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, 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, 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, cluster of 2dc into ring (ch2+cluster of 2dc counts as cluster of 3dc), *ch4, cluster of 3dc into ring*, repeat ** 3 times, ch4. Join to 1st cluster with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 cluster of 3dc, 4 ch4 spaces
ROUND 2 (Color B). Join with a standing popcorn in any ch4 space, *ch4, sc in next st, ch4, popcorn in ch4 space*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last popcorn. Join to standing popcorn with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 sc, 4 popcorn, 8 ch4 spaces
ROUND 3 (Color C). Join with a standing fpsc around any popcorn, *ch1, 3puff sts in ch4 space, ch1, working in front of round 2 fpdc around cluster of round 1, ch1, skip sc of round 2, 3puff sts in ch4 space, ch1, fpsc around popcorn*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 fpsc, 4 fpdc, 16 ch1 spaces, 24 puff sts
ROUND 4 (Color A). Join with a standing fpsc2tog over 3rd puff st of one group and 1st puff st of next group skipping (ch1, fpdc, ch1) in between, *2sc in space between puff sts, fpsc around next st, 2sc in space between two puff sts, fpsc around next st, sc in ch1 space, ch2, skip next st, sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st, 2sc in space between puff sts, fpsc around next st, 2sc in space between puff sts, fpsc2tog over next st and next puff st skipping (ch1, fpdc, ch1) in between*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 40 sc, 16 fpsc, 4 fpsc2tog, 4 ch2 spaces
ROUND 5 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 5 sts, hdc in next st, ch2, skip next st, cluster of 3dc in ch2 space, ch2, skip next st, hdc in next st, 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: 4 cluster of 3dc, 44 sc, 8 hdc, 8 ch2 spaces
ROUND 6 (Color B). Join with a standing dc in any hdc before corner ch2 space, *3dc in ch2 space, around next st (fptr, ch2, fptr), 3dc in ch2 space, dc in next 13 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last dc. Join to standing dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 76 dc, 8 fptr, 4 ch2 spaces
