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, 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. Stitch count: 16 dc
ROUND 2 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), fpsc around same st, *ch3, skip next st, fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to 1st fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 fpsc, 8 ch3 spaces
ROUND 3 (Color B). Join with a standing bpsc around any fpsc, *ch1, working in front of ch3 space of round 2 fpdc around skipped dc of round 1, ch1, skip ch3 space of round 2, bpsc around next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 8 bpsc, 8 fpdc, 16 ch1 spaces
ROUND 4 (Color B). ch1 (does not count as stitch), fpsc around same st, *in ch1 space (hdc, 2dc), fpdc around next st, in ch1 space (2dc, hdc), fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to 1st fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 fpsc, 8 fpdc, 16 hdc, 32 dc
ROUND 5 (Color C). Join with a standing bpsc around any fpdc, *bpsc around next st, ch3, skip next 5 sts, bpsc around next 2 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 24 bpsc, 8 ch3 spaces
ROUND 6 (Color C). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *ch2, skip next st, in ch3 space (popcorn, ch1, popcorn), 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: 8 sc, 16 popcorn, 8 ch1 spaces, 16 ch2 spaces
ROUND 7 (Color D). Join with a standing sc in any sc, *2hdc in ch2 space, fphdc around next st, 3hdc in ch1 space, fphdc around next st, 2hdc in ch2 space, sc in next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 56 hdc, 16 fphdc, 8 sc
ROUND 8 (Color A). Working in front of round 7 join with a standing fptr around any sc of round 6,* skip sc of round 7, tblhdc in next 9 sts, working in front of round 7 fptr around sc of round 6*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fptr. Join to standing fptr with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 fptr, 72 tblhdc
ROUND 9 (Color B). Join with a standing tblsc in any fptr, *tblsc in next 5 sts, tblhdc in next st, in next st (tblhdc, tbldc), tbldc in next 5 sts, in next st (tbldc, tblhdc), tblhdc in next st, tblsc in next 6 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last tblsc. Join to standing tblsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 44 tblsc, 16 tblhdc, 28 tbldc
ROUND 10 (Color B). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 7 sts, 2hdc in next st, dc in next st, in next st (dc, tr), in next st (tr, ch2, tr), in next st (tr, dc), dc in next st, 2hdc in next st, 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, 4 ch2 spaces
ROUND 11 (Color B). 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
