I always get a lot of inspiration from nature and this time I decided to crochet the Sunflower. It’s because my Dad has these amazing huge sunflowers growing in his garden, so naturally I wanted to recreate the beautiful flower.
The Sunflower is easy to crochet. I made them in 3 sizes:
- Small flower is perfect to use as coaster. It measures 4.5 inches in diameter. I used Aunt Lydia’s crochet thread size 10 (brown, orange and yellow) and crochet hook size 1.75 mm.
- Medium flower is the one made in the video tutorial. It measures 6 inches in diameter. I found three different types of yarn in my stash, so this is a perfect project to use your leftover yarn. Brown (color A) is Lion Brand Bonbon cotton (weight fine – size 2), orange (color B) is Lizbeth crochet thread size 3 and yellow (color C) is Alize Bella cotton yarn (also weight fine – size 2). Alize Bella is currently not available on Amazon, so I would use Lizbeth thread 3 color Bright Yellow. Crochet hook is size 2.25 mm.
- Big flower measures about 9.5 inches in diameter. I used Caron Simply Soft yarn and crochet hook size 5 mm.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL OF SUNFLOWER
WRITTEN PATTERN OF SUNFLOWER
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Abbreviations: ch = chain sl st = slip stitch sc = single crochet hdc = half double crochet beg = beginning dtr4tog = double triple 4 together Special stitches: ch3-picot = ch 3 and sl st in 3rd ch from hook dtr4tog = {yarn over 3 times, insert hook in indicated space, pull up a loop, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops) 3 times} 4 times, pull through 5 loops on hook
- With color A ch 5, sl st in 1st ch to make a ring.
- Round 1 = ch 1, sc 10 in the ring, sl st in 1st sc.
- Round 2 = ch 5 (counts as 1st hdc and ch3-picot), sl st in 3rd ch from hook (= 1st picot), ch 1, *hdc in next sc, ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook (= picot), ch 1, repeat from* (10 hdc), sl st in 2nd beg ch.
- Round 3 = ch 6 (counts as 1st hdc, 1-ch and ch3-picot), sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, *hdc in next hdc, ch 4, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, repeat from* (10 hdc), sl st in 2nd beg ch.
- Round 4 = ch 5, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, hdc in next ch1-space (make hdc next to picot), ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, *hdc in next hdc, ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, hdc in next ch1-space, ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, repeat from* (20 hdc), sl st in 2nd beg ch.
- Round 5 = ch 6, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, *hdc in next hdc, ch 4, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, ch 1, repeat from* (20 hdc), sl st in 2nd beg ch.
- Round 6 = ch 6 (counts as 1st hdc and 4-ch), *hdc in next hdc, ch 4, repeat from*, sl st in 2nd beg ch, fasten off, cut off color A.
- Round 7 = join color B with sc in first ch4-space, sc 3 in same space, *skip hdc, sc 4 in next ch4-space, repeat from*, sl st in 1st sc, fasten off, cut off color B.
- Round 8 = join color C with sc in 1st sc on last round, ch 4, skip 2 sc, sc in next sc, *sc in next sc, ch 4, skip 2 sc, sc in next sc, repeat from*, sl st in 1st sc.
- Round 9 = ch 8 (counts as 5-ch and ch3-picot), sl st in 3rd ch from hook, dtr4tog in next ch4-space, ch 5, sl st in next sc, *sl st in next sc, ch 8, sl st in 3rd ch from hook, dtr4tog in next ch4-space, ch 5, sl st in next sc, repeat from* (20 dtr4tog), sl st in 1st stitch, fasten off, cut off color C.
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