Yarn: weight 2, fine, Hook: 3mm, Size: 11.7 cm / 4.6 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, puff st – Yarn over, insert hook into 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 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), 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 fp puff st around any popcorn, *ch2, 5dc in ch4 space, ch2, fp puff st around popcorn*, 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: 4 fp puff sts, 8 ch2 spaces, 20 dc
ROUND 3 (Color C). Join with a standing bpsc around any 5th dc, *working in front of round 2 tr in ch4 space of round 1 after 5dc made in same ch4 space, 3dc in ch2 space of round 2, fpdc around fp puff st, 3dc in ch2 space, working in front of round 2 tr in ch4 space of 5 round 1 before 5dc made in same ch4 space, bpsc around next 5 sts of round 2*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 20 bpsc, 8 tr, 24 dc, 4 fpdc
ROUND 4 (Color A). Join with a standing bpsc around any fpdc, *bpsc around next 3 sts, ch1, skip next 2 sts, puff st in next 3 sts, ch1, skip next 2 sts, bpsc around next 4 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 28 bpsc, 8 ch1 spaces, 12 puff sts
ROUND 5 (Color D). Join with a standing sc in any 4th bpsc of the side, *sc in next 3 sts, hdc in ch1 space, fphdc around puff st, in space between puff sts (hdc, dc), around next puff st (fptr, ch2, fptr), in space between puff sts (dc, hdc), fphdc around next puff st, hdc in ch1 space, sc in next 4 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 28 sc, 16 hdc, 8 fphdc, 8 dc, 8 fptr, 4 ch2 spaces
ROUND 6 (Color D). ch2 (does not count as stitch), dc in same st, *dc in next 8 sts, in ch2 space (2dc, ch2, 2dc), dc in next 9 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last dc. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 84 dc, 4 ch2 spaces


