Easy Sunflower Crochet Coaster Pattern
A cheerful sunflower-inspired coaster with a warm brown center, golden petals, and an optional sage leaf accent.
What you'll make
Follow this beginner-friendly sunflower crochet coaster pattern with a magic ring, stitch counts, petal round, materials, finishing tips, and written steps.
Quick answer: Sunlit Petal Coaster Set is a beginner-friendly crochet project with an estimated making time of ~30 minutes each. Materials include Worsted-weight cotton yarn in warm brown, Worsted-weight cotton yarn in sunflower yellow, Small amount of soft sage yarn for optional leaves. See the full written instructions and construction steps below.
A closer look
A cheerful sunflower-inspired coaster with a warm brown center, golden petals, and an optional sage leaf accent.
- Use cotton yarn so the coaster absorbs small drips and keeps its shape.
- Keep the brown center flat; if it cups, loosen your tension slightly.
- Make all petals with the same tension so the edge stays balanced.
What you'll need
- Worsted-weight cotton yarn in warm brown
- Worsted-weight cotton yarn in sunflower yellow
- Small amount of soft sage yarn for optional leaves
- 5.0 mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Stitch marker (optional)
Written crochet instructions and construction notes
Read the abbreviations first, check the notes, then work through the pattern in order. Detailed steps summarize the construction; the ordered written pattern below is the source for individual rounds and rows.
If the petals start to cup, loosen your tension slightly on the petal round.
Blocking makes a big difference on floral coasters because it opens the petals cleanly.
For a full set, repeat the coaster pattern 4–6 times.
Build the flower from the center out.
Make the brown center first, add one petal round, then finish and shape the coaster flat.
Magic ring
Make a magic ring with the warm brown cotton yarn and place it on the 5.0 mm sage hook.
Round 1
Chain 1, work 6 single crochet into the ring, then pull the center closed and join with a slip stitch. (6 sts)
Round 2
Work 2 single crochet in each stitch around, keeping the circle flat. Join at the end. (12 sts)
Build the center
Round 3: repeat (1 sc, 2 sc in next st). Round 4: repeat (2 sc, 2 sc in next st). Finish with 24 stitches.
Join the petal color
Fasten off brown, join sunflower-yellow yarn cleanly, and position the hook for the first petal.
Crochet the petals
Repeat around: slip stitch in the next stitch; in the next stitch work ch 2, 2 dc, ch 2, slip stitch. Make 12 even petals.
Check the flower edge
Lay the flower flat and check that every petal is even before fastening off the yellow yarn.
Add optional leaves
With sage yarn, chain 6 and shape 2–3 small leaves using slip stitch, single crochet, and half double crochet.
Weave, block, finish
Weave all tails into matching-color stitches, trim them, then lightly damp-block the coaster flat.
Small details that make the finish better
- Use cotton yarn so the coaster absorbs small drips and keeps its shape.
- Keep the brown center flat; if it cups, loosen your tension slightly.
- Make all petals with the same tension so the edge stays balanced.
- Block the finished coaster flat before using it.
- A set of four to six makes an easy handmade gift.
Ways to adapt the project
Change the yarn color, finishing touches, or small embellishments while keeping the same core construction.
Common questions before you start
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