Crocheted Sunflower Potholder

I bet that would make a pretty aphgan! Thanks for sharing, Poor But Proud!

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/sunflowers.php

You will also find dozens of sunflower patterns, as well as hundreds of others! This is just one sample. Enjoy!!

http://hometown.aol.com/lffunt/daisysun.htm

has a daisy or sunflower kitchen set that includes a potholder.

It was nice of you to share your pattern, Pat, I could hardly find anything online:)
Harriet

Here's one:

Sunflower Potholder
about 8" in diameter
Materials: worsted weight yarn, 1 oz each brown, gold, and green
Size G aluminum hook or size required for gauge
yarn needle
Gauge: 4 dc = 1"

Pattern Stitches:
Triple triple crochet (tr trc): YO 4 times; draw up lp in next dc, (YO and
draw through 2 lps on hook) 5 times: tr trc made.
Cluster: (CL) Keeping last lp of each tr trc on hook, 3 tr trc in next dc; YO
and draw through all 4 lps on hook: CL made.

Back: With green, ch 3.
Rnd 1: (right side) 11 hdc in 3rd ch from hook (2 skipped chains count as
hdc); join in 2nd ch of beg ch-3: 12 hdc
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc on this and following rnds), dc in same ch as
joining; 2 dc in each hdc; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 24 dc
Rnd 3: Ch 3, 2 dc in next dc; (dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc) 11 times; join
in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 36 dc
Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc; (dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next
dc) 11 times; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 48 dc
Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc; (dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next
dc) 11 times; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 60 dc
Rnd 6: Ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next dc; (dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next
dc) 11 times; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 72 dc
Rnd 7: Ch 3, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next dc; (dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next
dc) 11 times; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: 84 dc. finish off and weave in
ends.
FRONT: With brown, ch 3.
Rnds 1 through 4: Rep Rnds 1 through 4 of Back. At end of Rnd 4, change to
gold by drawing lp through; cut brown
Rnd 5: Ch 5, (counts as a tr trc), keeping last lp of each tr trc on hook, 2
tr trc (see pattern stitches) in same ch as joining; YO and draw through all
3 lps on hook: beg CL made; ch 4, sk next dc, *CL in next dc; ch 4, sk next
dc; rep from * 22 times more; join in top of beg CL: 24 CLs. do not finish
off. Weave in beg end.
BORDER
Hold front and back with wrong sides tog, carefully matching sts, and front
facing you; working through both thicknesses at same time, sl st in next ch-4
lp on front; ch 1, working over ch-4 lps and in tops of CLs on front and in
corresponding dc on back, sc in next 3 dc on back, sc in top of next CL on
front; ch 15, sl st in 15th ch from hook: hanging loop made;* sc in next 2 dc
on back, sc in top of next CL on front; sc in next 3 dc on back, sc in top of
next CL on front; rep from * 10 times more; sc in next 3 dc on back, sc in
top of next CL on front; join in first sc.