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.
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 ring. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 16 dc
ROUND 2 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *ch3, 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, 8 ch3 spaces
ROUND 3 (Color B). Join with a standing bpsc around any sc, *ch2, working in front of round 2 fpdc around skipped dc of round 1, ch2, 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 ch2 spaces
ROUND 4 (Color B). ch1 (does not count as stitch), fpsc around same st, *ch2, skip next ch2, popcorn in next st, ch2, skip ch2, 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 popcorn, 16 ch2 spaces
ROUND 5 (Color C). Join with a standing fpsc around any fpsc, *in ch2 space (hdc, 3dc), fpdc around next st, in ch2 space (3dc, hdc), 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 fpdc, 16 hdc, 48 dc
ROUND 6 (Color A). Join with a standing bpsc around any fpdc, *bpsc around next 2 sts, bphdc2tog around next st and next dc skipping 3 sts in between, bpsc around next 3 sts, bphdc around next st, bpdc around next st, bptr around next st, ch3, skip next 3 sts, bptr around next st, bpdc around next st, bphdc around next st, bpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 24 bpsc, 8 bphdc, 4 bphdc2tog, 8 bpdc, 8 bptr, 4 ch3 spaces
ROUND 7 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 9 sts, in ch3 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc), sc in next 4 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 68 sc, 4 ch2 spaces
ROUND 8 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 11 sts, in ch2 space (2sc, ch2, 2sc), sc in next 6 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 84 sc, 4 ch2 spaces
