Bring the iconic flower of summer into your decor year round with this rug. This rug is designed to closely mimic an actual sunflower with texture techniques for stamens and individually articulated petals. A chart for the construction of the petals is included.

Take a walk through a flower garden and consider other color combinations that may be used to depict other varieties of flowers.

Materials Needed:

• Worsted weight: 490yds each of CA and CB; amount of CB needed may vary depending on length of loop sts. 1400yds CC
• Crochet hooks size H-8 (5 mm) and size I-9 (5.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge