This is a video tutorial to crochet an African flower hexagon. It is a little like a flower granny square, but the finished crochet is a hexagon, rather than a square. This is one of my favorite flowers to make. Alternating bright, contrasting colors in the African flower really makes it pop.
1. Form a ring of 6 chain stitches.
2. Chain 4 for your first DC. SC. DC 5 times around the ring, chaining once between each DC.
3. Slip stitch into the 3rd chain stitch of the chain that began the round to complete the first row. This is the light colored center in the photo.
4. Change colors if you wish.
5. Chain 3 and DC 3 times in the space from the previous row closest to your hook.
6. Chain 1 to move to the next space. DC 4 times in each space of the previous row.
7. Slip stitch to connect the end of the row.
8. Chain 3 and DC 6 times in the space from the previous row closest to your hook.
9. Chain 1 to move to the next space. Double crochet 7 times in the next space and continue 7 DCs in each space to the end of the row. Chain 1 between each "petal."
10. Chain 1 and slip stitch to join the row.
11. Change the yarn color. Chain 2. SC 6 times. You should be above the first open space of the previous row. Insert the crochet hook deeply through the space of the previous row and into the row before it. This pulls the petal downward.
12. SC 7 times. Continue steps 11 and 12 around the perimeter of the African flower.
13. Slip stitch to complete the row.