its a mesh stitch, it works up much quicker than a lot of other clothing projects! Give this pattern a go and be sure to give Crochet by Mags some love while you’re there.

Find the free online pattern here.

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