Mini Flower Granny Square

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When I am left with a ton of leftover little balls on yarn the first place I go is to the good ole Granny Square! A friend of mine is having a little girl in the next few months so I am thinking about creating a bunch of these square in all different "girly" colors and creating a little blanket for her!  This is a great project to get rid of the ton of small scraps of yarn you have lying around. You would be surprised at how mixing colors you never think would work together end up looking beautiful!
My favorite part about this granny square is the that flower pops out a little making it a bit three dimensional which makes anything look more intricate!
Once I complete many, many more I will post how I created the blanket and how it came out!

Materials:

3 Colors of worsted weight yarn
H Hook (5.00mm)







Stiches:
Popcorn Stitch (PCS)
5 DC in same stitch, remove hook, insert into the first dc, pick up dropped loop and pull through first stitch (see picture)
Slip Stitch (sl st)
Double Crochet (DC)

Round 1: Color 1: Ch 4, join with a sl st to form a ring, 8 SC in ring.
Round 2: Work a beginning popcorn stitch, ch 3, (this counts as 1st DC he and throughout), 4 more DC in first stitch. (Remove hook from last dc. place it in the beginning on the chain three, pick up the dropped loop and draw it through the first. (see picture), ch 1.
*Popcorn stitch in next sc, ch 1* Repeat * to * 6 more times. (8 Total Popcorns)
Finish of Color 1.

Round 3: Color 2: Join in any ch. 1 space, ch. 3 (counts as dc now and throughout). 2 DC in same space as ch 3., ch 1, *3 dc in next ch. 1 space, ch. 1, (3 dc, chain 1, 3 dc) in next ch 1 sp.* Repeat from * to * two more times. 3 dc in the first 3 dc space, ch 1, sl st to ch. 3. Finish off Color 2.

Round 4: Color 3: Join in any corner ch 1 space (The corner will be the ones with the 6 DC in them)
ch 3, 2 dc in same space, {* ch 1, 3 dc in next ch 1 sp* twice. ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next ch. 1 sp. }. Repeat from { to } one time. 3 dc, ch 1 in same space as first 3 dc space.  sl st into first ch. 3. Finish off.

Weave in all loose ends and you are all done!

What you can make with granny squares are endless! Please post any pics of projects made using these! Good Luck!