Sunflower Hot Pad

This cheerful sunflower hot pad adds a splash of color to your kitchen while protecting your surfaces from hot dishes. Perfect for home cooks and flower enthusiasts alike, this project is both practical and visually delightful.

Sunflower Hot Pad

Materials:

Yarn: 100% cotton yarn (worsted weight) in white (200g), yellow (50g), dark brown (30g), and light brown (30g).
Hook: G/6 (4.0mm) crochet hook.
Scissors.
Tapestry needle for weaving ends.

Gauge:

To ensure your hot pad is the correct size, your gauge should be 4 inches = 10 stitches and 10 rows in double crochet. Make a small swatch and measure to check your gauge.

Abbreviations:

ch - chain
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
sl st - slip stitch
st(s) - stitch(es)

Instructions:

Base:
1. With white yarn, ch 4. Join with a sl st to form a ring.
2. Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc now and throughout), 11 dc into the ring. Join with a sl st to top of the beginning ch-3. (12 dc)
3. Round 2: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st, 2 dc in each dc around. Join with a sl st. (24 dc)
4. Round 3: Ch 3, *dc in next st, 2 dc in next st; repeat from * around. Join with a sl st. (36 dc)
5. Round 4: Ch 3, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st; repeat from around. Join with a sl st. (48 dc)
6. Round 5: Ch 3, dc in next 3 st, 2 dc in next st; repeat from around. Join with a sl st. (60 dc)
7. Round 6: Ch 3, dc in next 4 st, 2 dc in next st; repeat from around. Join with a sl st. (72 dc)
8. Round 7: Ch 3, dc in next 5 st, 2 dc in next st; repeat from around. Join with a sl st. (84 dc)
9. Round 8: Ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next 4 st, *ch 2, skip 2 st, sc in next 5 st; repeat from * around. Join with a sl st.

Sunflower Petals:
Change to yellow yarn.
10. Round 1: Ch 1, *sc in first st, ch 6, sl st in the 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 3 ch, sl st in the next st; repeat from * around. (12 petals)
11. Finish off and weave in ends.

Center of Sunflower:
Change to dark brown yarn and make a small circle using the same method as for base rounds:
12. Ch 4, join to form a ring.
13. Round 1: Ch 1, 12 sc in ring, join (12 sc).
14. Next round: *Sc, ch 1 in 1st st, sc in next st; repeat from * around, join (24 st).
15. Attach center to the yellow petals using a tapestry needle to sew them together.

Finishing:
Weave in all loose ends using a tapestry needle. To block your hot pad, lightly mist with water and lay flat to shape.
Optional Variations: Use different flower colors or create a larger hot pad by adding more rounds to the base.

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