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Sunflower
Gauge is not that important with amigurumi. Big or small they will be cute no
matter what! If your ami comes out larger or smaller, simply adjust the size of
felt pieces cut out for the details on the Sunflower’s face.

One more little suggestion I have for you before you begin crocheting:

For most of the yarn, I prefer to use Red Heart Super Saver yarn. It is an acrylic
based yarn which is thicker and sturdier than many of the other yarn brands out
there. I would highly recommend not mixing brands of yarn for the various colors
needed in this pattern.

**Rule of Thumb: softer, thinner yarns will make your ami smaller in size; rougher,
thicker yarn will make your ami larger. Just keep this in mind and be consistent.

Hook Size: F

Materials Needed: Skills Needed / Terms Used:

●   Crochet Hook: F
●   Green Yarn (Red Heart Super Saver – ●   Magic Ring Technique

Spring Green) ●   Crocheting in the Round

●   Brown Yarn (Red Heart Super Saver – ●   Sc – Single Crochet

Nutmeg or Coffee) ●   Inc – Increase

●   Yellow Yarn (Caron - Sunflower) ●   Invdec – Invisible Decrease

●   Light Brown Yarn (Vanna’s Choice – ●   Sl st – Slip Stitch

Honey) ●   Ch - chain

●   Terracotta Pot (Approx. 3 ½” opening) ●   FO – Finish Off, Bind Off

●   Polyester Fiberfill Stuffing ●   BLO – Back Loop Only

●   12 Gauge Jewelry Wire – Black ●   Whipstitch

●   Wire Cutter ●   Straight Stitch (Embroidery)

●   Black Felt
●   Black, White and Green Embroidery
Thread
●   Yarn Needle/Embroidery Needle

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Make all pieces first, then see pictures at the end of the pattern on how to
assemble and apply embroidered details to the sunflowers face.
 

Head Piece (Make 1 each in Spring Green and Honey brown):

R1: 6sc in magic ring – 6

R2: inc around – 12
R3: (sc, inc) around – 18
R4: (2sc, inc) around – 24
R5: (3sc, inc) around – 30
R6: (4sc, inc) around – 36
R7: (5sc, inc) around – 42
R8: (6sc, inc) around – 48
R9: 4sc, (inc, sc) 3 times, 18sc, (inc, sc) 3 times, 14sc – 54
R10: 4sc, (inc, 2sc) 3 times, 18sc, (inc, 2sc) 3 times, 14 sc – 60
R11: sc around – 60
sl st, FO, leave tail on Spring Green piece to sew to Honey piece. Honey piece,
weave in end.

Stem (with Spring Green):

R1: ch6 (leaving tail), sl st in 1st ch to make circle, place stitch marker, sc
around – 6
R2-17: sc around – 6
sl st, FO, leave tail for sewing.

Petals (with Sunflower yellow, Make 13):

R1: 4sc in magic ring – 4

R2: inc around – 8
R3: (sc, inc) around – 12
R4: (2sc, inc) around – 16
R5: sc around – 16
R6: (2sc, invdec) around – 12
R7-8: sc around – 12
R9: (sc, invdec) around – 8
R10: sc around – 8
sl st, FO, leave tail for sewing petal to flower.

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Leaves (with Spring Green, Make 3):

R1: 4sc in magic ring – 4

R2: (sc, inc) around – 6
R3: (2sc, inc) around – 8
R4: (3sc, inc) around – 10
R5: (4sc, inc) around – 12
R6: (5sc, inc) around – 14
R7: (6sc, inc) around – 16
R8: (6sc, 2inc) around – 20
R9: 7sc, 2inc, 8sc, 2inc, sc – 24
R10: sc around – 24
R11: 9sc, 2inc, 10sc, 2inc, sc – 28
R12-16: sc around – 28
R17: (5sc, invdec) around – 24
R18: (4sc, invdec) around – 20
R19: (3sc, invdec) around – 16
R20: (2sc, invdec) around – 12
R21: (sc, invdec) around – 8
R22: (2sc, invdec) around – 6
R23-24: sc around – 6
sl st, FO, leave tail for sewing leaf to stem.

Dirt Ball – Bottom (with Coffee brown):

R1: 6sc in magic ring – 6

R2: inc around – 12
R3: (sc, inc) around – 18
R4: (2sc, inc) around – 24
R5: (3sc, inc) around – 30
R6: sc around through BLO – 30
R7: sc around – 30
R8: (4sc, inc) around – 36
R9-10: sc around – 36
R11: (5sc, inc) around – 42
R12-13: sc around – 42
R14: (6sc, inc) around – 48

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R15-16: sc around – 48
sl st, FO, weave in end.

Dirt Ball – Top (with Coffee brown):

R1: 6sc in magic ring – 6

R2: inc around – 12
R3: (sc, inc) around – 18
R4: (2sc, inc) around – 24
R5: (3sc, inc) around – 30
R6: (4sc, inc) around – 36
R7: (5sc, inc) around – 42
R8: (6sc, inc) around – 48
sl st, FO, leave tail for sewing top of dirt ball
to bottom.
This is the wire I suggest for using as
Time to Assemble! the inner skeleton of the flower. Any
thick bendable wire will do though!
Start from the ground up!

Cut a long piece of wire. Bend one end of wire to form a

horizontal spiral which fits into the base of the dirt ball.

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Keep other end of

wire straight to
extend out the
center of the top
half of the dirt
ball.
 

Stuff dirt ball on top of the wire

spiral and whip stitch dirt ball top
to bottom securing the wire inside.
Wire should be sticking out of the
center top of the dirt ball now.

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Place the stem over the wire,

securing it inside the stem. Stitch
bottom part of stem to center of dirt
ball. (The wire in the sunflowers
core allows it to be bendable.)

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1)   Flatten leaves (3); make sure

not to stuff them.
2)   Embroider leaf detail onto
each leaf. Begin with a
securing knot at the inner
opening to the leaf (this will
be covered when the leaf
base is sewn down to the
plant stem). Embroider a line
that shows on both sides of
leaf.
3)   Bring needle back to
opening of leaf and tie a knot
picking up a bit of yarn to
secure tightly. This knot will
also tuck in when the leaf is
sewn down to the plant stem.

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Stitch each leaf at the base of the stem spaced evenly apart.

Stick wire at the top of

the stem through the
center back of the green
back head piece.

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Create a second spiral,

this one vertical, to
fasten the other part of
the wire in place.

Now flip the flower over

and stitch down the
stem to the base of the
head.

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Embroider eyes and mouth onto face piece:

Cut out two ovals using

black felt. Place around
center Magic Ring of face,
approximately 3 rows out
on either side. Embroider
using a straight stitch, and
black thread, around the
edge of the eyes to fasten
them down to the face.

Embroider white eye shine accents using a

straight stitch and white embroidery thread.
You may need to go over the same spot 2-3
times to get the thickness you desire.
Embroider a black line to begin making the
mouth.

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Take a couple strands

of black embroidery
thread and come up a
little bit in and down
from the start of the
mouth. Grab the mouth
line and pull it down on
either side by putting
the needle under the
mouth line, wrapping it
up and over the line and
pushing the needle back
down through the face
at the exact spot where
you started.

This will swoop the

mouth down into a
smile.
 

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Using a
straight
stitch and
black
embroidery
thread,
embroider a
cheek
crease on
either side
of the
mouth.

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Take front face piece

and stitch to back face
piece through only
loops in the center
allowing for there to
be an edge on both
sides. Make sure to
stuff face prior to
stitching completely
closed.

For example: If this is the two braids on both front and back pieces,
only the red parts would be whip-stitched together, leaving the
black outer ridge as a visible edge around the flowers front and
back face.

Take each petal and flatten it, leaving it unstuffed. In between this
edging where you have connected the two face halves together,
stitch all 13 petals. Once again, the outer ridge should be left on
front and back to frame the petals.

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Place finished sunflower into your clay pot to allow it to stand easily.

Sunflower Complete!!!
All rights reserved. You have the right to use this pattern for your own private,
non-commercial use only. You do not have permission to recopy, rewrite,
redistribute or otherwise resell this pattern or the completed amigurumi in any
form.

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