Free Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Pattern

This Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Pattern will create a 7.5″ to 8″ square depending on your gauge.

Materials Needed: 

• Worsted Weight Yarn in colors of your choice
  • Brava Worsted Weight Yarn in Colors: Sienna (A), Caution (B), Almond (C) and Cream (D)
    • Color Key found at bottom of this pattern
• I/5.5mm Hook

Stitches Needed: 

• Chain (CH)
• Slip Stitch (SL ST)
• Half Double Crochet (HDC)
• Double Crochet (DC)
• Treble Crochet (TRC)
• Puff Stitch [Yarn Over, insert hook in stitch and pull up a long hoop (height of DC).]  Do this 3 times.  YO and pull through all 7 remaining loops on hook.  CH 1 to complete stitch.
• Cluster Stitch [Yarn Over, insert hook in stitch and pull up one loop, YO and pull  through 2 loops.  Do this 4 times.  YO and pull through all 5 remaining loops on hook.

Instructions:

To Start: Use color A and begin with magic ring (my preferred method) or Chain 5, join with Slip Stitch to form ring.

ROUND 1: CH 3, counts as 1st DC, work 15 DC in center of ring.  Complete round with Slip Stitch to the top of the beginning CH 3. Fasten Off (16 DC).

ROUND 2: Use Color B and attach with a Slip Stitch to any DC.  CH 1, Puff Stitch in the same stitch as CH 1 and in each DC around.  Join with Slip Stitch to the 1st Puff Stitch in this round.  Fasten Off (16 Puff Stitches).

ROUND 3: Slip Stitch over into the Chain 1 space right before your joined Puff Stitch.  CH 2, [Cluster Stitch, then CH 2] in the same space as CH 2.  Repeat [ ] in each Chain 1 space around.  Join with a Slip Stitch to the beginning Cluster Stitch.  Fasten Off (16 Cluster Stitches).

ROUND 4: Use color C and attach with a Slip Stitch in any Chain 2 space.  CH 4 to count as the first Treble Crochet, 2 TRC in the same space as Chain 4. [*3 DC in next chain 2 space, 3 HDC in next Chain 2 space, 3 DC in the next Chain 2 space *, (3 TRC, CH 3. 3 TRC] all in the next Chain 2 space for the corner.] Repeat from * to * once.  3 TRC in the same space as the begging TRC, CH 3.  Join with Slip Stitch to the top of the beginning CH 4.  Fasten Off.

ROUND 5: Use color D and attach with a Slip Stitch to any Chain 3 space of any corner.  CH 3 to count as first DC, work 2 more DC in same space as CH 3.  Work 3 DC in between each 3 DC group of the previous round.  Work [ 3 DC, CH 3, 3 DC ] in the Chain 3 space of each corner.  End with a DC in the same space as the beginning DC, CH 3.  Join with a Slip Stitch to the top of the beginning CH 3.  Fasten Off.

ROUND 6 AND 7: Repeat Round 5.

Done.