CROCHETED SUNFLOWER

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A positive sunflower in a pot will decorate any room and make it radiant every day! This is a great holiday souvenir or just a sign of attention to loved ones, which they will certainly appreciate. Agree, such a present is not only original, but also very attractive!

Crocheting is not a long or laborious process. Tie the sunflower under the power of each craftswoman, even if this will be her first experience with a hook.
Prepare for knitting:
• thin hook (1.6 mm);
• dense threads (due to this technique, the petals and leaves will keep their shape) of green, yellow, brown and black colors;
• white thread as an addition to black eyes.

For fastening and decoration:
• an even pencil or any tube (from a ballpoint pen, for example) as a barrel;
• a small flower pot;
• synthetic winterizer;
• alabaster.

Each petal consists of 10 rows of single crochet st. Knitting them is quite difficult, because the thread is thicker than the hook. But this is a prerequisite, otherwise all the details will simply sag. In addition, after knitting 2-3 petals, you will “get involved” and things will go faster.
Dial 6 air loops (v. P) and knit 4 rows of st. / B. n

From the 5th, add 1 column along the edges of the petal (knit two from one) 4 rows in a row.

After that (already in the final row), you knit from one point in the center of the row 3 crochets: 1st - with one, 2nd - with two and 3rd again with one. This will help sharpen the top of our petal.

At the end, tie it all along the contour of st / b. n

Now the petal has become even and denser.

In total you need to create 12 such instances.

At the end of the thread on each tie and cut, and hide their edges in the work.

We will arrange all these petals in two rows: internal and external.

But first you need to connect the two central circles that will hold the petals and become the middle of our flower.

Already to the finished mug, sew on first 4 yellow parts, and then the remaining 8 (placing them under the first four).

Now sew a second brown circle on this flower and leave a small, non-wired slot in the bottom.

Through it, fill the middle with a synthetic winterizer, which will make the center of the sunflower voluminous.

Next, draw a shallow eye and a smile.

Embroider this funny face with black thread, making small white inserts on the eyes.

Adjust the height of the trunk to the number of air loops that will serve to create its landscaping. From this chain, tie a single piece of art./b. n out of 10 rows.

The edges of this strip should be tied or stitched together to get a tube.

Now also knit green leaves from this yarn. Dial 20 in. n, knit 20 rows of st / b. n and start to reduce their number.

To do this, close the last 3 columns with one loop from each edge, making a common vertex. After 4 rows, we will only have 3 loops.

Then go back to the bottom edge of the leaf and start lengthening it. This time, the extreme triples must be closed not in each row, but after 1. The last row should not end with three loops, and indeed not be sharp.

Lastly, you need to tie the soil for our houseplant. It is made from a circle in the center of which a small hole is left for threading on the trunk. To do this, dial 14 in. n and knit 10-12 circular rows with increments (their number depends on the diameter of the pot) and close the extreme.