Crochet Sunflower Head Pattern

Crochet materials and tools:

<> Crochet hook 4 mm

<> Red Heart, Super Saver (4) –100% acrylic, 198 grams -333 m per skein.

Color A – brown or black

Color B – yellow

Common abbreviations of crochet stitches (US):

ch – chain

SC– single crochet

SC blo– single crochet back loop only

sl st – slip stitch

DC – double crochet

TR – treble crochet

St(s) – stitch(es)

Sunflower head crochet pattern:

With color A (sunflower seeds/center):

Round 1: Make a magic ring. Ch 1, 6 SC into the ring. (6) Do not join and continue crocheting in a continuous spiral.

Round 2: [ 2 SC blo in next st] – repeat around. (12) Tip: Place a stitch marker in the first stitch of each round to keep track.

Round 3: [SC blo in next st, 2 SC blo in next st] – repeat around. (18)

Round 4: [SC blo in next  2 sts, 2 SC blo in next st] – repeat around. Join with sl st to 1st SC. (24) Cut the yarn.

Join color B  (sunflower petals).

Round 5: ch3 (count as DC). Work into the same stitch as join [DC, 2 TR, ch 3, sl st into the top of the 2nd TR to form a picot, 2 TR, 2 DC], skip next st, SC in next st, skip next st,

*[2 DC, 2 TR, ch 3, sl st into the top of the 2nd TR to form a picot, 2 TR, 2 DC], skip next st, SC in next st, skip next st, repeat from * 5 times. Join into the bottom of ch3.