How to Crochet a Sunflower Amigurumi: Step-by-Step Pattern & Petal Tutorial

Crochet sunflower amigurumi are an adorable addition to your craft collection. This step-by-step pattern walks you through making the sunflower's textured brown center, joining the two circles, and creating the bright mustard petals so you end up with a charming finished toy or decoration. The pattern uses worsted weight yarn with 3.5mm and 4.5mm hooks and is written in U.S. terms.

Below you'll find materials, abbreviations, helpful notes, and the full round-by-round pattern to make one sunflower amigurumi.

Materials

• Alize Cotton Gold Plus (worsted weight, medium 4), 100g, 200mt; Colour - brown, mustard
• Red Heart Super Saver (worsted weight, medium 4); Colour- Pumpkin
• 3.5mm & 4.5mm hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiber fill
• Embroidery thread or black yarn
• Needle to weave in ends
• Stitch marker

Abbreviations

• SC - single crochet
• HDC - half double crochet
• DC - double crochet
• TC - treble or triple crochet
• CH - chain
• ST - stitch
• SL ST - slip stitch
• BLO - back loop only
• Special Stitch – Picot - Chain 3, slip stitch in the third chain from hook

Notes

• Pattern is written in U.S. terms
• Colour A - brown, Colour B - pumpkin, Colour C - mustard
• Round is made in spiral. Put your stitch marker in the last stitch so you can keep track
• Rounds 2-10 are worked in BLO
• HDC and petals are worked with a 4.5mm hook

Pattern

With 3.5mm hook - colour A (make 2 circles. End one of them on round 10).

Form Magic ring:

• Round 1: SC 8 in ring - 8
• Round 2: 2SC in each ST around – 16
• Round 3: *SC in 1, 2SC in next. Repeat from * around - 24
• Round 4: SC in 1, 2SC in next. *SC in 2, 2SC in next. Repeat from * around ending with SC in last 1 ST - 32
• Round 5: *SC in 3, 2SC in next*. Repeat from * around - 40
• Round 6: SC in 2, 2SC in next. *SC in 4, 2SC in next. Repeat from * around ending with SC in last 2 STS - 48
• Round 7: *SC in 5, 2SC in next*. Repeat from * around - 56
• Round 8: SC in 3, 2SC in next. *SC in 6, 2SC in next. Repeat from * around ending with SC in last 3 STS - 64
• Round 9: *SC in 7, 2SC in next. Repeat from * around - 72
• Round 10: SC in 4, 2SC in next. *SC in 8, 2SC in next. Rep *to* around ending with SC in last 4 STS - 80
• Rounds 11-12: SC around - 80

Break yarn, weave in ends.

Joining

With 4.5mm hook and colour B:

With ribbed side facing out, hold circles together and join yarn with SL ST from any point. When you are halfway into joining, determine where you want the eyes and mouth to be and sew them on. Counting down from the 10th round, position eyes between the 6th and 8th rounds.

• Round 13: Chain 1, HDC in same space as SL ST, HDC around. SL ST in 1st HDC - 80. Break yarn, weave in ends.

Petals

With colour C:

• Round 14: Join new colour with SL ST in BLO, CH 8, SL ST in same BLO. *SL ST in next 3 BLO, CH 8, SL ST in same BLO. Repeat from * around – 27 CH 8 loops.
• Round 15: In CH 8 loop, *SC, 2HDC, 2DC, TC, Picot, TC, 2DC, 2HDC, SC. Repeat from * in each CH 8 loop. End with SL ST in BLO of the previous round - 27 petals.

Break yarn, weave in ends.