How To Make A Bright Crochet Sunflower – Free Pattern

This bright crochet sunflower pattern creates a floral display that doesn’t just look good, it is cheerful too! Made with basic crochet stitches, this crochet flower pattern is beginner friendly.

• Your crochet kit list
• Pattern notes and information
• Your free realistic crochet sunflower pattern

I made these sunflowers for a close friend’s birthday. It’s her favorite flower, so the pressure was on to get them accurate but also to create a fun, bold and bright bouquet.

What Kit You’ll Need

• Brown DK yarn – I used Deramere’s Studio Babylux*
• Black DK yarn- I used Paintbox Yarn’s Simply DK*
• Yellow DK yarn – I used Paintbox Yarn’s Simply DK*
• Green DK yarn – I used Hayfield’s Bonus DK*
• 4mm crochet hook
• Pipe cleaners
• Toy stuffing
• Tapestry or yarn needle
• Scissors

Helpful Pattern Information

This pattern uses the following abbreviations to describe crochet stitches:

• sc – single crochet
• 2sc – make two single crochets into one stitch
• sc2tog – use a single crochet to join two stitches together
• ch – chain

You’ll also need to be familiar with creating magic loops and happy with a bit of hand sewing.

Crocheting The Sunflower’s Head

The central part of your sunflower will be crocheted in brown yarn with your 4mm crochet hook. You’ll add some details on in black yarn when it’s come together.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of eight stitches (8)

Round 2

2sc x 8 (16)

Round 3

(1sc, 2sc) x 8 (24)

Round 4

1sc x 24 (24)

Round 5

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 8 (32)

Round 6

1sc x 32 (32)

Round 7

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 8 (24)

Round 8

(1sc, sc2tog) x 8 (16)

Fill with toy safe stuffing.

Round 9

sc2tog x 12, then slip stitch, tie off and attach the yarn needle. Sew the circle to a tight close.

Attach the black yarn to your needle and sew random marks of black on the front (where you initially grew the circle) side of the crochet sunflower’s head.

Crochet Sunflower Petals

Make 16 individual petals, using your yellow DK yarn and 4mm crochet hook.

Round 1

Make a chain of 11 stitches. (10 + 1)

Round 2

You are going to work all the way around your chain.

Skip the first stitch. 1 sc x 9, 3sc x 1, 1sc x 9.

Turn

Round 3

Chain 1, 1sc x 10, 3sc x 1, 1sc x 10.

Tie off and sew a long tail of yarn all the way around the circumference of the petal to give it definition. Weaving in and out of the edge stitches.

Attaching the Petals

You are going to attach the petals in two stages.

For the first stage, lay your petals on a flat surface in front of you. Take eight of them, and sew them together at the end only, attaching them in an overlapping pattern as shown in the image below.

For the second stage, turn your patterns wrong side up and sew one additional petal between each pair of petals as pictured.

Row 1

Make a chain of 41 stitches (40 + 1)

Row 2

Skip the first loop on the chain, then put 1sc into each stitch in the row

Turn

Row 3 – 4

Ch 1, skip the first stitch, then put 1sc into each stitch of the row.

Turn

Row 5

Ch 1, skip the first stitch, then put 1sc into each stitch of the row.