How to crochet the African flower granny square
Abbreviations:
Ch =chain
st = stitch
slst= slip stitch
Sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
tr= triple crochet
4.50 mm hook size / Start with magic ring
Round 1:
Into the magic ring, work 8 single crochet, join with slip stitch.
Round 2:
Ch 3 (as double crochet), 1 double crochet in the same stitch, chain one, 2 dc into the next stitch
Repeat from * to * across, close with slst
Round 3:
In the chain 1 space from the round 2, work 2 double crochets, chain 2, 2 double crochets
Repeat from * to * across, joint with slst.
Round 4:
Make a block of 7 double crochets in every chain 2 space around, join with slip stitch.
Round 5:
Join new color, work sc in every double crochet around, with long single crochet between the shells of the 3rd round. (For the long single crochet), insert your hook into the little space between the shells of round 3, pull up a loop to the height of your current working round, yarn over and pull through the two loops on your hook.
Round 6:
Change color make hdc in spike single crochet. Then work single crochet into the next 4 single crochets, 1 half double crochet into the next single crochet, double crochet into the next 2 single crochets, (1 tr crochet, chain 3, 1 tr crochet) into the next long single crochet, double crochet into the next two single crochet, 1 half double crochet into the next sc, single crochet into the next 4 single crochets , and repeat around.
