Welcome to Part 3 of Mary’s Memory.  In this part, we will turn the bouquets from the last part into a hexagon again.  You’ll be pleased to know that it won’t take long at all.

Back when I was still writing the pattern for this motif in January, Inside Crochet sent me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers that instantly transformed one of THOSE days into something I could not only manage but revel in.  This unexpected gift and the effect it had on my mindset really made me stop and think about the ways in which small kindnesses can snowball.

This morning, I decided that this part would be about small kindnesses.  Let’s start with being kind to ourselves so that we have the energy and presence to be kind to others.

Mary’s Memory Part 3

© Dedri Uys 2019.  All Rights Reserved.

Charted by Maggie Bullock

Designed for the February 2019 Crafty Adventures Cruise.

• Information
• Part 1
• Part 2

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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
– Mary Oliver, The Summer Day

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Round 17 {Yarn A}

In this round, you will only work into the ch-sps from Round 13 and behind all the stitches from Rounds 14 – 16.  Once you have worked into the marked ch sps, you can remove the SM.

Join your yarn by making a standing dc in any (marked) ch-5 corner sp from Round 13. (3 dc, ch 2, 4 dc) in the same ch-5 sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Make 5 hdc in the next ch-5 sp.  Ch 3.  Skip the next st, the next ch-1 sp, and the next 2 sts.  Dc in the next ch-1 sp, directly above the Popcorn.  Ch 3.  Skip the next 2 sts, the next ch-1 sp, and the next st.  Make 5 hdc in the next ch-5 sp.  (4 dc, ch 2, 4 dc) in the next ch-5 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 5 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your ends.

You can now remove the stitch markers if you haven’t done so already.

Stitch Count Per Side:  10 hdc, 9 dc, and 2 ch-3 sps , not including ch-2 corner sp

Round 18 {Yarn A}

Join your yarn by making a standing dc in any ch-2 corner sp.  (Ch 2, dc) in the same ch-2 sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Dc in the first 9 sts.  (Make 4 dc in the next ch-3 sp) twice.  Skip the next st, which will be hidden.  Dc in the last 8 sts.  (Dc, ch 2, dc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 5 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.

Stitch Count Per Side:  27 dc, not including ch-2 corner sp

Round 19 {Yarn A}

If you have a look at the chart for this round (below), you will notice that some of the stitches are purple.  They are the ones that will be made into Round 16 AND Round 18 (so through both layers) to ‘catch’ the Petals.

Sl st into the next ch-2 sp.  Pull up a loop and remove your hook.  Insert your hook into the ch-1 sp of the central Petal from Round 16.  Pick up the loop and pull it through the ch-1 sp.  Ch 4 (counts as hdc + ch-2).  Working into the ch-1 sp from Round 16 AND the ch-2 corner sp from Round 18, make an hdc.  This is your first corner made.  This will ‘catch’ the Petal.

*Skip the first (hidden) st.  Hdc in the next 11 sts.  Hdc in the ch-1 sp of the fifth Petal of the Flower from Round 16 AND in the next st from Round 18 to ‘catch’ the Petal.  Hdc in the next 3 sts.  The first st will fall in the last dc of the first 4-dc group from the previous round.  The last 2 sts will fall in the first 2 dc of the next 4-dc group from the previous round.  Hdc in the ch-1 sp of the first Petal of the next Flower from Round 16 AND in the next st from Round 18 to ‘catch’ the Petal.  Hdc in the last 10 sts.  (Hdc, ch 2, hdc) in the next ch-2 corner sp AND in the ch-1 sp of the Central Petal from Round 16.*

Repeat from * to * 5 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch Count Per Side:  28 hdc, not including ch-2 corner sp

Round 20 {Yarn A}

This round is asymmetric.

Sl st into the next ch-2 sp.  Ch 4 (counts as hdc + ch-2).  Hdc in the same ch-2 sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Skip the first (hidden) st.  Hdc in the next 5 sts.  Hdc in the ch-1 sp of the fourth Petal of the Flower from Round 16 AND in the next st from Round 19 to ‘catch’ the Petal.  Hdc in the next 16 sts.  Hdc in the ch-1 sp of the second Petal of the next Flower from Round 16 AND in the next st from Round 19 to ‘catch’ the Petal.  Hdc in the last 4 sts.  (Hdc, ch 2, hdc) in the next ch-2 corner sp*

Repeat from * to * 5 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch Count Per Side:  29 hdc, not including ch-2 corner sp

Round 21 {Yarn A}

You will find the photo and chart for this round at the bottom of Round 22.

Sl st into the next ch-2 sp.  Ch 3 (counts as dc throughout).  (Dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 sp.  This is your first corner made.

*Skip the first (hidden) st.  Dc in each of the remaining 28 sts across.  (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 5 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.

Fasten off and work away your ends.

Stitch Count Per Side:  32 dc, not including ch-1 corner sp

Round 22 {Yarn C}

Join your yarn by making a standing dc in any ch-1 corner sp.  (Dc, ch 1, 2dc) in the same ch-1 sp.  This is your first corner made.

*BPdc in each of the 32 sts across.  (2dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in the next ch-1 corner sp.*

Repeat from * to * 5 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.

Fasten off and work away your ends.

Stitch Count Per Side:  32 BPdc and 4 dc, not including ch-1 corner sp

Next week, I will tell you how I grew this motif even bigger using a slightly modified version of the Ubuntu CAL 2018 border.

I hope you have enjoyed making this motif and can’t wait to see what you do with it.

More Hexagon Inspiration

Please note:  If you wish the use these hexagons in conjunction with Mary’s Memory, you will need to tweak the patterns so that they have 36 stitches per side.

• Inspirational Hexies by Christina from A Spoonful of Yarn
• Dutch Rose Blanket by Rachele Carmona from Cypress Textiles

You can find my suggested joining methods at the end of Part 1 HERE.

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