"African flower" is a bright and beautiful motive. Usually it is used to create soft toys, decorative pillows, shawls. From the "African flower" motif you can knit an unusual snood or a beautiful summer dress for a little princess.
It is necessary
- Yarn in three colors;
- scissors;
- hook;
- a needle with a large eye (to hide the ends of the thread).
Instructions
Step 1
First you need to tie the flower itself. The number of petals can be increased or decreased.
Step 2
For the middle of the flower, we collect 6 air loops.
Step 3
We close the air loops in a ring.
Step 4
We knit the middle of the flower from air loops, alternating two double crochets and an air loop. From one loop of the ring, you need to knit two double crochets. There is no need to knit an air loop between them. You should have six pairs of double crochets (12 double crochets in total).
Step 5
The middle of the flower consists of a ring of air loops and 12 double crochets. Cut the thread.
Step 6
We will knit the petals with a contrasting thread. The base of the petal is knitted from the air loop of the previous row (the only row in the middle of the flower).
Step 7
From one air loop, you need to tie four double crochets (we knit two double crochets, an air loop, two double crochets). You need to knit air loops between pairs of double crochets. You should have 12 double crochet pairs (24 double crochets in total).
Step 8
Let's start knitting a petal. One petal consists of 7 double crochets. We knit one single crochet between the petals (from the air loop of the bottom row).
Step 9
You should get a flower like in the photo.
Step 10
We start tying a flower. We knit single crochet with a contrasting thread. You need to knit a double crochet between the petals of the flower. To do this, we introduce a hook under the air loop of a yellow row, draw out the thread and knit a double crochet. We continue to knit single crochet.
Step 11
We finish knitting a row.
Step 12
The flower can be tied with single crochets or single crochets. The main thing is not to forget to knit a double crochet between the petals.
To prevent the motif from curling in the last two rows, you need to increase the number of loops. Since the motif is hexagonal, it is necessary to mark the corners. To do this, in six places from one air loop, you need to tie three columns.
