Blizzard Warning! – Hexagon Pattern
Learn how to crochet a festive hexagon - Blizzard Warning!
Abbreviations:
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
r(#) = round number
sc = single crochet
sk = skip
slst = slip stitch
sp = space
st = stitch
tr = treble crochet
yo = yarn over
Special Stitches:
V: dc, ch1, dc
Beg V: ch4 (counts as dc, ch1), dc
Beg puff stitch: pull the current loop on your hook up to about the height of a dc and then proceed with puff stitch instructions
Puff stitch: (yo, insert hook into indicated sp and pull up a loop) 4 times, yo and pull through all 9 loops on hook, ch1 (Note: the ch1 at the end of the puff creates the “eye” of the puff and does not count towards any additional chs that may come after the puff stitch.)
Picot V: dc, picot, dc
Picot wide V: (dc, ch1, picot, ch1, dc) into same stitch or space
Beg picot wide V: (ch3 (counts as first dc) or standing dc, ch1, picot, ch1, dc) into same stitch or space
Picot: ch3, slst into first ch
Picot fan: (dc, picot) 3 times, dc
Tr picot fan: (tr, picot) 3 times, tr
Begin with magic circle.
Round 1: With Color A. Beg puff into magic circle. Ch1. (Puff into magic circle, ch1) 5 times. Slst to first puff to join.
6 puff stitches, 6 ch1 sp
Round 2: Slst into next ch1 sp and work beg picot wide V into that sp. (Sk next puff, picot wide V into next ch1 sp) 5 times. Slst to first dc of beg picot wide V to join. Fasten off.
6 picot wide V stitches
Round 3: With Color B. With new color, standing sc in first dc of any picot wide V. *^Working behind stitches from r2: (tr, ch3, tr) into same ch1 sp from r1 that picot V was made into, placing trs between dcs of picot V.^ Sc into first dc of NEXT picot V.* Repeat from * to * four times and from ^ to ^ once more. Slst to first sc to join.
12 tr, 6 sc, 6 ch3 sp
Round 4: Ch1 and sc in same st. *^Ch1, sk next tr, work picot fan into next ch3 sp, ch1, sk next tr,^ sc in next sc.* Repeat from * to * 4 times, and from ^ to ^ once more. Slst to first sc to join. Fasten off.
6 picot fans, 6 sc, 12 ch1 sp
Round 5: With Color A. Working behind stitches from r4, standing dc into the unworked tr from r3 that falls after any sc and before the next picot fan from r4. *^Ch2. Working under the center picot and between the 2 middle dc of the picot fan: work 1 dc into the next picot from r2. Ch2. Working behind st from r4: dc in the unworked tr from r3 that falls after the picot fan, ch1,^ dc in theunworked tr from r3 that falls after the next sc.* Repeat from * to * 4 times and from ^ to ^ once more. Slst to first dc to join.
18 dc, 12 ch2 sp, 6 ch1 sp
Round 6: Slst into next ch2 sp and work beg V into same ch2 sp. *^Ch1, V into next ch2 sp, ch1, puff into next ch1 sp, ch1,^ V into next ch2 sp.* Repeat from * to * 4 times and from ^ to ^ once more. Slst to 3rd ch of beg V to join.
12 V, 6 Puffs, 18 ch1 sp
