Are you a part of the YarnHookNeedles Facebook group? If not, head over and join! We recently voted on what we were all going to make together for the very first CAL (crochet-a-long) for 2017. Everyone decided on the African Flower Motif!
I am so excited to see how everyone designs their motifs!
If you’re not interested in the CAL for 2017, then let me teach you how to make the African Flower Hexi Motif.
***if you would rather watch the video tutorial, scroll down to watch!
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
- 4 colors to work up different variations
- size I hook
- scissors
- tapestry needle
THE PATTERN:
Rnd 1 – Begin by creating a magic circle, CH 3, DC. *CH 2, DC, DC. Repeat from * until you have 6 sets of DC. Sl ST to the top of the CH 3. Tie off yarn and change your color.
Rnd 2 – Place your new color in a CH 2 space. CH 5, add 2 more DC into the same space. CH 1, *(2 DC, CH 2, 2 DC) into the next CH 2 space, CH 1. Repeat from * around. You will place one more DC into the space as your CH 5 and then SL ST to the top of the 3rd CH from the bottom.
Rnd 3 – CH 3 and place 6 DC into the CH 2 Space. SL ST into the (previous row) CH 1 space. *Place 7 DC into the next CH 2 space, SL ST in the next CH 1 space. Repeat from * around, SL ST to the top of the CH 3. Tie off and change your color.
Rnd 4 – CH 1. Place SC all the way around adding a “long” SC into the SL ST space of the previous round. SL ST to the CH 1. Tie off and change your color.
Rnd 5 – Starting in the center ST of each petal, count back 3 sts. Place your new yarn here and CH 3. Work the outer hexagon pattern like this: DC (Ch 3 counts as first DC), DC, DC, DC-CH 1-DC, DC, DC, DC, skip “long st” space. So you will have 4 DC, Ch 1, 4 DC, Skip a ST. (if this is confusing please refer to the video!) Once you are back around to the beginning, SL ST to the top of your first CH 3.
I am not attaching as I go BECAUSE this is a part of the YarnHookNeedles CAL (crochet-a-long) for 2017. I want my hexis all made and then I will play around with how I want to arrange them. I do plan to use the invisible seam method.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL:
In your second , the second part of second round , where you put the 7 dc, instead of a ch2 between each petal, shouldn’t that just be a sl st into the previous ch1 space. I did as the written words said on screen, did not look at all right. Then, I watch you, and you sl st into the ch1 space of the previous part of the round.
The written out pattern says the same thing, I may be wrong.
yes you are correct, it is a sl st into the CH 1 space! Great catch! 🙂
I am sorry, it said ch1 and repeat, not ch2.