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 (does not count as stitch), 16dc into the ring. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 16 dc
ROUND 2 (Color B). Join with a standing fpsc around any dc, *ch1, bpdc around next st, ch1, fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 fpsc, 8 bpdc, 16 ch1 spaces
ROUND 3 (Color C). Join with a standing bpsc around any bpdc, *ch1, working behind fpsc of round 2 popcorn in dc of round 1 around which is made fpsc, ch1, bpsc around next bpdc of round 2*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 bpsc, 8 popcorn, 16 ch1 spaces
ROUND 4 (Color D). Join with a standing cluster of 2dc in any ch1 space, *ch2, skip next st, cluster of 2dc in next ch1 space*, repeat ** 16 times, omit last cluster of 2dc. Join to standing cluster of 2dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 16 cluster of 2dc, 16 ch2 spaces
ROUND 5 (Color B). Join with a standing fpsc around any cluster of 2dc made in ch1 space before popcorn, *in ch2 space (hdc, 7dc, hdc), fpsc around next cluster, sc in next ch2 space, working in front of same ch2 space fptr around bpsc of round 3, sc in same ch2 space of round 4, fpsc around next cluster*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 16 sc, 16 fpsc, 16 hdc, 56 dc, 8 fptr
ROUND 6 (Color C). Join with a standing bpsc around any 4th dc, *bpsc around next 3 sts, ch1, working behind fptr of round 5 popcorn in ch2 space of round 4 between two sc of round 5 made in same ch2 space, ch1, skip (hdc, fpdc, sc, fptr, sc, fpsc, hdc of round 5), bpsc around next 4 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 56 bpsc, 16 ch1 spaces, 8 popcorn
ROUND 7 (Color C). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *ch2, skip next 3 sts, popcorn in ch1 space, ch2, skip popcorn, popcorn in ch1 space, ch2, skip next 3 sts, 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: 8 sc, 16 popcorn, 24 ch2 spaces
ROUND 8 (Color D). Join with a standing fphdc around any sc, *2sc in ch2 space, fpsc around popcorn, in ch2 space (2sc, hdc), fpdc around next popcorn, 4dc in ch2 space, fptr around sc, 4dc in ch2 space, fpdc around next popcorn, in ch2 space (hdc, 2sc), fpsc around next popcorn, 2sc in ch2 space, fphdc around next sc*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fphdc. Join to standing fphdc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 32 sc, 8 fpsc, 16 hdc, 4 fphdc, 32 dc, 8 fpdc, 8 fptr
ROUND 9 (Color D). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 7 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next st, in next st (dc, tr), in next st (tr, ch2, tr), in next st (tr, dc), dc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 8 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 60 sc, 16 hdc, 16 dc, 16 tr, 8 ch2 spaces
ROUND 10 (Color D). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 13 sts, in ch2 space (2sc, ch1, 2sc), sc in next 14 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 124 sc, 4 ch1 spaces
