Sunflower Lovers Granny Square with Mini-Puff Petals
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The Sunflower Lovers granny square has a textured center, a ring of sixteen mini puffs and yellow clustered petals set inside a square background. The design uses front-post stitches to carry the center texture forward. Cornwall Crochet’s source finishes the square in six rounds with treble corners and extended-single-crochet side groups.
Project details
| Skill level | Intermediate |
|---|---|
| Finished size | Approximately 13 cm across; use centimeters because the source inch equivalent is inconsistent. |
| Hook | 5 mm |
| Pattern source | Sunflower Lovers Granny Square by Cornwall Crochet, 2023. |
Materials
Aran-weight cotton in four colors, 5 mm hook, scissors and tapestry needle. The source uses Yarn and Colors Epic: about 4.5 m each for center colors A and B, and 9 m each for petal/background colors C and D; about 27 m / 18 g total.
Check the center and learn the special stitches
The source gauge check is the circle after rounds 1–3: about 5 cm in diameter. Its finished square is listed as 13 cm, alongside an inconsistent inch value. Use the centimeter measurement as the planning figure and measure your own blocked sample.
All terms are US. For a front-post dc, work around the post of the indicated lower dc rather than into its top loops. A mini puff is made by inserting and drawing up a loop, then making two more yarn-over, insert, draw-up actions. There are six loops before closing them together. This source mini puff differs from the seven-loop puff used in some other patterns.
For an extended sc, insert and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through one loop, then yarn over and draw through the remaining two. The small extra chain at the bottom gives it more height than a regular sc.
Work the textured center
| Round | Instruction | Checkpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 1, A | Chain 3 as the first dc and work 7 more dc into a magic ring. Join. | 8 dc |
| 2, A | Work sc and chain 1 into the gaps around the center. | 8 sc and 8 chain spaces |
| 3, A | Alternate dc into the next sc with front-post dc around the corresponding round-1 post. | 8 dc + 8 front-post dc |
| 4, B | Mini puff in every gap, with chain 1 between them. | 16 mini puffs |
Use the original construction close-up to locate the lower posts in round 3. Working a normal dc in the current round instead of the front-post stitch removes the raised spokes. Count all sixteen stitch positions before beginning the mini-puff ring.
Make the clustered sunflower petals
Change to color C for round 5. The first cluster begins with chain 2 plus dc4tog, which together stand in for a five-dc cluster. Continue with chain 2 and a dc5tog cluster into the next chain-one space. Work one cluster into each of the sixteen spaces.
The last separation is chain 1 before joining, as specified in the source, rather than automatically adding another chain 2. Check sixteen cluster tops and the spaces between them. Keep the incomplete dc loops evenly tensioned so the petal ring is not pulled tighter on one side.
Square the flower in round 6
Use background color D. Place a corner of (3 tr, chain 2, 3 tr) in every fourth space. Between successive corners, put three dc in the next space, three extended sc in the next and three dc in the next. Repeat the sequence four times to complete the square.
| Final-round element | Total |
|---|---|
| Treble crochets in the four corners | 24 |
| Double crochets along the sides | 24 |
| Extended single crochets | 12 |
| Chain-two corner spaces | 4 |
The different stitch heights compensate for the round flower: taller stitches reach out to the corners, while the shorter extended sc sits at the middle of each side. Replacing every background group with dc changes the squaring geometry.
Finish and plan a larger project
Join the round cleanly and weave in the tails on the wrong side, keeping them out of the gaps around the petals. Lay the square flat and ease its corners into shape. Use blocking appropriate to the actual fiber, then measure before calculating a blanket, bag or cushion layout.
For a coordinated set, keep the brown center and yellow petals consistent while changing the background shade. Make all squares with the same mini-puff definition and hook. The 27 m source estimate is useful for planning but should be checked by weighing a completed square if substituting yarn.
Frequently asked questions
How many mini puffs are in the flower?
Sixteen, one in each gap after the front-post center round.
What is the source mini puff?
It closes six loops after three draw-up actions. Keep that source definition consistent rather than substituting a larger puff without a sample.
Why use extended sc on the sides?
Its height helps bridge the round flower to a straight square edge while the taller treble groups form the corners.
Source and project reference
Sunflower Lovers Granny Square by Cornwall Crochet, 2023. This article is a source-based crochet guide with its own explanations and clearly identified editorial clarifications. Project photographs and the original diagrams shown here come from the supplied source, with crops described in their captions.
Open the original Granny Square – Sunflowers.pdf reference in Drive — Whole PDF. Keep the original charts with your project, especially where this guide points to a pictured construction step.
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