Greetings dear community, today I want to share with you my most recent crochet work, it is a Sunflower, this was a commission that a client made through my social networks and although I thought it would be simple it took me time, the experience was worth it and I am satisfied with the result, and today while I was still trying to finish the sunflower I found that my friend @yetsimar had accidentally published a beautiful painting of sunflowers on her blog, that motivated me to continue the work and finally finish it, I hope you like it Here I share a bit of the process.
Proceso/ Process
For this sunflower I used acrylic yarn and a # 4 crochet hook, one of the client's requirements is that the sunflower measure at least 15 cm in diameter, so despite its large size I felt that I could do it in about two days but for safety's sake I I told the client that I would take 3 or 4, things did not go well on the second day but the first one was quite productive, so I was able to finish it after three days of work.
I started with the brown center, for this I made 8 single crochets in a ring, I made three rounds of 8 increases, then one round without increases, one round with 8 increases, one round without increases and then one round of 8 increases. Getting those 48 points, I did 8 rounds of 6 increases until I got 96 stitches, then I did 4 rounds with no increases.
For the green back part, I did the same procedure as the brown part only until I reached 96 stitches, then taking only the front side I made 4 single crochet, 6 chains and 6 single crochet in these chains, 4 single crochet, I repeated until the end of the round. In the next round I made the leaves by knitting 2 double crochet, 2 double crochet, 1 half double crochet and 1 single crochet, at the end I made a chain and a slip stitch in the previous stitch and I repeated the order of the stitches but in reverse on each sheet, to separate the sheets I skipped 3 stitches and made 2 slip stitches. After finishing the round of leaves I went back to the back sides of the stitches and made another row of leaves but alternating their position.
I made and unmade the petals completely three times until I found a shape that I liked, because being so large the number of petals influences depending on the number of points on the circumference, I did not want the petals to look thin and abundant but I did not want increase the thickness of the thread because I wanted delicate petals like those of a real Sunflower, so after several attempts I succeeded. For the petals taking only the back side of the stitches of the brown part I made 6 slip stitches, 14 chains and 14 single crochets in the chains, I repeated until the end of the round, the next round I made the leaves in the slip stitches I made slip stitches and in the leaves I made 1 single crochet, 1 half double crochet, 1 double crochet, 4 double double crochet, 2 double crochet, 2 half double crochet and 2 single crochet, in the stitches I made 1 chain and 1 slip stitch in the previous point and I repeated the same order of the points but in reverse.
After finishing the first row of leaves I joined the front part with the back of the flower making another row of leaves but alternating their position, I filled with alter fiber to make the round.
With orange pastel chalk paint the lower part of each petal of the sunflower.
For the stem I made 6 single crochets in a ring and I made 70 rounds of single crochets, this depends on the size that one wants the stem, I introduced two height toothpicks and also wire inside the stem that went through the flower inside, I closed with a sewing.
I made the leaves with 15 chains, I made 1 double crochet increase on these, 13 double crochet, 1 increase and repeated. In the next round I made 2 increases, 2 double crochet, 7 double crochet, 2 double crochet, 2 half double crochet and 2 single crochet, for the end I chained and slipped stitch in the previous stitch, I repeated the same stitches but in reverse order until the end of the round. I made two identical leaves and sewed them to the stem.
Resultado / Result
Sometimes apparently simple projects can bring new challenges, when a figure is simple then there is less margin for error, because if the proportion is miscalculated it is very remarkable, that was the reason why I tried various ways of making the petals until I I found one that was more in line with the size of the sunflower and the number of petals according to the size of the circumference, so although there are no perfect things in the world, I am satisfied with the sunflower I made because it is the first time I have made one.
Imágenes tomadas con dispositivo Samsung A12. Portada editada en Canva
Pictures taken with Samsung A12 device. Cover edited in Canva
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Espero les haya gustado. Les invito a leer mis próximas publicaciones y siempre estaré dispuesta a responder sus preguntas y comentarios, también pueden seguirme y contactarme en cualquiera de mis redes sociales. ¡Muchas gracias!
I hope you liked it. I invite you to read my next publications and I will always be willing to answer your questions and comments, you can also follow me and contact me on any of my social networks. Thank you!