10+ Sweet and Easy Crochet Spring Gifts Perfect for Beginners
Crochet spring gifts are versatile and make thoughtful, handmade presents for any occasion. This is also the time where there are many cherished occasions like Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter, where we celebrate loved ones. Check out all the patterns below for crochet ideas and for getting started!
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Introduction to Crochet Spring Gifts
After going through some of the basics below, like supplies and techniques needed, each group of Spring Crochet Patterns have been categorized separately for easier reference, relating to relevant occasions. They can of course be overlapped and used together or interchangeably for all these occasions!
Uses for Crochet Spring Gifts
Here are some great ways to use these charming creations:
Gifts
Personalized Presents – Perfect for birthdays, Easter, or Mother’s Day, crochet gifts add a special touch that shows you care.
Teacher Gifts – Handcrafted crochet items like hearts, flowers, or small amigurumi make adorable and thoughtful gifts for teachers.
Festive Surprises – Crochet flowers, bunnies, and eggs are wonderful for Easter baskets or as part of seasonal gift sets.
Home Decor
Springtime Accents – Use crochet flowers and garlands to brighten up your living room, kitchen, or dining area with a seasonal, handmade touch.
Festive Displays – Incorporate crochet creations like hearts and flowers into wreaths, centerpieces, or table settings for spring celebrations.
Materials used for Spring Crochet
Here I will talk about all the recommended yarn, hook sizes, and other materials that work best for these patterns. As for the details on each particular section and how to select the right crochet supplies and narrow down your choices, I will link to an appropriate detailed article for each one when you explore the full pattern itself - I hope it helps!
Best Yarn for Spring Crochet
Yarn weight – sport Yarn (I used Scheepjes Catona) or DK Yarn, worsted yarn for bigger projects
Yarn colours – pastel colours like light blue, green, white, pink
Yarn material – acrylic or cotton are popular choices for amigurumi
Read more here about ‘12-point Checklist to Select the Best Yarn for Amigurumi’
Crochet Hook Selection
Basic cheap metallic hooks to start
Ergonomic hooks recommended if crocheting for hours – Clover Soft Touch, Etimo Tulip, Furls Crochet Hooks
Right hook size for yarn size – 3.0mm in the examples below
Read more here about ‘Best Crochet Hook for Amigurumi and 12 ways for Choice Selection’
Crochet Tools and Accessories
Darning needles
Read more here about ‘My Crochet Tools and Accessories that are Super Simple to Start With’
Crochet Techniques for Spring Gifts Crochet
Below I have included the techniques needed to crochet all the spring patterns below. They are great even for beginners, involving the 6 basic crochet stitches and magic ring. Read on more below for what techniques you need to know before starting, if you have no idea how to do them - go ahead and click through to learn.
Basic Crochet Stitches
Foundation chain = ch
Double Treble crochet = dtr
Read more about 'How to Learn Basic Crochet Stitches step by step for Absolute Beginners - 6 Easy Steps!'
Magic ring
Magic circle
Chain 2 and single crochet
Read more about '24 Easy Peasy things you need to know about Magic Ring in Crochet'
Increase Crochet
Increase crochet stitches in a round
Increase crochet stitches in a row
Read more about '15 different detailed Ways on How to Increase in Crochet'
Decrease Crochet
Decrease crochet stitches in a round
Decrease crochet stitches in a row
Read more about '15 different detailed Ways on How to Decrease in Crochet'
FLO and BLO
Working in front loops only
Working in back loops only
Read more about 'Front Loop and Back Loop in Crochet - the easy way to know everything'
Special Crochet Stitches
Bobble Stitch
Read more about '6 important things to know about Bobble Stitch Crochet'
Cluster Stitch
Read more about '8 Atypical Things about How to Crochet Cluster Stitch'
Valentine Crochet Gift Ideas
Let’s start off with the Valentine Crochet Gift ideas! Crocheting hearts is so easy and great for pairing on multiple occasions - weddings, anniversaries, or even together with some Spring Amigurumi Animals as mini gifts!
If you want to find out more about each pattern, go ahead and click through to find the full free pattern on the blog as well as an accompanying free video as well!
Free Crochet Heart Applique Pattern
This is the most basic way to crochet a heart and it does not involve crocheting in rounds so there is no magic ring involved. This heart is crocheted in rows back and forth, with increases and decreases at the ends to shape the heart. To do the opposite side, there is some surface crocheting involved as well.
Free Crochet Mini Heart Pillow Pattern
To convert from a 2D appliqué to a 3D mini pillow, try out this pattern. It involves making 2 separate flat heart pieces and then crochet the edges together, add stuffing then seal it up. Simple and quick, easy to whip up for Valentine’s Day and you can attach it to a small card with a message inside.
Free Crochet Heart Box Pattern
From the basic heart appliqué pattern above, continue crocheting in a round until you get a considerable height. Then repeat the process with a slightly bigger heart to make as the lid. Then finally add in the colour changes and a ribbon right at the end. This is great as a mini gift box to house a pair of earrings or small jewellery. Or you could size it up and make a bigger version to contain a larger present.
Free Crochet Heart Amigurumi Pattern
This crochet heart amigurumi pattern, unlike the heart pillow pattern above, involves crocheting in a round right from the beginning. That means that this heart crochet pattern does include a magic ring right at the start and by using some branching techniques, it looks very different at the end! So you could say this is a magic circle crochet heart, as compared to the heart made with rows above!
Free Crochet Heart Garland Pattern
To make this heart garland pattern, the techniques involved in making the heart continuously is on the chain, without any external sewing at all. Just change up the colours for variety on the garland or bunting. The techniques involved are also totally different from the other heart patterns.
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Flower Crochet Gift Ideas
Just like the heart patterns, floral crochet patterns are so versatile, great to pair up with hearts as well and very apt for spring occasions. Place them on your Spring Amigurumi Animals as a spring accent! These below work up really fast, mostly less than 10 minutes! Remember to click through to find each pattern and video.
Free Crochet Blossom Flower Pattern
This is a great flower to start off with, a beginner friendly pattern, here you will learn how to crochet a floral shape with basic stitches like single crochet, double crochet stitches and taller stitches like treble crochet. With some tweaks and a little bit of sewing, you could turn it into a cherry blossom flower too. See more about making this crochet flower applique pattern over here.
Free Crochet Daisy Flower Pattern
This flower starts off with a magic ring and then the petals extend out as chains around the main circle. The basic crochet stitches involved are single crochet, half double crochet and double crochet stitches. Try variations of colours to make them into different daisy flowers. See how to make the crochet daisy flower here.
Free Crochet Spring Flower Pattern
This is the easiest flower pattern, only making use of basic stitches like single crochet and slip stitch only. The petals are individually made up of chain loops so they work up super fast, like in less than 10 minutes! Here for this loopy design, it is a 6 petal crochet flower pattern. You can check it out here with the accompanying video.
Free Crochet Bobble Flower Pattern
There’s a very popular puff stitch flower pattern around and I decided to make my very own bobble stitch flower. Also very beginner friendly, here you will learn how to crochet a floral shape with basic stitches like single crochet as well as a special stitch like a bobble stitch!
Free Crochet Flower Garland Pattern
This is a more ambitious beginner pattern, where you work crochet flowers and leaves continuously on a chain without any sewing attachment involved. You can double up this crochet project as a garland, bunting or even as a floral necklace! It also makes for a great crochet flower pattern for headband. Go and check out the free pattern here.
Easter Crochet Gift Ideas
Finally, try out some Easter themed gift ideas, from flat applique, to 3D egg shapes, and also an Easter garland. Change up the colours to make them more spring-themed and incorporate them into your baskets for any festive occasion! Check out each individual pattern by clicking through, there are accompanying videos as well.
Free Crochet Egg Applique Pattern
Start off here with this simple egg applique, topped off with any embroidery you would like to try! As this is a beginner friendly pattern, here you will learn how to crochet a egg shape without any special stitches, just increases and decreases in single crochet. Feel free to add your own embroidery ideas at the end to make the applique feel more like Spring!
Free Crochet Simple Easter Egg
Here is a quick crochet pattern for an Easter Egg, worked up quickly in one colour and can be made into smaller or larger eggs depending on the weight of the yarn you are using. This base egg is the most basic pattern and we will make further variations of this in the other examples below!
Free Crochet Textured Easter Egg Pattern
Here is a slightly more complicated crochet pattern for an Easter Egg, because of the texturing involved. Try out this star stitch as well as add on the colour changes to make your Easter Egg more distinctive this season. The pattern goes into detail how to crochet the star stitch, as well as an accompanying video to follow. This is one of the variations of the base crochet egg pattern!
Free Crochet Coloured Easter Egg Pattern
If you are looking for another creative variation of a simple crochet Easter egg, then try to mix it up with different colours! The pattern below showcases Easter Egg with a springtime view, of the daytime and the night time! Simply change up the colours to get the clouds and the grass and you have a unique crochet Easter Egg!
Free Crochet Easter Garland Pattern
After trying out some of the flat and 3D easter egg pattern, try out this Easter garland pattern which showcases a bunny head alternating with easter eggs! They work up really quickly and seamlessly with no sewing involve. Change up the colours to get different variations and use them for your Easter home decoration this season!
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Conclusion of Spring Crochet Gift Patterns
Hope the ideas above got your juices flowing and your inspiration coming! They are all mostly beginner patterns so they are fairly easy to follow along especially with the free videos to check out! Remember to tag me on instagram @pocketyarnlings to showcase your completed work!
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Do you love crocheting thoughtful handmade gifts but often find yourself scrambling for ideas at the last minute?
Introducing the Seasonal Crochet Gift Ideas Planner — your guide to planning crochet projects for every season and holiday throughout the year!
Plus 3 Free Quick Spring Crochet Patterns to Get You Started and Inspired!
