Purse Crochet Pattern, Poseta Crosetata

Crocheted Purse

AFRICAN FLOWER GRANNY CROCHET PATTERN

ABBREVIATIONS:

sl knot = slip knot
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch (to fasten)
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
fo = fasten off
Rnd = round

AFRICAN FLOWER CROCHET PATTERN

1. Base Round – sl knot, ch 6, sl st into the first ch to make a ring.
2. Rnd 1 – ch 3, 1 dc, ch1, *2 dc, ch1, * repeat until you have six spaces and six 2dc. sl st to the 3rd chain of the beginning round. fo
3. Rnd 2 – Change color: Start in a space. ch 5, 2 dc in same space, *ch1, 2 dc, ch2, 2 dc in next space – repeat * 5 times, 1 dc and sl st into the 3rd ch of the beginning round.
4. Rnd 3 – ch3, dc6 in the 2-ch space, ch1, * dc7 in next 2-ch space, ch1, repeat * 5 times. sl st the 3rd ch of the beginning round. fo.
5. Rnd 4 – New color: ch1, sc around and make a long stitch down in round 2 between each flower petal. End with sl st. fo.
6. Rnd 5 – White: ch3, 3 dc, ch1, *dc 1 in the same st as last dc, dc 3, ch1 (skip long stitch of the previous round), 4 dc, ch1, repeat 5 times, dc 1 in the same st as last dc, dc 3 ch1, sl st to the 3rd ch from the beginning round. [Note: ch1 in bold should be at the center of the flower petal, this is the corner of the hexagon].
7. To join to the adjacent African Flower hexagon block, insert the hook to the matching ch stitch of another hexagon and do an sl st instead of ch.

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