One of the fun
things about learning to crochet is that your family and friends can ask you to
make things for them. Sometimes it’s
something you wouldn’t have thought of making on your own. That’s how I ended up making the cat couch
for my sister.
Last year, Nick’s mom, Susan sent me this link and asked if it was something I could make. This one is knitted, but fortunately, there are lots of crochet sunflower patterns out there. Unfortunately, most of them start with a magic ring, which I cannot seem to master. I think it must actually involve magic, and I’m not magical. On a side note, if you’re a crocheter, and you have any tips for mastering the magic ring, please share them.
I finally found
this one, that had a left-handed tutorial and didn’t start with a magic
ring. I modified it a little bit by
shortening the stem and doing a chain to hang it from the rearview mirror. I don’t remember how many I chained for the
hanger. I just took it out to the car to
finish it and quit when it would go over the rearview mirror, but not hang down
too far. Yes, I did sit out in the car
in the rain and crochet.
The flower was curling a little bit when I finished it, so I decided it needed some flattening. I read a little bit about blocking for granny squares and decided to improvise a flower flattening method. I lightly sprayed it with water and then set some heavy cans on top of it to flatten it. It seems to have worked.
It’s not
perfect, but overall, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, and Susan was
very happy with it.
