Crochet Sun Applique Tutorial With Bonus Chart Reading Tutorial

Hey everyone, it's Deja from crocheteverafter.com. Today I'm making a sun applique. You're going to need some, pretty much any kind of yarn you want to use. This is 100% acrylic. It's Knit Picks Worsted, Bravo Worsted. And I'm using a 5mm USH hook. The pattern or the written pattern with the chart is below in the link, so you can print that out and work along. We're also going to learn to read that chart that is included in the pattern while we're making this. So let's grab everything and let's get started. Okay, so we are going to make a sun applique and let's check out our chart to see what exactly we're going to be doing first. So if you've never seen any of my chart videos or you've never worked from a chart before, first thing you want to look for are your round markers. So you can see that I have little red dots with 1, 2, 3, and 4. That tells me that I have four rounds that I'm going to be working for this pattern. And you can also see that each round is marked off by different colors, so I have a black, blue, black, blue, and that makes it easier for me to see what I'm going to be working in each round, because each round is going to have its own set of colors. So, for round one, we see that we have kind of a spiral circle. Now, if I don't know what that spiral circle means, I just take a look at my stitch legend. And you'll see that the spiral circle means that I'm going to be making an adjustable ring, or an adjustable loop, depending on what you call it. And what I'm going to be doing into that adjustable ring are the stitches that are around it. This is the same stitch it's just turned around the ring because it means that we're working in a circle and all those are going inside of it. It's like a little cross. It can also be an X depending on who's making the pattern, but the cross as we can see down below is a single crochet. So we're going to be doing single crochets into our magic adjustable loop, and let's see how many we've got. We've got one, two, three, four, five, six. And then we have a little closed dot. That closed dot, when we look at our legend, is a slip stitch. So we're going to be single crocheting six times into that magic adjustable loop, and then we're going to join it with a slip stitch. So if you don't have your written pattern, you can easily figure out what you need to do in that first round. This can also help you with your written pattern, because you can visualize what it's going to look like, because you can see that it already looks kind of like a sun. So let's do round one, and then we'll look at our round two chart instructions. Okay, so I've got my yarn, and I'm going to make my adjustable loop. I always hold the bottom tail to the left, and I just twist over to get my loop started. Then I reach through the center and pull my working yarn through, and I like to slip stitch it just to secure it. I also do a chain one. Not everybody does it, but I like to get the height for my single crochets. I find it easier to slip stitch in that first single crochet when I have the chain one. So I'm going to do six single crochets inside my magic adjustable loop. So I reach through the loop, lay over my yarn, and pull that loop up. So I have two loops on my hook and I just kind of grab onto everything because otherwise it wants to run away from me. I yarn over and I pull through the two loops on my hook. So I just keep doing that six times, and then I'll be ready to close my loop. And I keep them nice and close together on my loop so that way they don't get all stretched out of shape. And if it's difficult for you to count those, if you can't really see where one begins and one ends, just turn your stitches sideways, and you'll have your Vs that you can count much easier, which are the tops of your stitches. They look like the letter V. So I have six already, so I'm ready to close up my loop and do my slip stitch. So I grab my tail and I just pull it tight until my circle is closed completely. And then I'm going to slip stitch in my first single crochet. Again, if it's hard for you to see where the loop is that you're supposed to put your hook through, just count backwards from your V. So you have one, two, three, four, five, six. So all the way over here is where I need to join. So I'm going to go into both loops, both of the letter V on top of my stitch, and slip stitch to finish off round one. So now let's go check out round two chart instructions. Okay, so now we're looking at round two chart instructions. So we have our two here, and we know that the blue is our round two. And usually our round will begin right off of where our last round ended, so you can see our slip stitch. And then we have this open oval. That open oval, when we look at our stitch legend, tells us it's a chain. So we're going to chain one. Why do we chain one? Because there's only one oval. As you can see up here, we have some ovals stacked, which means more than one chain. But round two we're going to chain one and then as you can see we have some new symbols and they're all coming out of one single crochet. That means whatever we're doing into this next stitch is going to be this stitch that's right above it. So if we look at that stitch down in our stitch legend, it tells us it's a two single crochet in one stitch. So that means that we're going to be increasing in every stitch around. We're doing two single crochets in every single crochet single crochet that we come to from round one. So we're increasing six to twelve which is a normal increase when you're doing single crochet so that's also something that you can remember and makes it easier when you're reading these charts. Um, so let's go ahead and start our round two, and also right at the very end you can see if it's difficult to kind of keep track of where you're at, you can turn your chart. So you can do one single, you know, your two single crochets in that first one, and then turn your chart. And you can see you have two single crochets in your next one, and you turn your chart. Two single crochets in the next one. So when we get all the way to the end of that round over here. You can see that we have another closed circle, which means that we're joining our round with a slip stitch again. So let's start on round two and get all those increases made. So we're going to start with a chain one, as it told us, and we joined with a slip stitch in that very first single crochet, so that means that we're going to work in to where we slip stitched. We're going to do two single crochets under that same stitch. So you do one single crochet, and then you just insert your hook back into that same space to make another increase. And that's two single crochets. Then we go to our next stitch, and we're going to do two single crochets again. And the written pattern just says two single crochets in each stitch around, or two single crochets six times, depending on the written pattern. So we'll just continue until we get 12 single crochets all the way around. Okay, I've got my 12 single crochets. It almost looks like I'm missing a stitch, but I'm not because that's the slip stitch from the round before. So if you're not sure how many you actually have, remember, just count your stitches, count your Vs, make sure you only have 12, don't do an extra 2. And then I'm going to join in that very first stitch that I did with a slip stitch. So now I've got 2 rounds completed, and now I'm ready for round 3. So let's check out our chart. Let's see what we're doing. So we ended right here at that blue closed circle. Now we have round three, which is all in black. You can see that we have another chain one, that open oval. And now we have stitches coming out of every stitch that we made of the previous round. The very first stitch, that very first single crochet of the two single crochets, I'm doing another two single crochets. I'm increasing again. In the next single crochet, I'm just doing a single crochet. Then, I'm going to do two single crochets and a single crochet. So you can see there's a pattern. It's two single crochets in one stitch, and then a single crochet in the next stitch, which is also a basic increase for single crocheting that will help your piece to lay flat. So written instructions would be two single crochet in the next stitch, single crochet six times around, which is what our pattern is. Then you can see that we have that closed circle again, so we're going to slip stitch at the very end. to join our round. So let's start doing that. And here is our round three. We're going to chain one and remember we slip stitch in that first stitch so we're going to work into it again. We're going to do two single crochets into that very first stitch and then we're going to single crochet in the next stitch. So just go under both loops of the stitch you come to. This is going to be a two single crochets in one stitch and then one single crochet in the next We're going to continue that pattern all the way around and then we're going to join with a slip stitch at the end. And then we'll only have one more round to go and we'll be done. Our whole applique will be complete. Okay, I finished my rounds and I'm going to join with a slip stitch so we can start round four. Let's finish that off. Let's grab our round four chart. We're doing this new stuff, Legend, you know to change. It's kind of strange. There's a bunch next to each other. What this means is, and this is where sometimes you might need the written pattern as well, but if you are savvy enough to figure it out, these are the rays of the sun and what we're going to do is we're going to chain six. So we're going to chain six and then fold it back down on itself and then slip stitch into that same This is the stitch where we did our two single crochets to lock it down. So we're going to do that first and then we'll move on with the chart. So we have the join from round three. Crochet two times right back and then we're going to chain six. Keep your chains nice and tight so that the rays aren't big and loopy. Then we're going to go right back into that same hole that we have right there. Together first ray. And you can tighten down that slip stitch because it's not going to be used. Let's pull back our chart. So we just did our slip stitch there, then we see a single crochet, a single crochet in the next single crochet, and then a single crochet in the next single crochet, but as you can see, we're going to do another ray in that same single crochet, so we're going to chain six again, and slip stitch back in there. So let's go ahead and do that part, and for our next stitch, so if we turn sideways, you can see our stitches, the V right there, so we're going to single crochet in that one, single crochet in the next. This is where we're going to create our next ray, so chain six again, come down again, two rays, so we just did this part here, then it kind of repeats what we just did. So we have this whole section here as one big repeat. Now we have two single crochets into that first single crochet with the chain six and slip stitch, crochet, single crochet, chain six, slip stitch. So we'll go ahead and do that one more time and then I'll let you work on it. Each of our rays are kind of separated by two single crochets every time. These are just regular single crochets. You notice how I kind of turn my yarn when I slip stitch? Because if I just do it right here, I lose the stitch, as you can see. So, to make it easier to get through, I go to slip stitch, turn everything, so that I can turn my hook down and get through the loop on my hook so that it doesn't fall off. Then I'm going to single crochet on my next stitch. Put it down and get to it. So I'm going to keep going all the way around with that same repeat and then I'll meet you back up at the end so we can join and weave in our ends. I am just doing my last stitch. So if you're new, just remember you did your first ray, so you can just count back. This is our slip stitch, so we don't want to slip stitch and crochet fast since it's all one color, so I'm going to go ahead and go weave it in and then we'll look at it. Now, if you want to get the rays pointing away in a certain way, then you can go ahead and block this, you can starch it if you want it really stiff. Or just wet block it and then you pin it down, but this is a really simple applique, not too many steps, and hopefully the chart is, you're getting more familiar with them and getting more comfortable with them. If you have any questions, leave them below, and thank you for watching.