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366 days of granny squares / Day 180

Yarn: weight 2, fine, Hook: 3mm, Size: 23.5 cm / 9.25 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 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, 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), popcorn into ring, *ch4, popcorn into ring*, repeat ** 3 times, ch4. Join to 1st popcorn with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 popcorn, 4 ch4 spaces

ROUND 2 (Color B). Join with a standing fpsc around any popcorn, *in ch4 space (sc, hdc, dc, ch2, dc, hdc, sc), fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 8 sc, 4 fpsc, 8 hdc, 8 dc, 4 ch2 spaces

ROUND 3 (Color B). ch2 (does not count as stitch), 3dc in same st, *ch1, skip next 3 sts, in ch2 space (3dc, ch2, 3dc), ch1, skip next 3 sts, 3dc in next st*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last 3dc. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 36 dc, 8 ch1 spaces, 4 ch2 spaces

ROUND 4 (Color C). Join with a standing bpsc around any 2nd dc after corner ch2 space, *{ch1, working in front of round 3 cluster of 2tr in 2nd skipped st of round 2, ch1, skip (dc, ch1, dc of round 3), bpsc around next st of round 3} 2 times, ch1, skip next st, in ch2 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc), ch1, skip next st, bpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 16 sc, 12 bpsc, 16 ch1 spaces, 4 ch2 spaces, 8 cluster of 2tr

ROUND 5 (Color A). Join with a standing fpsc around any last bpsc of the side, *sc in ch1 space, ch2, skip next 2 sts, in ch2 space (sc, ch2, sc), ch2, skip next 2 sts, {sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st} 5 times*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 32 sc, 20 fpsc, 12 ch2 spaces

ROUND 6 (Color A). ch2 (does not count as stitch), 3dc in same st, *ch1, skip (sc, ch2), 2dc in next st, in ch2 space (2dc, ch2, 2dc), 2dc in next st, ch1, skip (ch2, sc), 3dc in next st, {ch1, skip next 3 sts, 3dc in next st} 2 times*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last 3dc. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 68 dc, 16 ch1 spaces, 4 ch2 spaces

ROUND 7 (Color B). Join with a standing bpsc around any 2nd dc after corner ch2 space, *bpsc around next st, ch1, working in front of round 6 cluster of 2tr in ch2 space of round 5, ch1, skip (dc, ch1, dc of round 6), bpsc around next st, {ch1, working in front of round 6 cluster of 2tr in 2nd skipped st of round 5, ch1, skip (dc, ch1, dc of round 6), bpsc around next st} 2 times, ch1, working in front of round 6 cluster of 2tr in ch2 space of round 5, ch1, skip (dc, ch1, dc of round 6), bpsc around next 2 sts, ch1, skip next st, in ch2 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc), ch1, skip next st, bpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 16 sc, 28 bpsc, 32 ch1 spaces, 4 ch2 spaces, 16 cluster of 2tr

ROUND 8 (Color D). Join with a standing fpsc around any 4th bpsc of the side, *{sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st} 3 times, sc in ch1 space, ch2, skip next 2 sts, sc in ch1 space, ch2, skip next 2 sts, in ch2 space (sc, ch2, sc), {ch2, skip next 2 sts, sc in ch1 space} 2 times, fpsc around next st, {sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st} 3 times*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 48 sc, 28 fpsc, 20 ch2 spaces

ROUND 9 (Color D). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 4 sts, skip next 3 sts, in ch2 space (cluster of 2tr, ch2, cluster of 2tr), ch2, skip next st, cluster of 2tr in ch2 space, ch2, skip next st, in ch2 space (cluster of 2tr, ch2, cluster of 2tr, ch2, cluster of 2tr), ch2, skip next st, cluster of 2tr in ch2 space, ch2, skip next st, in ch2 space (cluster of 2tr, ch2, cluster of 2tr), skip next 3 sts, sc in next 5 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 36 sc, 32 ch2 spaces, 36 cluster of 2tr

ROUND 10 (Color A). Join with a standing fpsc around any 2nd cluster after group of sc, * {3sc in ch2 space, fpsc around next st} 7 times, skip next st, sc in next st, {ch2, skip next 2 sts, sc in next st} 2 times, skip next st, fpsc around next st, 3sc in ch2 space, fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 108 sc, 36 fpsc, 8 ch2 spaces

ROUND 11 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *ch2, skip next 5 sts, in ch2 space (cluster of 2tr, ch1, cluster of 2tr), ch1, skip next st, in ch2 space (cluster of 2tr, ch1, cluster of 2tr), ch2, skip next 5 sts, sc in next 25 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 100 sc, 12 ch1 spaces, 8 ch2 spaces, 16 cluster of 2tr

ROUND 12 (Color B). Join with a standing sc in any 3rd sc, *{ch2, skip next 2 sts, sc in next st} 3 times, ch2, skip next st, sc in next st, {ch2, skip next 2 sts, sc in next st} 3 times, skip next 2 sts, 3dc in ch2 space, fpdc around next st, 2dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, 2dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, 3dc in ch2 space, skip next 2 sts, sc in next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 32 sc, 44 dc, 16 fpdc, 28 ch2 spaces

ROUND 13 (Color C). Join with a standing bpsc around any single dc in the middle of the side, *bpsc around next 3 sts, bphdc around next 3 sts, bpdc around next st, fpdc around next st, 2hdc in ch2 space, fphdc around next st, 2hdc in ch2 space, fpdc around next st, 2dc in ch2 space, fptr around next st, in ch2 space (3tr, ch2, 3tr), fptr around next st, 2dc in ch2 space, fpdc around next st, 2hdc in ch2 space, fphdc around next st, 2hdc in ch2 space, fpdc around next st, bpdc around next st, bphdc around next 3 sts, bpsc around next 4 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 28 bpsc, 32 hdc, 8 fphdc, 24 bphdc, 16 dc, 16 fpdc, 8 bpdc, 24 tr, 8 fptr, 4 ch2 spaces

ROUND 14 (Color C). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 20 sts, in ch2 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc), sc in next 21 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 180 sc, 4 ch2 spaces