These three 3-color crochet motifs are easy to make and a stitch to connect. Take advantage of their versatility to make...anything!
3-color crochet techniques look rich and vibrant. Try stitching up one or all of these in an upcoming free-style project.
Use any desired colors where letters are indicated in these patterns.
Motif 1 / 6-Petal Scallop (Photo #1)
- Base ring: Using A, 6ch, join with sl st.
- Round 1: 3ch (count as 1dc), 17dc into ring, sl st to top of 3ch (18 sts).
- Round 2: 1ch, 1sc into same place as 1ch, *3ch, skip next 2 sts, 1sc into next st; rep from * 5 more times skipping last sc and ending sl st to first sc. Fasten off.
- Round 3: Using B join in to next ch, 1ch, *work a Petal of [1sc, 1hdc, 3dc, 1hdc, 1sc] into net 3ch sp, sl st into next sc; rep from * 5 more times. (6 petals)
- Round 4: Sl st into each of next 4 sts to center dc of next Petal, 1ch, 1sc into same place as 1ch, *8ch, 1sc into center dc of next Petal; rep from * 5 more times skipping last sc and ending sl st to first sc. Fasten off.
- Round 5: Using A join in to next ch, 1ch, *[1sc, 3hdc, 5dc, 3hdc, 1sc] into next sp; rep from * 5 more times, ending sl st into first sc.
- Fasten off.
Motif 2 / 8-Petal Floral (Photo #2)
- Base ring: Using A, 3ch, join with sl st.
- Round 1: 5ch (count as 1dc and 2ch), [1dc into ring, 2ch] 7 times, sl st to 3rd of 5ch. Fasten off. (8 spaces)
- Round 2: Join B into a sp, 8ch, sl st into 4th ch from hook, work a picot of {5ch, sl st into 4th ch from hook], 1ch, *1dc into next sp, work a picot twice, 1ch; rep from * 6 more times, sl st to 3rd of 4ch at beg of round. Fasten off.
- Round 3: Join C into 1ch between 2 picots, 1ch, 1sc into same place as 1ch, *7ch, skip [1 picot, 1dc and 1 picot], 1sc into next ch between picots; rep from * 7 more times skipping sc at end of last rep, sl st to first sc.
- Round 4: Sl st into next ch, 1ch, [1sc, 1hdc, 9dc, 1hdc, 1sc] into next sp; rep from * 7 more times, sl st into first sc.
- Fasten off.
Motif 3 / 6-Point Crystal (Photo #3)
Cluster = sc3tog.
Base ring= Using A, 12ch, join with sl st.
- Round 1: 1ch, 1sc into ring, *[7ch, 1sc, 4ch, 1dtr, 4ch, 1sc] into ring, rep from * 5 more times skipping sc at end of last rep, sl st to first sc. Fasten off.
- Round 2: Join B into top of any dtr, 1ch, 1sc into same place as 1ch, *13ch, skip 7ch sp, 1sc into top of next dtr; rep from * 5 more times skipping sc at end of last rep, sl st to first sc.
- Round 3: 1ch, skip next ch, 1sc into each of next 5ch, *3sc into next ch, 1sc into each of next 5ch**, sc3tog over [next ch, next sc and next ch], 1sc into each of next 5ch, rep from * 4 more times and from * to ** again, sl st to first sc.
- Round 4: 1ch, skip first st, *1sc into each of next 5 sts, 3sc into next st, 1sc into each of next 5sts**, sc3tog over next 3 sts; rep from * 4 more times and from * to ** again, sl st to first sc.
- Round 5: As 4th round. Fasten off.
- Round 6: Join C into same place, 1ch, 1sc into same place, *7ch, skip 6sc, (1dtr, [5ch, 1dtr] 4 times) into next sc at tip of star, 7ch, skip 6sc, 1sc into next sc cluster; rep from * 5 more times skipping sc at end of last rep, sl st to first sc.
- Fasten off.
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