Learn to make the Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Top and wear it as a crop top over high-waisted linen trousers, layered above a flowy maxi skirt, or as a festival cover-up over a swimsuit.
The Sunflower Granny Square Top
The Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Top is the kind of handmade piece that makes people stop you on the street and ask where you bought it. Built from individual granny squares, each one anchored by a bold, puff-petalled sunflower in golden yellow with a deep burgundy centre, it has a weight that feels airy yet structured against the skin. The green background gives it something almost botanical, like wearing a garden. It is made for the person who loves colour without apology and chooses slow-fashion because they understand that handmade things carry a different kind of meaning.
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The colour palette shown in the reference uses a warm golden orange for the petals, a rich dark maroon for the flower centres, and a lush medium green for the granny square background, which is a combination that reads as both retro and thoroughly modern. You could shift the palette to dusty terracotta and cream for a more muted, earthy feel, or try lavender petals on a sage green base for something softer. Whatever direction you take it, the Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Top holds its visual confidence no matter the colourway.
Materials and Tools
For the Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Top, you will want to work with a DK weight yarn, which gives the squares enough body to hold their shape while keeping the finished top breathable and lightweight for warm weather wearing. A cotton or cotton-blend DK is ideal here, as it has the crispness that granny squares love and it washes beautifully over time. You will need three colours: one for the petals, one for the flower centres, and one for the granny square background. Work with a 4mm crochet hook, which pairs perfectly with DK weight cotton and gives you a fabric that is firm enough to show off every petal detail without pulling too tight, and keep a yarn needle close by for weaving in the many ends that come with a multi-square construction.
Stitch by Stitch
The Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Top uses a small and satisfying collection of stitches that build on each other naturally.
BULLET:MR (Magic Ring) The foundation of each sunflower begins here, pulling the centre closed tightly so no hole shows through the dark burgundy core.
BULLET:SC (Single Crochet) Used in the early rounds of the flower centre and in joining sections, SC creates a dense and tidy fabric that anchors the design.
BULLET:DC (Double Crochet) The workhorse of the granny square background, DC stitches stack up in clusters to form the familiar grid that frames each sunflower.
BULLET:Puff Stitch Each golden petal is formed with a puff stitch, created by drawing up multiple loops of yarn through the same stitch before pulling through all loops at once, giving each flower its rounded, dimensional quality.
Once you find the meditative rhythm of completing square after square, the sunflower centre first and the green border last, you may find that an afternoon disappears without you noticing it has gone.
Construction
Each granny square is worked individually in the round, beginning with the sunflower motif at the centre and expanding outward into the green DC border that frames it. Once all your squares are complete, the top is assembled by joining them in a specific arrangement that creates the shaped panels for the front and back, with the strap loops worked directly into the top edge using a simple chain. The full layout, joining method, and shaping details are all shown clearly in the video tutorial, which is the best place to follow along at your own pace. If you want to adjust the sizing, adding or removing squares from the arrangement is the most intuitive way to go larger or smaller.
Wearing Your Sunflower Granny Square Top
Pair the finished Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Top with wide-leg cream linen trousers and flat sandals for a market-day outfit that feels completely effortless. It also sits beautifully over a high-waisted denim midi skirt with white trainers, or worn directly over a bikini top at the beach where the open granny square structure lets the light through in the most charming way. Finishing this top is one of those moments where you hold it up and cannot quite believe your own hands made it.
Washing and Storing Your Sunflower Granny Square Top
Because the top is likely made in cotton or a cotton blend, it responds well to a gentle hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent, or a delicate machine cycle inside a mesh laundry bag. After washing, reshape it flat on a towel and allow it to air dry away from direct sunlight, which can fade the golden yarn over time. A light blocking session while it is still damp will encourage the granny squares to lie flat and even, giving the finished top a much more polished look. Store it folded rather than hung, as the weight of the yarn can distort the strap loops if the top is left on a hanger for long periods.
Every stitch of the Crochet Sunflower Granny Square Top is a small act of making something the world does not already have, and that is worth every hour you spend on it. Save this to your Pinterest boards and share your finished top with the hashtag so the whole community can see what you grew.
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Tutorial and photos of this sunflower granny square top by: The Yarnling.