Yarn: weight 2, fine, Hook: 3mm, Size: 18.5 cm / 7.25 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, cluster of 3dc – yarn over, insert hook into indicated stitch or space, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Repeat twice more in the same stitch or space. 4 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all 4 loops, cluster of 2tr – yarn over twice, insert hook into indicated stitch or space, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops twice. Repeat once more time in the same stitch or space. 3 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all 3 loops, cluster of 3tr – yarn over twice, insert hook into indicated stitch or space, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops twice. Repeat two more times in the same stitch or space. 4 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all 4 loops, Front Post Puff st – Yarn over, insert hook from front to back to front around post of indicated st, yarn over and pull up a loop, repeat 3 more times, 9 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through all 9 loops, ch1 to close front post puff stitch.
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), *dc into ring, ch3*, repeat ** 4 times. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 dc, 4 ch3 spaces
ROUND 2 (Color B). Join with a standing sc in any ch3 space, *ch2, fp puff st around dc, ch2, sc in ch3 space*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 sc, 4 fp puff sts, 18 ch2 spaces
ROUND 3 (Color C). Join with a standing fpsc around any fp puff st, *sc in ch2 space, working in front of same ch2 space dc in ch3 space of round 1 before sc of round 2 made in same space, ch2, working in front of round 2 dc in same ch3 space of round 1 after sc made in same ch3 space, sc in ch2 space of round 2, fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 8 sc, 4 fpsc, 4 ch2 space, 8 dc
ROUND 4 (Color C). ch2, cluster of 2dc in same st (ch2+cluster of 2dc counts as cluster of 3dc), *ch3, sc in next 2 sts, ch3, skip ch2, sc in next 2 sts, ch3, cluster of 3dc in next st*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last cluster. Join to 1st cluster with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 cluster of 3dc, 12 ch3 spaces, 16 sc
ROUND 5 (Color D). Join with a standing fpsc around any cluster of 3dc, *in ch3 space (hdc, 9dc), working in front of round 4 fpsc around d of round3, working in front of round 3 and 4 fphdc around sc of round 2, fpsc around dc of round 3, skip (two sc, ch3, two sc of round 4), in ch3 space (9dc, hdc), fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 12 fpsc, 4 fphdc, 8 hdc, 72 dc
ROUND 6 (Color A). Join with a standing sc in both ch2 of round 3 and ch3 of round 4 together, *bpsc around 9 dc of round 5, ch2, skip next 3 sts, bpsc around next 9 sts, sc in ch2 space of round 3 and ch3 space of round 4 spaces together*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 4 sc, 4 ch2 spaces, 72 bpsc
ROUND 7 (Color A). ch3, cluster of 2tr in same st (ch3+cluster of 2tr counts as cluster of 3tr), *ch3, skip next 5 sts, sc in next st, skip next 3 sts, in ch2 space (cluster of 2tr, {ch2, cluster of 2tr} 4 times), skip next 3 sts, sc in next st, ch3, skip next 5 sts, cluster of 3tr in next st*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last cluster. Join to 1st cluster with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 cluster of 3tr, 8 ch3 spaces, 8 sc, 20 cluster of 2tr, 16 ch2 spaces
ROUND 8 (Color B). Join with a standing fp puff st around any 5th cluster of 2tr, *skip next st, 4dc in ch3 space, fpdc around next st, 4dc in ch3 space, skip next st, fp puff st around next st, {ch2, skip ch2, fp puff st around next st} 4 times*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fp puff st. Join to standing fp puff st with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 32 dc, 4 fpdc, 20 fp puff st, 16 ch2 spaces
ROUND 9 (Color C). Join with a standing bpsc around any fpdc, *bpsc around next 4 sts, fpsc around next st, 4sc in ch2 space, fpsc around next st, {5sc in ch2 space, fpsc around next st} 2 times, 4sc in ch2 space, fpsc around next st, bpsc around next 5 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 72 sc, 20 fpsc, 36 bpsc
ROUND 10 (Color C). ch2 (does not count as stitch), dc in same st, *dc in next 3 sts, skip next 2 sts, hdc in next st, sc in next 6 sts, hdc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, in next st (tr, ch2, tr), dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next st, sc in next 6 sts, hdc in next st, skip next 2 sts, dc in next 4 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last dc. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 48 sc, 16 hdc, 44 dc, 8 tr, 4 ch2 spaces
ROUND 11 (Color D). Join with a standing blsc in last st of the side before any corner ch2 space, *in ch2 space (hdc, ch2, hdc), blsc in next 29 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last blsc. Join to standing blsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 116 blsc, 8 hdc, 4 ch2 spaces
ROUND 12 (Color D). ch1 (does not count as stitch), hdc in same st, *hdc in next st, in ch2 space (2hdc, ch2, 2hdc), hdc in next 28 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last hdc. Join to 1st hdc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 140 hdc, 4 ch2 spaces
