After I brought you Sunkern last month, I’m following right up with its evolution – Sunflora! Sunflora was truly a challenge, not because of the pattern itself, but the question “how do I keep that heavy head up?!” cost me a lot of nerves, haha. I ended up having to insert an external wire, which I am not happy about, but hey, sometimes things just don’t work the way you intended them to and that’s okay. Creative problem solving is never wrong! So grab your hook and get crafting to bring a never withering, always happy sunflower into your house!

Materials
To make Sunflora you will need:
– A 2.5mm Crochet hook
– Green, light yellow and medium yellow yarn as well as black thread for the face (note: I used 2 different medium yellows for the petals as I ran out of yarn)
– Felting supplies and pink felting wool for the mouth (optional)
– A tapestry needle and scissors
– Stuffing
– A stitch marker to help you keep track of the start of the round
– Strong wire or pipe cleaners to support the neck and the feet
Please note that you can make Sunflora using any size crochet hook and yarn weight for a smaller or bigger result. Using DK yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook, Sunflora should be about 20cm tall.

Stitches & Abbreviations
The pattern is written using US crochet terms in continuous spirals. You will need to know the following kinds of stitches to make him:
– Magic Ring (MR)
– Chaning (Ch)
– Single crochet (sc)
– Double crochet (dc)
– Decrease (dec); preferably using the invisible decrease method
– Increase (inc)

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