I crocheted this sunflower granny square baby blanket about 5 months ago and just now had a moment to share it with you! Truthfully I did not love the results as I was winging it and made the mistake of using a crochet hook that was really too small for the chunky yarn weight. This resulted in the medallions being more tightly packed than the white areas so the blanket has stiff circles and not so stiff borders, which is quite strange, but the recipients didn't really notice and loved it just the same. Lesson learned on my part, namely don't crochet all the medallions and then the border, do an entire sample of a finished square first. And so it goes! A crocheted sunflower granny square is also called a large sunburst or starburst granny square, while a starburst granny square has only 3 rows, instead of 4 in the center medallion. So do check out my starburst granny square pattern as well! Okay, lets take a closer look at this blanket, shall we?
How To:
Simply consult this how to crochet a sunflower granny square tutorial
and decide if you want to do the center medallion mulit color, or one color like mine. I just could not wrap my head around weaving all those ends that result in multi color rows, at the time that is, sometimes it is worth the extra effort.
So friends, a chunky crocheted baby blanket made from just 16 squares is a very do-able project, just do complete one entire square before proceeding to make sure the yarn works with the hook size, and you really love it!
