Sunburst Granny Square Patterns: 9 Free Designs
A sunburst granny square starts as a circular motif built from puff or bobble stitches, then squares off in the final round. These nine original patterns vary in stitch height, corner shaping, and finished size, from a compact 4-inch motif to a full 30-square baby blanket.
Sunburst granny square patterns to explore
1. Sunflower-Look Sunburst Square
Sarah Stearns at Sarah Maker works four rounds in contrasting colors, finishing at 5 inches. The sunflower-look center suits a single coaster just as well as a blanket join, since the raised treble corners hold their shape worked on their own.
2. Sunburst Granny Square Blanket
Amanda at Maisie and Ruth already did the layout math: 30 squares finish at 33.5 by 28 inches. Skip planning your own border and follow her join order directly if you want a finished baby blanket without guessing how much yarn you need.
3. Video-Guided Sunburst Square
Sarah-Jayne Fragola at Bella Coco Crochet films every round, worth using even if you do not usually watch tutorials. The double treble corners are easy to miscount from text alone, and seeing the hook placement once clears up the trickiest round fast.
4. Three-Color Beginner Sunburst Square
Jo at Jo to the World Creations limits this to three colors and basic stitches, a good first sunburst square before trying the puff or bobble versions elsewhere on this list. The dc2tog decrease is the only technique worth practicing on a scrap swatch first.
5. Boho Flower-Based Sunburst Square
Selina Veronique‘s petal layers read more like a flower than a sunburst, so swap the usual yellow-and-orange palette for pastels if you want a spring motif instead. Four rounds, a 4mm hook, and a finished 4.5-inch square.
6. Cluster-Stitch Sunburst Square
Alex at You Should Craft swaps puff stitches for dc2tog and dc3tog clusters, giving denser, flatter rays that hold up better in bags or cushions than puffier versions do. Worsted yarn, 5mm hook, finishes around 5.5 inches, the largest square here.
7. Original Blogger’s Sunburst Square
Jess at Purple Chair Crochet admits she pieced this together from studying other sunburst squares, so treat it as a reverse-engineering reference if you are trying to design your own variation rather than just follow the steps as written.
8. Compact Bobble-Stitch Sunburst Square
Cheryl Bennett at Crochet 365 Knit Too keeps this the smallest square on the list at 4 inches, which makes it the one to reach for scrap-yarn coasters or appliques rather than a full blanket project, since the bobble texture holds up fine on its own.
9. Scrap-Yarn Sunflower Square
Alena Charity Limbithu at SitnCrochet built this specifically for scrap yarn, so pull whatever worsted leftovers you have instead of buying matching skeins. She notes it is small worked alone, best combined into a bigger project rather than used solo.
Compare finished size and texture
Choose Sarah Maker or Bella Coco Crochet for the classic 4 to 5 inch motif, Maisie and Ruth if you want a ready-made 30-square blanket layout, or Crochet 365 Knit Too for the smallest, scrap-friendly version. Use the linked designer’s exact stitch counts and hook size for your yarn weight.
