To celebrate the end of summer I am sharing my crochet Sunflower pattern. Capture the essence of long summer days with your own forever crochet sunflower. The center of the flower has a raised padded bed with double set of crowning petals which look beautiful in golden yellow to deep rust coloured yarns. For this free crochet flower pattern I have also included the pattern for the leaves.
You can make your crochet sunflower in any yarn size of your choice with the matching sized crochet hook. For the photos I have used thread yarn with 2mm crochet hook to create a small flower which can be used as a brooch, decoration or part of a hair crown. In the photo & video tutorial I have used DK yarn.
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Materials
- 3 meters of brown yarn of your choice
- 6 meters of yellow yarn of your choice
- 15 meters of green yarn of your choice
- Matching crochet hook to your yarn
- Yarn needle
- Scissor
- Stuffing
Gauge: N/A
Size: With lace yarn and 2.2mm crochet hook my crochet Sunflower is 5cm diameter, with 3mm hook and dk cotton yarn my crochet sunflower is 12cm diameter.
Notes: The flower is made from the center first with the petals worked from both the front and back loops. The flower back is made in the spiral which is attached to the flower head with the addition of stuffing to create a realistic flower. Each of the leaves are made with a turn after each row.
Stitches
Picot: Chain 3, slip stitch into the 3rd from the chain.
Treble Crochet (tr): Yarn over twice, insert hook into the stitch, pick up yarn, yarn over pull through the first 2 loops (Chain 3, slip stitch into the 3rd from the chain.
Crochet Sunflower Pattern
Flower Center
Row 1: (Brown Yarn) Make a magic circle. Ch1, 6sc into the magic circle, sl st into the first st. Total: 6sc.
Row 2: Chain 1, 6sc inc., sl st into the first st. Total: 12sc.
Row 3: Chain 1, *sc, sc inc.* repeat * to* 5 more times, sl st into the first sc. Total: 18sc.
Row 4: Chain 1, 18sc, sl st into the first sc. Fasten off & weave in your ends.
Petals
Row 1: (Yellow Yarn) Attach the yarn to the FRONT LOOP ONLY of row 4 of the center flower. *Chain 8, sc into the second from the hook, hdc, 5dc,
skip st, sl st into the next FRONT loop*
repeat * to * 8 more times. Total: 9 petals.
Row 2: Sl st into the next BACK LOOP. *Chain 8, sc into the second from the hook, hdc, 5dc, skip st, sl st into the next back loop * repeat * to * 2 more times. Total: 9 petals.
Fasten off and weave in your ends. BLOCK YOUR FLOWER HEAD.
Flower Back
Row 1: (Green Yarn) Make a magic circle. Ch1, 6sc into the magic circle, sl st into the first st. Total: 6sc.
Row 2: Chain 1, 6sc inc., sl st into the first st. Total: 12sc.
Row 3: Chain 1, *sc inc., sc* repeat * to* 5 more times, sl st into the first sc. Total: 18sc.
Row 4: Chain 1, *sc, sc inc., sc* repeat * to* 5 more times, sl st into the front loop only. Total: 24sc.
Row 5: Chain 3, sl st into the 3rd from the hook (this is the first picot), skip st, *sl st into the front loop, picot, skip st* repeat * to* 10 more times, sl st into the first st. Fasten off leaving a long tail of 50 cm.
Assemble Flower Head
Using the long tail from the flower back, place the flower head on top and align. Using the back loops of row 4 of the flower back evenly whipstitch the two pieces together remembering the flower head has only 18 stitches while the flower back has 24.
Before you close the flower add a small amount of stuffing to give the flower center some padding. Continue to close the join and weave the long tail to the center of the flower back which is to be used later to bind the stem and leaves together.
Sunflower Leaf
Row 1: (Green Yarn) Make a magic circle. Ch1, 11sc into the magic circle. Turn. Close the magic circle. Total: 11sc.
Row 2: Chain 1, (sc hdc) in the first st, 4dc inc, triple dc increase, 4dc inc., (hdc, sc) in the final st. Turn.
Row 3: Chain 1, (sc hdc) in the first st, *(dc,picot,dc) in the same st* repeat * to* 9 more times, (tr, picot, tr) in the central stitch, *(dc, picot, dc) * repeat * to* 9 more times, (hdc, sc) in the final st. Sl st down to row 1. Fasten off.
Add Stem and Leaves
Thread the florist wire through the magic circle of the flower back, fold in half (wire length is even on both sides). Using the long tail left, evenly wrap the yarn around the florist wire & place a leaf at your desired hight, continuing to wrap the yarn around the stem and the crochet leaf tails to secure in the place. Continue until all your leaves are attached in your desired positions. Fasten off and secure the yarn at the bottom of the stem. Sometimes a small dab of glue will help.
Congratulations you have made your Crochet Sunflower. I would love to see you crochet creations, please tag me on @moara_crochet on Instagram to share your work.
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Roseanne you’re too generous sharing your ideas. God bless your new place and give you your heart’s desires.
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Lovely, than you!!!
Thanks.
I love sunflower e this pattern is gracefull.
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