What helps lace flowers grow? The lace sun, of course. This embellishment will look great on your spring and summer projects and bring a little brightness and cheer. The lace pattern is fairly simple and good practice for crocheters ready to branch off into finer work.

Skill Level:

Finished Size: 2 1/2″ (6.5 cm) diameter

Materials: Fine Weight Yarn (approximately 15 yards) Crochet Hook E (3.50 mm)

Gauge:
Round 1 – 3 in pattern measures 1 1/4″ (3 cm) in diameter

Need help understanding the abbreviations and symbols? Check out the crochet abbreviation chart.

Special stitches:
picot: chain 3 picot, please see the How to Crochet: Picot Stitches tutorial.

Crochet Pattern: Lacy Sun Applique
Round 1: Make adjustable ring, ch 1, 6 sc in ring, sl st in beg ch-1: 6 sc
Round 2: ch 3 (counts as 1 hdc and 1 ch), (hdc in next sc, ch 1) around, sl st in top of beg ch-2: 12 sts
Round 3: ch 1, sc in first hdc, 2 sc in next ch, (sc in next hdc, 2 sc in next ch) around, sl st in top of beg ch-1: 18 sc
Round 4: (ch 3, skip next sc, dc in next sc, ch 3, sl st in next sc) around: 21 sts
Round 5: ch 1, (3 sc in next ch-sp, sc in next dc, picot, 3 sc in next ch-sp) around, sl st in beg ch-1: 21 sts
Finish off.

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