'Jane loves botanical drawings and recently purchased a fabulous book from Kew Gardens with the most wonderful illustrations.There is a page within the book that features sunflowers, hellebores and opium poppy seed heads and it made her think of the fields of sunflowers we walked through on a lovely French holiday a few years ago.

Jane has always loved sunflowers with all of their connotations to heat and sunshine and Vincent Van Gogh, whose series of sunflower still life studies are infamous, saw these stunning flowers as a symbol of friendship and gratitude, so using them as the inspiration for a new design was inevitable, and as wild poppies are common place in fields of sunflowers, it was logical that this design should feature them too.'

This pack contains 13 balls of Stylecraft Life DK (100g), a wool-acrylic mix, in the following shades and quantities:

• 2 x French Blue (2447)
• 2 x Teal (2416)
• 2 x Fern (2311)
• 2 x Caramel (2446)
• 1 x Daffodil (2394)
• 1 x Cardinal (2306)
• 1 x Cranberry (2319)
• 1 x Copper (2312)
• 1 x Olive (2302)

You will also need 3.50mm and 4.00mm crochet hooks.

Finished blocked measurements: 120cm (48in) x 120cm (48in).

Please note: This pack does not contain a printed pattern but you can purchase it here.

Please also note: Pack quantities are given for the project when worked to the tension stated in the pattern.  If a different hook is used, or your tension differs from the designer’s, additional yarn may be required.