A hexagon granny square uses the same stitches as a regular four sided granny square, just arranged into a six sided shape with six corner points. It ends up looking like a flower, and it works well for blankets, cushion covers, and other decorative makes. .
This guide rounds up eight free hexagon patterns from other designers, ranging from a plain solid motif to raised puff stitch texture and the classic African flower. It’s beginner friendly if you already know double crochet and chains, and a natural next step after the traditional granny square.
8 Free Hexagon Patterns to Try
These free patterns from other designers take the hexagon in different directions: flowers, raised texture, photo tutorials, and different colour logic. Every link is checked and free.
Hexagons keep their shape best when you track rounds with stitch markers, especially once you start joining multiple motifs together.
1. Basic Crochet Hexagon
Jess Coppom wrote this after finding that other hexagon tutorials skipped key details about how each round comes together. It uses any weight of yarn, has clear photos and tips, and shows how to make a hexagon of any size. The page also links to a half hexagon, an invisible seam for joining hexagons, and a join-as-you-go method with no sewing.
2. Granny Hexagon
Annie Design Crochet’s granny hexagon uses double crochet and chains, worked in rounds, and it suits all skill levels. You can use any yarn weight with a matching hook, and it is a way to use up scraps. Her sample is worsted weight on a 5 mm hook, in one or two colors or a rainbow.
Free pattern: Granny Hexagon by Annie Design Crochet
3. African Flower Hexagon
B.Hooked’s African flower hexagon is worked in medium weight yarn on a 5 mm hook, and she suggests three or four contrasting colors so the flower stands out. She recommends blocking so it sits in a true hexagon shape, and there is a step-by-step video.
Free pattern: African Flower Hexagon by B.Hooked
4. Solid Crochet Hexagon
Sarah Stearns explains a hexagon as a six-sided shape made of double crochet stitches, starting from a magic ring and building the sides round by round. Worsted weight yarn is a good choice for beginners, and it takes less than one skein with an H/8 or I/9 hook. The page also has tips and her favorite hexagon patterns.
5. Step by Step Granny Hexagon
This granny hexagon is three rounds of double crochet, and the fourth round is an edging that you can also use to join your motifs. You can slip stitch join each hexagon, or work the final round while joining with her join-as-you-go method, which she used for her hexagon blanket. The photos are a big help if your corners come out wavy.
Free pattern: Granny Hexagon by Petals to Picots
6. Simple Granny Hexagon
This is a three round granny hexagon that works in any yarn weight with the recommended hook for that weight. It starts from a magic ring, and it is written in US terms, with a section on how to join granny hexagons.
7. Rainbow Hexagon Motif
Robin made this from a few balls of James Brett Party Time yarn she had never really used, because the color changes are short and the yarn is garishly bright, but soft and squishy. The motif is a three round hexagon in a chunky yarn on a 6 mm hook, with a half hexagon for straight blanket edges. There is a video tutorial and written pattern.
8. Puffy Hexagon Motif
Crochet Me Lovely’s puffy hexagon can be made in any yarn or hook; her sample is medium (DK) weight with a 5.5 mm hook. She fastens off at the end of each row to change colors, and the page has a video and a step-by-step photo tutorial.
Hexagons
If your hexagons come out wavy, the Petals to Picots photos show where the corner clusters go. Sarah Stearns and Jess Coppom both give a formula to enlarge the motif. Crochet Me Lovely adds puff stitches, and the rainbow hexagon includes a half hexagon for straight edges.