Yesterday I caught several calls for crochet octopuses on Facebook. Neonatal Centre in Olomouc posted a small article that they run out of them and the article had hundreds shares within hours.
So the second wave of octopuses’ mania has started. For some reason I did not want to crochet this small sea creature so I came up with a sun idea and instead the curly tentacles I was more thinking about curly sun rays. When I got home I apologized to my family for being creatively busy and started crocheting and writing this easy pattern for anyone who wants to help or is bored by making tenth-twentieth octopus. Surprisingly this project took longer than I expected but my hook took speed whenever I imagined the little babies in incubators.
I crocheted from bamboo yarn due to its superb features but 100% cotton is perfectly fine too.
Sun for Sunshine
Size: the diameter of the sun is 8.5 cm, the length of rays is approximately 15-18 cm
Yarn: 100% cotton, 50g/125m (1.76 oz/136y) yellow, I consumed almost 100g
Thickness: 2 Fine, Sport, Baby
Hook: 3 mm, US 3
White and black yarn to make the face of the Sun
Stuffing suitable for small babies
Needle with a big eye
US terminology:
MC – Magic Circle
Sl St – slip stitch
CH – chain stitch
SC – single crochet
HDC – half double crochet
Each row starts with either 1 CH = Single Crochet or 1 loose CH = Half Double Crochet. You can end with SlSt or crochet around with the help of marker.

Zdroj: https://www.krampolinka.cz/en/slunicka-pro-slunicka/