Ready for something a little different from the usual crocheted square? Try a hexagon instead. This pretty one features a little bit of overlay crochet with the treble crochet V-stitches dipping down into previous rounds.
Dorothy Hexagon Motif
Size
8 ½” across side to side; 10” across point to point
Materials
Small amounts three colors (A, B and C) worsted-weight yarn
H (5.00mm) crochet hook
Instructions
Rnd 1: With A, ch 5, join with sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 3 (counts as dc), 11 dc in ring, join with sl st in top of ch 3. Fasten off. (12)
Rnd 2: Join B with sl st in any st, ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around, join. Fasten off. (24)
Rnd 3: Join A with sl st in any st, ch 3, dc in same st, (ch 2, skip next st, 2 dc in next st) around, ch 2, join. Fasten off.
Rnd 4: Join C with sc in first dc of any 2-dc pair, sc in next dc, * (tr, ch 2, tr) in next skipped st on rnd 2 **, sc in next 2 dc; repeat from * around ending last repeat at **, join with sl st in first sc. Fasten off.
Rnd 5: Join B with sl st in first sc of any 2-sc pair, ch 3, dc in next sc, * working between trs on rnd 4, (tr, ch 2, tr) in ch-2 sp on rnd 3 **, dc in next 2 sc; repeat from * around ending last repeat at **, join. Fasten off.
Rnd 6: Join A with sl st in any ch-2 sp, ch 4 (counts as tr), (tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in same sp, * dc in next 2 dc, sc in next ch-2 sp, dc in next 2 dc **, (2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around ending last repeat at **, join with sl st in top of ch 4. Fasten off.
Rnd 7: Join C with sl st in any ch-2 sp, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, * dc in each st across to next ch-2 sp **, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around ending last repeat at **, join. Fasten off.
Rnd 7 may be repeated as desired for a larger motif.
Rnd 8: Join A with sc in any ch-2 sp, ch 3, sc in same sp, (ch 3, skip next 2 sts, sc in next st) around with (sc, ch 3, sc) in each ch-2 sp, join. Fasten off.
Carolyn,
this is truly stunning.! I’ve just got to finish my shawl! I’m finding too many fun things to do!
Very pretty! Love the surface texture.
I began crocheting about 3months ago.Since then I have made about 6 blankets. My question is, when they say tie off do they mean to cut the yarn and start another color? That is what I have been doing. If you don’t tie it off won’t you have a lot of loose. Yarn on the back of your project
Hi Joy,
To fasten off, you cut the yarn leaving about 6 inches to weave in. Then you pull the end through the loop on the hook. With these colorful motifs, you do have a lot of loose ends on the back of the finished motif. You then weave each end in one at a time.
I try to work the “tails” (the length of yarn “sticking out the back” after changing colors) in to my work so I don’t have so many to weave in with a steel yarn needle after I’m done. To do this, I take the tails of the recent color change and lay them across the top of the row I’m going to be crocheting in/on to the left (Im right-handed) them crochet with the new color just like normal. The tails are covered by your new row, trapped by the stitches from the previous row you laid them over, and the stitching of the current row in the new color. It works great if you are doing a pattern with stitches that are close together. In open, lacy work, it just doesn’t work as well. The other way is to use a steel yarn needle, and weave each tail over and under a few stitches in the back, then weaveback the direction you just came from, going over the the stitches you went under previously, and under the stitches you went over previously, then back again. Remove the yarn left on the needle and stretch your work gently with your hands, like what would happen with daily wear, and after releasing snip off remaing tail that is still visible. Many photo tutorials are out there to watch this done. Do a google search for “working in your tails in crochet” or “sewing in your tails when finished in crochet” my ways described are not the only ways people use to hide their tails. There is sure to be one that works best for you. Good luck and have fun!