How to Crochet a Sunflower
Have fun making a crochet sunflower with a textured center and vibrant yellow petals. This crochet flower will be a beautiful addition to your summer and fall decor!
Yield: 1 crochet sunflower
Cost: $3
Materials
- FREE Printable Crochet Sunflower Pattern
- Worsted weight yarn (brown, green, yellow)
- 12 gauge Wire
- Polyester fiber fill
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Make the center of the sunflower
- Make a magic circle. Check out our how to make a magic circle guide for easy to follow instructions.
- Insert 8 bobble stitches into the magic circle.Keep reading below the tutorial for instructions on how to crochet a bobble stitch.
- Pull the tail to tighten the circle and slip stitch into the first stitch.
- Chain 2 and insert 2 bobble stitches into each stitch around (make sure you skip the chain 1 spaces between the stitches). Then slip stitch into the first stitch.
- Chain 2 and insert 1 bobble stitch into the first stitch.
- Then insert 2 bobble stitches into the next stitch.
- Repeat this pattern all the way around (1 bobble stitch in one stitch, 2 bobble stitches in the next, etc.) and finish the round with a slip stitch into the first stitch.
- Cut and tie off your yarn.
Step 3: Make the back center of the sunflower
- Use green yarn and repeat step 2 to make an identical back piece for the sunflower.This time leave a 12 inch tail.
Step 4: Crochet the petals
- Attach yellow yarn into a stitch on the brown circle. Chain 9.
- Insert the following stitches into each chain across: slip stitch, single crochet, half-double crochet, double crochet, triple crochet, double crochet, half-double crochet, single crochet.
- Slip stitch into the next stitch on the circle (skipping the chain 1 space).
- Repeat step 4 all the way around for a total of 24 petals.
- Slip stitch into the bottom of the first stitch, and then cut and tie off your yarn.
Step 5: Make leaves for the sunflower
- Attach the green yarn to your hook with a slip knot and chain 10.
- Insert the following stitches into each chain across: slip stitch, single crochet, half-double crochet, double crochet, triple crochet, double crochet, half-double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch.
- Chain 2 and turn your leaf. Work the following stitches into the back of the foundation chains: slip stitch, single crochet, half-double crochet, double crochet, triple crochet, double crochet, half-double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch.
- Cut and tie off your yarn, leaving a 4 inch tail.Repeat step 5 to make a second leaf.
Step 6: Make the sunflower stem
- Cut a piece of gardening wire to be about 24 inches. Use pliers (or your fingers) to twist the wire together, leaving a small gap at the folded end.
- Insert green yarn into the bottom gap at the folded end. Wrap the yarn around, covering the bottom of the wire.
- Begin wrapping the yarn around the wire, tightly and neatly.
- Continue wrapping until you get to the end, leaving about 1/4 inch of exposed wire. Secure the yarn end by tying it into place, or use pliers to squish the yarn between the wire.You should have a stem about 12 inches long.
Step 7: Sew the sunflower together
- Place the green circle on the back of the brown circle. The two "bad" sides should be touching.Use the green circle's tail to sew the two pieces together. Tuck the tails into the circle as you go around.
- Continue sewing until there's a gap of about 1 inch.
- Add a bit of poly-fil stuffing into the flower. This will give the center a bit of structure and definition.
- Sew more of the gap closed, this time leaving a 1/4 inch space unsewn. This will be where you insert the stem.
- Secure the tail, sewing it into the body of the sunflower. Cut off the excess yarn.
Step 8: Attach the stem and leaves
- Add a generous amount of hot glue to the exposed wire end of the stem.
- Insert the stem into the gap between the two circles of the sunflowers and press the sides together.
- Attach the first leaf to the stem by wrapping the tail around the stem. Sew the tail through the leaf point each time you wrap it around.
- When the leaf is secure, sew the end of the tail into the edge of the leaf.
- Repeat, connecting the second leaf so that it points in the opposite direction.Sew in the tails and cut off any excess yarn.
- Your crochet sunflower is complete!
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Notes
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