Learn how to crochet the Sunflower Crochet Stitch with this complete Photo and Video Tutorial at Nana’s Crafty Home!

I am so excited to share this tutorial with you! I designed this stitch for my Autumn Rhapsody Stitch Sampler Blanket which will be released for free on 09/09/19 over several weeks as a Crochet a Long. You can read all the details about this blanket here. This is the 2nd in a series of stitch tutorials for this blanket and if you missed the first one you can find it here:

Lemon Peel Stitch Tutorial

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I just adore sunflowers! I was born in Michigan but my family moved to Kansas when I was a teenager. The Wild Sunflower is the state flower of Kansas – in fact Kansas is called “The Sunflower State”. They grow wild everywhere here and bloom throughout the summer but are at the height of their bloom in late August – September. Driving along the roadways you will find clusters of these beautifully bright flowers waving happily at you along the way! The wild sunflower is much smaller than the domesticated variety most people are familiar with — usually 2-3″ with a bright beautiful yellow color.

So, when I thought about designing a Fall themed stitch sampler blanket I knew that the sunflower needed to make an appearance. Heralding the last hurrah of summer and ushering in the beginning of Fall, this stitch had to be at the beginning of my blanket design.

I wanted a stitch that would be part of the blanket — not sewn on later as an appliqué. So, the center of the sunflower is worked as part of the blanket and the petals are added directly onto the center. Perfect for those of us that prefer to not sew if we can help it!

I have made a complete video tutorial for this stitch which you can find at the bottom of this post. Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube Channel to get notified whenever I post a new video!

You may also like the following at Nana’s Crafty Home:

1. Lemon Peel Stitch Tutorial
2. Autumn Rhapsody Blanket CAL Announcement — free pattern!
3. Lace Clusters Stitch Tutorial

Sunflower Crochet Stitch Tutorial

Supplies shown in video and photos

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Paintbox Cotton Aran Pistachio Green (Color A)
Paintbox Cotton Aran Coffee Bean (Color B)
Paintbox Cotton Aran Mustard Yellow (Color C)

Size H (5.0 mm) crochet hook
stitch marker

Abbreviations

ch = chain
dc = double crochet
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
RS = right side

Stitch is worked in multiples of 12 + 13 + 2.

Sample is a chain of 51 (12 x 3 = 36 + 13 = 49 + 2 = 51)

Row 1:  With Color A, ch 51, dc in 4th ch from hook (skipped chs count as first st), 1 dc in each ch to end.  Turn (49)

Row 2:  ch 3 (counts as 1st st), dc in each st to end.  Turn (49)

Row 3:  repeat row 2.  Fasten off Color A.

Row 4:  With Color B, ch 1, sc in same st and in each st to end.  Turn

Row 5:  ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next 5 st, sunflower center in next st, [sunflower center:  working in front and back loops separately,

Round 1: 4 sc in back loop of next st, rotate work slightly and place 4 sc in front loop of same st,

sl st to 1st st,

Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in each st of the sunflower center just worked,

sl st to 1st st, sl st in next 8 st of the sunflower center]

*sc in next 11 st,

sunflower center in next,* repeat between * * to last 6 st, sc in remaining st. Turn.

Fasten off Color B

Row 5a: Round 3 of Sunflower: with Color C, working on RS of first sunflower center, attach yarn to any stitch of sunflower center with sl st,

sunflower picot in same st, (sunflower picot:  sl st in st indicated, ch 4,

sl st in 2nd ch from hook,

ch 3, sl st in same st),

work sunflower picot in each st of sunflower center,

sl st to first st.  Fasten off.  Repeat for each sunflower center. 

Row 6:  With Color A, ch 3, dc in each st of row.  In order to maintain stitch count, pick up a stitch behind sunflowers or work 2 dc in last st before each sunflower.  Turn

Row 7:  ch 3,  dc in each st to end.  Turn

Row 8:  repeat row 7.

This stitch does benefit from blocking as the flowers do have a tendency to curl in. I had very good results with a wet block of my cotton yarn and I do talk about this in the video. I have used the same wet block technique on acrylic yarn in the past and had good results in the past as well.

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Video Marks

Supplies: 1:45
Instructions Begin: 3:25
Sunflower Center: 8:54
Sunflower Petals: 21:45
Behind Sunflowers: 26:36
Blocking: 31:15