Sunflower Crochet Hand Towel

Learn to crochet a Sunflower Crochet Hand Towel and add a little fall home decor to your kitchen and bathrooms.

Your crocheted kitchen towels will never slip off the oven door handle or towel bar again with this simple towel pattern.

You’ll find the free crochet kitchen towel patterns below, or an ad-free print friendly PDF (including all photo tutorials) on Love CraftsRavelry, or on Etsy (aff).

Sunflower motif crochet kitchen towel hanging on oven door.

There are so many different things to crochet for the kitchen. Crochet hand towels and dish scrubbies, are among them and they make great gift sets. They work up quickly and are something everyone needs in their home. They make the perfect housewarming gifts, bridal shower gifts, and even birthday and holiday gifts.

The Hello Sunshine Hand Towel and The Sun’s Out! Crochet Dish Scrubby make a great gift set!

How to Crochet Kitchen Towel

One can never have too many crochet kitchen towels, or crochet towels for the bathroom. You’ll find a variety of different styles of towels such as a crochet tea towel and hanging towels. My favorite are keyhole style towels that keep your towel from slipping off the rod and onto the floor.

This crochet flower hand towel is a variation of a keyhole towel. It’s construction is simple and fun to crochet!

First, you’ll begin by making three sunflower crochet squares. You’ll join them in a row with a flat slip stitch crochet seam. Then, add a simple single crochet border.

After completing the flower motifs, you’ll crochet a joining strap and connect both short ends of the motifs to form a circle.

Lastly, you’ll add the crochet towel to the sunflower motif using extended single crochet stitches worked in back loops and front loops to give it a great texture.

Scroll all the way down for a towel hanging tutorial!

Use the small square crochet sunflower patterns below to make a lovely crochet lapghan to add to your fall home decor!

Yarn

Cotton is the go-to fiber for crochet dish cloths, dish towels, and hand towels as it’s the most absorbent. There are several cotton yarns out there that would be perfect for this project, but I chose to use Lily Sugar n’ Cream 100% worsted weight cotton yarn and Peaches & Creme cotton yarn.

Lily Sugar n’ Cream and Peaches & Creme are available in dozens of colors so I was able to find the perfect colors I needed for this project.

Yarn Substitution

100% cotton yarns make the best towel yarns. If you want to substitute another yarn, I recommend using a cotton blend yarn that is at least 50% cotton. Anything less, and your hand towel will not be as absorbent.

Can I use Acrylic Yarn for Crochet Towels?

A crochet towel made with acrylic yarn makes a fantastic crochet dusting cloth! However, I do not recommend using acrylic yarn if your intentions are to make a hanging kitchen towel for drying dishes, or drying your hands.

SUNFLOWER HAND TOWEL CROCHET PATTERN – FREE CROCHET PATTERN

The sunflower crochet kitchen towel pattern free is below, but if you love to work offline, I’ve got a couple other great options for you.

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MATERIALS

ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS)

EXPERIENCE LEVEL

  • Easy

Gauge

  • Measurements are given throughout the pattern.

Finished Size

  • Motif Section: 3.5″ H x 6.5″ – 7″ W (finished and laid flat)
  • Body of Towel: 11″ W x 17″ L

Special Stitches

  • Join yarn with a standing 4 treble crochet cluster: Begin with a slip knot on your hook, yo twice, insert your hook into the stitch indicated, yo, pull up a loop, (yo, pull thru 2 loops) twice, [ yo twice, insert hook in same st, yo, pull up a loop, (yo, pull thru 2 loops) twice ] work from [ to ] 3 times, yo, pull through remaining 5 loops. See photos below for step-by-step crochet stitch tutorial.
  • 4 Treble Crochet Cluster (4-tr-cl): Yo twice, insert hook where indicated, yo, pull up a loop, (yo, pull thru 2 loops) twice, [ yo twice, insert hook in same st, yo, pull up a loop, (yo, pull thru 2 loops) twice ] work from [ to ] 3 times, yo, pull through remaining 5 loops.
  • Join yarn with a standing single crochet: begin with a slip knot on your hook, insert your hook into the stitch or space indicated, yo, pull up a loop, yo and draw thru both loops on hook.
  • Join yarn with a standing double crochet: Begin with a slip knot on your hook. YO, insert your hook into the stitch or space indicated, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull through 2 loops on your hook, yo, pull through remaining 2 loops on your hook.
  • Extended Single Crochet (ext sc): Insert hook into stitch indicated, yo, pull up a loop, yo, pull thru 1 loop on hook, yo, pull thru remaining two loops on hook.

Pattern Notes

  • Turning chains are not included in stitch count unless noted otherwise.
  • Worsted Weight Yarn: Lily Sugar ‘n Cream (70.9 g / 2.5 oz / 120 yards / 109 m / 100% cotton)
    • Ecru (MC): 2 ball (160 yards)
    • Brown (CC1) : 1 ball (6 yards)
    • Yellow (CC2): 1 ball (30 yards)
    • Rosemary (CC3): 1 ball (110 yards)
  • Crochet Towel Construction: This keyhole crochet kitchen towel is constructed by first crocheting three sunflower crochet pattern square. You’ll then join the three crochet sunflower granny squares and add a joining strap to create a circle. This helps your kitchen towel stay put. Next, you’ll attach yarn to the back of the crochet sunflower pattern and work back and forth in rows, using extended single crochet stitches, until your crochet hand towel is 17″ long, or desired length.

Sunflower Crochet Dish Towel Pattern

Crochet Sunflower Granny Square (Make 3)

Center of Sunflower

Rnd 1: With a 4.00mm crochet hook and CC1 yarn, ch 2, work 4 sc in the 2nd ch from your hook. Do not join. (4 sts)

Begin working in a spiral. Use a scrap piece of yarn to mark the end of each round as you work.

Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (8 sts)

Rnd 3: (2 sc in the next st, sc in the next st) 4 times. (12 sts)

Fasten off CC1. Weave in ends. Continue on to the Petals. Diameter of the flower’s center should be approximately 1.25″ across.

A small brown crocheted circle and purple crochet hook.

Petals

Join yarn with a standing 4-tr-cl photo tutorial is below the instructions for Round 1.

Rnd 1: With a 4.00mm crochet hook & CC2 yarn, join yarn with a standing 4-tr-cl in any stitch, ch 3, (4-tr-cl in the next st, ch 3) 11 times. Join with a sl st to the first 4-tr-cl. (12 4-tr-cl sts + 12 ch-3’s)

Photo Tutorial: Join yarn with a standing 4 tr-cl.

Photo tutorial collage for how to join yarn with a standing 4 double crochet cluster
Photos Above: Begin with a slip knot on your hook, yo twice, insert your hook into the stitch indicated, yo, pull up a loop, (yo, pull thru 2 loops) twice, (instructions continued below)
Photo tutorial collage for how to join yarn with a standing four double crochet cluster
Photo collage for how to join yarn with a standing 4 double crochet cluster

Photos Above: [ yo twice, insert hook in same st, yo, pull up a loop, (yo, pull thru 2 loops) twice ] work from [ to ] 3 times, yo, pull through remaining 5 loops.

Progression Photos for Rnd 1 of the Petals:

Step by step photo tutorial for crochet sunflower petal.
Sunflower crochet motif completed.

Note: Your crochet flower petals will tilt a little to one side because they are crowded. This was intentional to make a 3 dimensional crochet sunflower.

Fasten off CC2. Weave in ends. Continue on to Sunflower Granny Square Crochet Pattern Border. Diameter of the sunflower crochet motif at this point should be approximately 3″.

Sunflower Granny Square Border

Rnd 1: With a 4.00mm crochet hook & CC3 yarn, join yarn with a standing dc in any ch-3 sp, (2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in the same ch-3 sp, [ (hdc, 2 sc) in the next ch-3 sp, (2 sc, hdc) in the next ch-3 sp, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in the next ch-3 sp ] work from [ to ] 3 times, then (hdc, 2 sc) in the next ch-3 sp, (2 sc, hdc) in the next ch-3 sp. Join with a sl st to the 1st st. (48 sts + 4 ch-3’s)

Photos to show how to add a border to the crochet sunflower motif.
Photos to show how to add a border to the sunflower crochet motif.
One completed crochet sunflower motif square.

The photo above shows one completed sunflower crochet granny square.

Fasten off. Weave in ends. Make 3 sunflower motifs, then continue on to Joining the Crochet Sunflower Squares. Completed sunflower motif should be approximately 3.25″ x 3.25″.

These super cute sunflower crochet patterns would make a fun crochet sunflower coaster and add to your fall home decor.

Joining Crochet Squares

Step-by-step Flat Slip Stitch Seam Tutorial.

Step 1: Lay two sunflower granny squares side by side. Use locking SM to hold the squares together while seaming. Place them in the middle chain from each ch-3 corner. Seam two motifs together with CC3 yarn and a flat slip stitch seam.

Two yellow and green sunflowers squares held together with stitch markers at two corners.
Two small sunflower motif squares being joined with a flat slip stitch join.
Two crochet sunflower motifs joined with a flat slip stitch and laying on a white surface.

Step 2: Lay the third crochet sunflower square next to the two you just seamed. Lay them out in a row. Use locking SM to hold the squares together while seaming. Place them in the middle chain from each ch-3 corner. Seam the two motifs together with CC3 yarn and a flat slip stitch seam.

Three sunflower crochet motifs side by side and joined with slip stitch seams.

Weave in ends. Continue on to Sunflower Motif Edging.

Sunflower Motif Edging

Rnd 1 (RS): With a 4.00mm crochet hook & CC3 yarn, join yarn with a standing sc in any ch-3 sp, in any corner, work 2 more sc in the same ch-3 sp, (sc in each of the next 12 sts, sc in the next ch sp, sc in the seam, sc in the next ch sp) 2 times, sc in each of the next 12 sts, 3 sc in the next corner ch-3, sc in each of the next 12 sts, 3 sc in the next corner ch-3, (sc in each of the next 12 sts, sc in the next ch sp, sc in the seam, sc in the next ch sp) 2 times, sc in each of the next 12 sts, 3 sc in the next corner ch-3, sc in each of the next 12 sts. Join with a sl to to the 1st st. (120 sts)

Crochet sunflower in a square being edged with a single crochet and purple crochet hook.
Three sunflower motifs joined to form a rectangle and all edged with a single crochet.

Fasten off. Weave in ends. Mark the middle sc in each corner with a stitch marker. Continue on to the Joining Strap. Approximate size of assembled motifs should be 3.5″ x 9.5″.

Joining Strap

The Joining Strap is worked along either of the short edges of your assembled motifs. It doesn’t matter which short edge you choose.

Row 1 (RS): With a 4.00mm crochet hook & CC3 yarn and RS facing you, join yarn with a standing sc in one of the marked corner sts so that you can work across a short edge, skip the next st, sc in each of the next 12 sts, skip the next st, sc in the next corner st marked with a SM. Turn. (14 sts)

Small green and yellow sunflower crochet square with purple crochet hook edging up to an orange stitch marker.

Rows 2 – 18: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (14 sts)

The Joining Strap and assembled motifs should measure approximately 13.5″ L.

Fasten off, leaving a 14″ tail of yarn for sewing. Continue on to Finishing Motif Assembly.

Finishing Motif Assembly

With the RS facing out, bring the two short edges of the motif assembly together. Using a yarn needle and the tail of yarn you left, whipstitch the joining strap to the remaining short edge of the motif assembly.

Crochet joining strap being seamed to the opposite end of the sunflower motifs to form a loop.

When whipstitching the Joining Strap to the motif assembly, skip the 2nd and 2nd to last stitches along the edge of the motif assembly (just as you skipped working into the same two stitches in Row 1 of the Joining Strap).

Backside of the three crochet sunflower squares showing the joining strap that created the loop.
Three sunflower crochet motifs joined to form a loop for the hanging towel.

Continue on to Body of Towel.

Body of Towel

Set-Up: Lay the motif assembly on a surface in front of you with the sunflowers facing down and the joining strap facing you. Choose one of the edges to work into (it doesn’t matter which one). Place a SM 4 sts to the left and place a SM 4 sts to the right of the joining strap. These two SM are marking where we will work the Body of Towel.

Backside of the sunflower motif loop with stitch markers showing where to begin the crochet hand towel.

Row 1: With a 4.00mm crochet hook and CC3 yarn, join yarn with a standing sc in the st marked with the SM on the right, sc in each st and the side of each row of the joining strap across to and into the stitch marked with the SM on the left. Turn. (28 sts) See note below about stitch count, if yours is off.

Note: You’ll work 5 sts into the motif on both sides of the joining strap (including the corner stitch you already worked into) and 18 sts across the joining strap.

Fasten off CC3.

A purple crochet hook was used to crochet a row of single crochet along one edge of the sunflower motifs.

The photo above shows Row 1 complete.

Row 2: Switch to a 5.00mm crochet hook and MC yarn, join yarn with a standing sc in the last st of Row 1, work 1 more sc in the same st, sc in each st across to the last st, 2 sc in the last st. Turn. (30 sts)

Green and yellow sunflower squares that form a loop and ecru yarn has been added to begin the towel.

The photo above shows Row 2 complete.

Row 3: Ch 1, (2 sc in the next st, sc in each of the next 4 sts) 6 times. Turn. (36 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1, BOTH LOOPS ext sc in the first st, (BLO ext sc in the next st, FLO ext sc in the next st) rep from ( to ) across to the last st, BOTH LOOPS ext sc in the last st. Turn. (36 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, BOTH LOOPS ext sc in the first st, (FLO ext sc in the next st, BLO ext sc in the next st) rep from ( to ) across to the last st, BOTH LOOPS ext sc in the last st. Turn. (36 sts)

Several rows of textured crochet stitches worked in ecru yarn for the body of the towel.

The photo above shows Rows 1 – 5 complete.

Rep Rows 4 – 5, ending with a Row 5, until Body of Towel measures 17″ from Row 2 (when you switched to MC).

Fasten off. Weave in ends. The Body of Towel should measure approximately 11″ W x 17″ L.

I made it, now how do I hang my crochet dish towel up?

  • See hanging tutorial below.
Sunflower motif crochet hand towel laying on wood background.

Crochet Kitchen Towel Hanging Tutorial

Sunflower crochet kitchen towel hanging tutorial collage.

Now that I’ve finished, how do I hang it up?

Step 1 (photo top left): With the sunflower motif facing away from you, insert it through the space between the oven handle and oven door.

Step 2 (photo bottom left): Insert the bottom edge of the towel into the opening in the sunflower motif section, from top to bottom.

Step 3 (photo above right): Pull the crochet hanging kitchen towel all the way through the opening to secure it.

Step back and enjoy your talents!

QUESTIONS CROCHETERS FREQUENTLY ASK ABOUT CROCHET HAND TOWELS

Below are some commonly asked questions about crochet towels and towel yarn.

Can you crochet a kitchen towel?

Yes, you can and you should! Not only are crochet towels a fun way to change up your kitchen decor from season to seacon, they are also very useful for drying your dishes and your hands.

Do crochet dish towels work?

As long as they are made with a cotton yarn, crochet dish towels work great for drying dishes and hands. I’ve also found that after they’re washed a couple times, the fibers seem more absorbent.

What yarn do I use for a crochet hand towel?

The best yarn for a crochet hand towel is yarn that is 100% cotton as they are the most absorbent. Cotton blend yarns will also work, as long as the cotton content is above 50%.

How much yarn do I need to crochet a kitchen towel?

This answer will vary based on the crochet stitches used in the crochet towel pattern you’ve chosen, but for this crochet sunflower kitchen towel, you’ll need a total of approximately 310 yards. All colors and yardages can be found in the pattern notes above.

What size is a crochet hand towel?

You’ll find that crochet towels can be a variety of sizes, but a good general rule of thumb is to crochet a hand towel that is at least 9.5″ to 11″ wide by 15″ to 19″ long. The size of the towel depends on the style of the towel.

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MCAL ARCHIVES

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MORE FREE KITCHEN TOWEL PATTERNS

Are you looking for more kitchen towel patterns? We have several more free crochet patterns for hand towels.

You’ll find a crochet kitchen towel with botton, an easy crochet hanging dish towel, several crochet character towels and scrubbies, and plenty more crochet kitchen towel patterns.

9 Comments

  1. I love this pattern! I never knew that I could crochet towels for the kitchen. My sister LOVES sunflowers. This will be the perfect gift for her birthday and Christmas.
    Thank you for sharing!!

  2. I made this as part of a mystery crochet along. It turned out SO cute. I love the patterns created and shared here. They are always well written and turn out great!

  3. i just found this pattern on your website. I can bearly wait to get the yarn to crochet it with. I am so excited. Could I use other granny squares to make hand towels with? And how do I go about adapting them to fit the towel?
    Thank you for your answer.
    Beverly
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