If you’re looking for a way to brighten up your crochet projects, a sunflower pattern is a perfect choice! Sunflowers are symbols of positivity, warmth, and resilience, and incorporating them into your crochet designs can add a touch of cheer to any space. In this post, I’ll walk you through the steps of creating a crochet sunflower and offer some creative ideas for using your finished flowers.
Equipment:
Hook: 2 mm or 2.5 mm
Stitch marker
Scissors
Materials:
Yarn: 3 colors: pink, khaki, and green
Flower rod: 16 inches long, 0.08 inches diameter (40 cm x 2 mm)
Iron wire: 6 inches long, 0.02 inches diameter (15 cm x 0.4 mm)
Hot melt adhesive
How to Make Sunflower Stamen:
Start with a magic ring
R1: Work 6 sc into the magic ring, 1 ss, 1 ch. [6]
R2: 2 sc in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [12]
R3: 1 sc, 2 sc in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [18]
R4: 1 sc, 2 sc in each st, 1 sc, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [24]
R5: 3 sc, 2 sc in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [30]
R6: Place a stitch marker and keep it here BLO sc 2, BLO sc 2 in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [36]
R7: BLO sc 5, BLO sc 2 in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [42]
R8: Sc 3, BLO sc 2 in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [48]
R9: BLO sc 7, BLO sc 2 in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [54]
R10: BLO sc 54, 1 ss, 1 ch, cut and leave a tail. [54]
How to Crochet Sunflower Melon Seed:
Go back to R6, where you placed a st marker, working in front loops of stamen only.
R6: Ch 3, 1 ss at the base of the ch, sk 1, 1 ss into the next st, repeat ** till end of row, 1 ss in next row.
R7 – R9: Repeat R6 (Place a stitch marker and keep it here), 1 ss, 1 ch, cut and leave a tail.
Flower Sepal for Crochet Sunflower:
Start with a magic ring
R1: Work 6 sc into the magic ring, 1 ss, 1 ch. [6]
R2 – R3: 6 sc, 1 ss, 1 ch. [6]
R4: 2 sc in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [12]
R5: 1 sc, 2 sc in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [18]
R6: 1 sc, 2 sc in each st, sc, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [24]
R7: Sc 3, 2 sc in each st, after the first set, then repeat ** 5 times, 1 ss, 1 ch. [30]
Small Flower Petals:
Go to where you placed the stitch marker on the stamen and join the yarn
Working in front loops only
R9: Ch 8, from 2nd st from hook, sc 7, sk 1, ss 2, after the first set, then repeat ** 17 times, 1 ss, 1 ch
Edging of Petals:
Add iron wire; BLO sc 1, BLO hdc 1, BLO dc 3, BLO hdc 1, BLO sc 1, in the same st (BLO sc 1, ch 1 picot st, BLO sc 1), BLO hdc 1, BLO dc 3, BLO hdc 1, BLO sc 1, sk 1, ss 1
After the first set, then repeat **17 times, 1 ss, 1 ch, cut and leave a tail.
Big Flower Petals:
Go to where you placed the stitch marker on R10 of the stamen and join the yarn.
Working in front loops only.
R10: Ch 10, from 2nd st from hook, sc 9, sk 1, ss 2 After the first set, then repeat ** 17 times, 1 ss, 1 ch.
Edging of Petals:
Add iron wire, BLO sc 1, BLO hdc 1, BLO dc 5, BLO hdc 1, BLO sc 1, in the same st (BLO sc 1, ch 1 picot st, BLO sc 1), BLO hdc 1, BLO dc 5, BLO hdc 1, BLO sc 1, sk 1, ss 1.
After the first set, then repeat ** 17 times, 1 ss, 1 ch, cut and leave a tail.
How to Crochet Sunflower Leaf:
Let’s start with a foundation chain: ch 21
R1: Add iron wire, in the 4th st from hook, tr 2 in each stitch, tr 8, dc 3, hdc 3, sc 2, sc 3 in last st, (do not turn, working on the other side); sc 2, hdc 3, dc 3, tr 8, tr 2 in each st, ch 3, ss on bottom of 1st ch.
R2: Ch 3, in the same st (sc 1, hdc 1), in the same st (dc 1, tr 1); tr 8, dc 4, hdc 3, sc 2, sc 3 in last st (do not turn, working on the other side); sc 2, hdc 3, dc 4, tr 8, in the same st (tr 1, dc 1), ch 3, ss at base of ch 3.
Notes:
To add the wire, insert your hook under the wire and crochet over it.
How to Assemble Sunflower:
Step 1: Bend one end of the stem and insert it into the middle of the flower sepals.
Step 2: In the same steps, bend two flower stems and glue them on the sepals with hot melt adhesive.
Step 3: Use the yarn of the same color as the sepals to sew with the stamen, leave an opening before the sewing ends, add fiberfill, and then sew the rest.
Step 4: Use a green yarn and wrap the stem, add the leaf.
Step 5: Continue wrapping to the end, cut the tail and secure with hot melt adhesive.
Let me know if you’d like any more help with this pattern!
