Yarn: weight 2, fine, Hook: 3mm, Size: 15.5 cm / 6 inches
Crochet Terms: US
Abbreviations: st – stitch, sl-st – slip stitch, ch – chain, sc – single crochet, hdc – half double crochet, dc – double crochet, tr – treble crochet, dtr – double treble crochet, fp – front post, bp – back post, bl – back loop, tbl – third back loop, cluster of 2dc – yarn over, insert hook into indicated stitch or space, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Repeat once more in same stitch or space. 3 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all 3 loops, Popcorn – 5dc in same st, remove hook from loop and insert from front to back of 1st dc and into a dropped loop and pull through. To close popcorn ch1. Ch1 counts as a part of popcorn st.
ROUND 1 (Color A). Slip knot, ch3, insert hook into 1st chain, yarn over and pull through to form a ring, ch2, dc into the ring (ch2+sc counts as cluster of 2dc), *ch1, cluster of 2dc into ring*, repeat ** 7 times, ch1. Join to 1st cluster with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 cluster of 2dc, 8 ch1 spaces
ROUND 2 (Color B). Join with a standing popcorn in any ch1 space, *ch4, skip next st, popcorn in ch1 space*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last popcorn. Join to standing popcorn with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 popcorn, 8 ch4 spaces
ROUND 3 (Color C). Join with a standing fpsc around popcorn, *in ch4 space (hdc, 7dc, hdc), fpsc around next popcorn*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 fpsc, 16 hdc, 56 dc
ROUND 4 (Color D). Join with a standing bpsc around any 5th dc, *bpsc around next st, bphdc around next st, ch1, skip next 3 sts, bphdc around next st, bpsc around next 4 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 40 bpsc, 16 bphdc, 8 ch1 spaces
ROUND 5 (Color D). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *skip next 2 sts, 9dc in ch1 space, skip next 2 st, sc in next st, ch2, skip next st, sc in next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 16 sc, 72 dc, 8 ch2 spaces
ROUND 6 (Color B). Working in front of ch2 space of round 5 popcorn in skipped sc of round 4, *bpsc around 9dc of round 5, working in front of ch2 space of round 5 popcorn in skipped sc of round 4*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last popcorn. Join to standing popcorn with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 popcorn, 72 bpsc
ROUND 7 (Color A). Join with a standing blsc in any 6th bpsc, *blsc in next st, blhdc in next 2 sts, fphdc around popcorn, blhdc in next 2 sts, blsc in next 2 sts, blhdc in next 2 sts, bldc in next 2 sts, 2bltr in next st, fptr around popcorn, 2bltr in next st, bldc in next 2 sts, blhdc in next 2 sts, blsc in next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last blsc. Join to standing blsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 16 blsc, 32 blhdc, 16 bldc, 16 bltr, 4 fphdc, 4 fptr
ROUND 8 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 12 sts, hdc in next st, 2dc in next st, in next st (dc, tr, ch1, tr, dc), 2dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 5 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 68 sc, 8 hdc, 24 dc, 8 tr, 4 ch1 spaces
ROUND 9 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), hdc in same st, *hdc in next 17 sts, in ch1 space (2hdc, ch1, 2hdc), hdc in next 10 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last hdc. Join to 1st hdc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 124 hdc, 4 ch1 spaces
