Flower Granny Hexagon
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This flower granny hexagon is a mashup of a hexagon granny square and a flower based off of a sunburst granny square. You will need 4 colors of yarn, but can use as many as you like. This is a great stashbusting project for small quanities of yarn leftover from other projects.
Materials:
Yarn (4 colors)
Crochet hook
Scissors
Tapestry needle
Abbreviations (US Terms):
ch: chain
dc: double crochet
hdc: half double crochet
sl-st: slip stitch
sp: space
st/sts: stitch/stitches
Special Stitches:
Puff Stitch: yarn over, insert the hook and pull up a long loop 3 times, (7 loops on the hook) yarn over and pull through all 7 loops, ch1 to close the top of the puff.
3 dc-cl (3 double crochet cluster): yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, repeat 2 more times (4 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 4 loops
4 dc-cl (4 double crochet cluster): yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, repeat 3 more times (5 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 5 loops
Flower Granny Hexagon Instructions
With Color A, ch 4 and join with a slip stitch to form a ring OR make a magic circle.
Round 1: ch 3 (counts as dc), 11 dc into ring, join with a sl-st in top of ch-3. Fasten off. [12 sts]
Round 2: join with Color B in any st, ch 2, puff stitch in each st to end, join with a sl-st in top of first puff st. Fasten off. [12 puff sts]
Round 3: join with Color C in the space between any puff st, ch 3, 3 dc-cl in same st, ch 2, (4 dc-cl, ch 2) in each sp between puffs to end, join with a sl-st in top of first cluster st. Fasten off. [12 cluster sts]
Round 4: join with Color D in any of the ch-2 sps, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, 3 hdc in next sp, *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next sp, 3 hdc in next sp; repeat from * to end, join with a sl-st in top of beginning ch-3. [42 sts, 6 corners (ch-2 sps)]
Additional rounds: sl-st over to next ch-2 sp if using same color OR join with new color in any ch-2 sp, (ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, 3 dc in each sp to next corner, *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next corner, 3 dc in each sp to next corner; repeat from * to end.