How to Crochet a Hexagon



I am doing a “Crochet-Along” with a group of online friends where we all work on the same project and share our progress.  We’re doing table runners/blankets (some are dong the table runner and others are making it wider to be a blanket) and it’s based on a hexagon design.  The problem is, the instructions we got for making the hexagons were pretty unclear and you wound up with an ugly gap where you were joining rounds.  So I re-wrote the instructions and am posting them here so I can find them again later.  I’ve posted the instructions first, then some detailed photos explaining some of the steps, and finally pictures of the finished rounds.

Start with a magic circle (mc) (see YouTube instructions here)
Round 1: ch 3, dc in mc, ch 2, *2 dc in mc, ch 2* 5 times.  Join w/ sl st.  Tighten mc.
Round 2: ch 3, dc in same st, dc in next st, *dc, ch 2, dc in space, dc in next 2 st* 5 times.  Ch 2.  Join w/ sl st.
Round 3: ch 3, dc in same st, dc in next 3 st, *dc, ch 2, dc in space, dc in next 4 st* 5 times.  Ch 2.  Join w/ sl st.
Round 4: ch 3, dc in same st, dc in next 5 st, *dc, ch 2, dc in space, dc in next 6 st* 5 times.  Ch 2.  Join w/ sl st.
Round 5: ch 3, dc in same st, dc in next 7 st, *dc, ch 2, dc in space, dc in next 8 st* 5 times.  Ch 2.  Join w/ sl st.
Tie off and weave in ends.

Here is what I mean when I say “dc in same st”:
dc-in-the-same-st
And here is where you start your dc after you do the dc, ch 2, dc in the space:
round-2
Here are the completed rounds:
Round 1
round-2-completed
round-3
round-4
round-5-finished


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