sunflower free crochet pattern beginner level afghan

**Please note, if you are here for the Friends with Granny Event you CANNOT use these buttons – you must use the special event button further down the page! The free PDF Pattern is NOT available via my shops!** You can find the ad-free PDF Pattern for this one in all of my shops: I used this yarn in my version of the Flower Garden blanket, the Friendship Blanket CAL and lots of my cowls and ear warmers such as the Kristine Set. The colour choices in this yarn are also great with 63 different colours to choose from.īeing a thicker #4 weight yarn this one does not have a lot of drape (at least not when you use it with a 5-6mm hook) which makes it perfect for warmer afghan projects and winter accessories and sweaters. It is a #4 weight yarn (aran) and I think is on the heavier side of #4 weight yarns but it is lovely and soft and so nice to work with. This yarn is 100% acrylic and each skein contains 201 yards which is really good for a 100g skein. The Yarnįor my prototype I used Paintbox Simply Aran in champagne white, coffee bean and buttercup yellow. I am really thrilled with how it turned out. No one part overwhelms any of the other parts. When you look at all of the parts there really is a lot going on in this design, but golly! All of the elements work so well together. Not to mention that scrumptious solid stitch on which the sunflower sits! The two rows of granny stitch that frame both the top and bottom of this square just set it off perfectly. The Sunflower Granny Square is worked in 2 parts – the gorgeously textured square itself and then the sunflower appliqué which is sewn onto the square afterwards. And I LOVE how my sunflower turned out! It only has one round of petals, but with an 8″ square you don’t want anything too complicated that is going to take over the design. Within a day or so I had the design prototyped and out to testers. The design idea for this one struck me almost at once. The specific requirements were that it had to be 8″ square and contain some element of the granny stitch in there somewhere. The asked me to contribute a square to their Granny Square Blanket collaboration they were planning. Inspiration behind the designĮ’Claire Makery and Madame Stitch got in touch with me. This means that if you make a purchase using my link I may get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

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It just had to look perfect (or as near as I could get). The challenge for me was always going to be the actual sunflower design. I knew this before I had even crocheted a stitch. The sunflower appliqué was always going to be the centrepiece for this sunflower granny square design.

Sunflower free crochet pattern beginner level afghan