Crocheting African Flowers

Crocheting African Flowers

1st Round:
Chain 5 stitches and join with slip stitch to form a ring.

2nd Round:
Chain 3 (count as first dc), 1 double crochet (dc) in ring, (1 chain stitch, 2 db in ring) 5 times, 1 chain stitch, join with slip stitch to first dc (6 shells).

3rd Round:
Join next colour and crochet in each of the 6 chain spaces: (2 dc, 1 chain stitch, 2 dc). Join with slip stitch to first dc.

4th Round:
Crochet 7 dc in each of the 5 chain spaces. Join with slip stitch to first dc.

5th Round:
Join next colour and crochet 1 single crochet (sc) in each of the next 7 dc, except between the 2 dc of the third row where you do a sc which you join to the 3rd round in order to form the petal - (7 sc and 1 dc) 6 times.

6th Round:
Join next colour and crochet 1 dc in each sc, except for the middle of each petal where you crochet (1 dc,1 sc, 1 dc) in each petal.

TUTORIAL: Crochet colour change