Hello summertime!

I was searching for a wreath for my front door and fell in love with the sun wreaths online but they were all crochet patterns.

So after a bit of trial and error, I came up with this knitted version of a sun wreath - it is my first pattern so please bear with me and thanks for reading…

Materials needed:
1 x 12 inch foam wreath
2 x balls of Mustard VS117 Craft Smart yarn (354 yds/7oz)
1 knitting needle (i used a double ended needle, i think it was 5mm)

I held two strands of yarn together to make it thicker for the entire pattern, both base and rays. Everything was knitted flat.

For the base of the sun:
I created a long scarf to go around the foam wreath.
Cast on 40 stitches.
Seed stitch every row, flipping your work over each time and alternating the pattern as needed. Check the width to make sure it will reach around your foam wreath.

To determine the length:
Measure around the circumference of your wreath and use this to determine the length of the “scarf”. Mine measured 43 inches in length.

When done, wrap around the foam wreath and use extra yarn and a darning needle to sew ends together covering the whole foam wreath. Tuck in your ends.

Sun rays (i used 17 total):
Cast on 22 stitches
1st row: seed stitch
2nd row: knit stitch
3rd row (back side): purl
Repeat knitting and purling each row until you have completed 17 rows total. You should end on a purl row. Turn your work over.
Row 18 (knit wise): ssk, knit 6 times, ssk, knit until there are two stitches remaining, k2tog.
Row 19: purl
Row 20: ssk, knit until you get to where the previous ssk is on the row above and ssk again, knit until there are two stitches remaining, k2tog.
Row 21: purl
Repeat row 20 and 21 steps until you have 4 stitches remaining.
Turn over and purl 4 stitches, then cut a long tail and pull through the 4 loops to bind them off.
The ray will naturally fold in half due to the decreasing pattern. Use the long tail to stitch the sides of the ray together and along the bottom of the ray as well.

Check your rays against the wreath form to make sure you have enough and to check spacing, and then using a long strand of yarn and a darning needle sew them to the base.