Crochet Coral Applique Free Pattern

Add gorgeous reef texture to your project with this Coral Appliqué Free Crochet Pattern! Part of an ocean-themed blanket series, this quick and easy motif is also perfect for baby blankets, beach décor, and other under-the-sea crochet projects.

• PIN it to your boards for later.
• Grab the entire Ocean Themed Blanket Pattern on Etsy or Ravelry.
• View the pattern for the coral applique below on my blog.

Free Crochet Coral Applique Pattern

Materials

Worsted weight yarn in bright pink

Red Heart Scrubby Cotton in Blushing Print 

G/4.00 mm crochet hook 

Tapestry needle 

Scissors 

Notes

This pattern is comprised of chains and I made a chart to best represent where the chains go and how many for each branch of coral along with instructions.

The number next to the chain symbols are the amount of chains for that branch.

Weaving the ends in as you go will be helpful.

I sewed the coral to the square at the end with a separate piece of the pink worsted weighted yarn. 

Throughout the pattern, the worsted weight and scrubby cotton is held together and crocheted as one. If you do not want to use the scrubby yarn, you can just double up the worsted weight yarn. 

Start with chaining 15 holding both the scrubby and worsted weight yarn together. I added red to these dots because this is the main part of the coral. This is the chain we will be working off of. Once you have chained 15, fasten off. From here, I branched off starting at the bottom. On the left side I attached the yarns 3 spaces up from the bottom, chained 7, and fastened off. Again, I attached the yarns to the middle of that chain 7, chained up 3 and fastened off. That creates the bottom left branch. I continued to do these branches stemming from the main chain on both sides as shown in the chart. You will end up with what looks like a chained mess so you will have to form the coral’s shape by bending the branches upward before sewing it onto your square. Pinning it down before you sew it on will help tremendously.

What’s Next?

Click back to the Ocean Blanket above to make the entire blanket! OR here are some more fun free crochet patterns you may enjoy:

• Dinosaur Themed Blanket
• Woodland Themed Blanket
• Summer Themed Blanket