The Sunflowers of Ukraine is a pattern out of the third book from The Guy with the Hook; Memory. This pattern is a reminder to the beautiful country of Ukraine and the war going on. Ukraine is famous for its many sunflower fields - Dutch people even have a double feeling due to the plane crash of MH17 which landed in sunflower fields. Besides, you can also spot a little heart in this mandala which stands for love, humanity, and courage.

Hook size needed: 1.75mm.

Required yarn: Scheepjes Maxi Sweet Treat, which comes in balls of 25 grams with a length of 153 yards. The yarn consists of 100 % mercerized cotton. 1-2 balls of Maxi Sweet Treat is needed for one doily, depending on your tension. I used colorways 208 Yellow Gold and 215 Royal Blue to create the two doilies.

Other materials needed: optional is an iron ring with a diameter of 12 inches to frame the doily. However, this is no must but an optional choice. Advice is to first crochet the doily before choosing a ring.

Size of project: The mandala’s diameter will be approximately 12 inches after blocking or crocheting it into a ring.

The pattern contains written instructions guided by a chart. It is available in English (US terms) and Dutch. After purchase, you can download a PDF file in your preferred language.

You can also get the e-book with all 10 patterns in it if you prefer this option. It has a discount of at least 30% off in compensation for buying all patterns individually. You can find it here.

For some reason, Round 8 out of this pattern has been vanished during the print. So here it is:

R8: Starting in the first dc of 3dc-gr. Ch3 (first dc), 1dc in same st, 1dc in next st, 2dc in next st, ch5, dc2tog over next 2 sts, sk next ch1-sp, dc2tog over next 2 sts, ch5, (2dc in next st, 1dc in next st, 2dc in next st, ch5, dc2tog over next 2 sts, sk next ch1-sp, dc2tog over next 2 sts, ch5) 7 times. Ss in top of first st to connect. 8 gr of 5dc-ch5-sp-dc2tog-dc2tog-ch5

R8: Je start in het eerste stokje van een 3st-gr. 3l (eerste st), 1st in dezelfde stk, 1st in vlg stk, 2st in vlg stk, 5l, 2stsam over vlg 2 stk, sla vlg 1l-rmt over, 2stsam over vlg 2 stk, 5l, (2st in vlg stk, 1st in vlg stk, 2st in vlg stk, 5l, 2stsam over vlg 2 stk, sla vlg 1l-rmt over, 2stsam over vlg 2 stk, 5l) 7 keer. Maak een hv in de eerste stk om te verbinden. 8 gr van 5st-5l-2stsam-2stsam-5l

In the digital patterns R8 is already restored.