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366 days of granny squares / Day 215

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 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 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), 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, *ch2, skip next st, 3dc in next st, ch2, skip next st, sc in next st*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 4 sc, 12 dc, 8 ch2 spaces

ROUND 3 (Color B). Working in front of round 2 join with a standing fpdc around dc of round 1 in which is made any sc of round 2, *in ch2 space (hdc, 5dc), fpdc around next 3 sts, in ch2 space (5dc, hdc), working in front of round 2 fpdc around dc of round 1 in which is made sc of round 2*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpdc. Join to standing fpdc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 hdc, 40 dc, 16 fpdc

ROUND 4 (Color C). Join with a standing bpsc around any fpdc made around any 2nd dc, *bpsc around next 6 sts, ch1, skip next 3 sts, bpsc around next 7 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 52 bpsc, 4 ch1 spaces

ROUND 5 (Color C). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 3 sts, ch2, skip next 3 sts, in ch1 space (cluster of 2tr, ch1, cluster of 2tr, ch1, cluster of 2tr), ch2, skip next 3 sts, sc in next 4 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 28 sc, 12 cluster of 2tr, 8 ch1 spaces, 8 ch2 spaces

ROUND 6 (Color D). Join with a standing fpsc around any 1st cluster of 2tr, *{in ch1 space (hdc, 3dc, hdc), fpsc around next st} 2 times, ch2, skip (ch2 and next st), popcorn in next st, [ch1, skip next st, popcorn in next st] 2 times, ch2, skip (next st and ch2 space), 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, 16 hdc, 24 dc, 12 popcorn, 8 ch1 spaces, 8 ch2 spaces

ROUND 7 (Color A). Join with a standing fpsc around any 1st popcorn, *{in ch1 space (hdc, 3dc, hdc), fpsc aroudn next st} 2 times, ch2, skip (ch2 and next 2 sts), bpsc around next 3 sts, ch2, skip next 3 sts, bpsc around next 3 sts, ch3, skip next 3 sts, bpsc around next 3 sts, ch2, skip (next 2 sts and ch2 space), 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: 24 bpsc, 12 fpsc, 16 hdc, 24 dc, 8 ch2 spaces, 4 ch3 spaces

ROUND 8 (Color B). Join with a standing bpsc around 3rd dc of any 2nd (hdc, 3dc, hdc), group, *skip next 2 sts, cluster of 2dc in ch2 space, {ch1, cluster of 2dc in next st} 3 times, ch1, in ch3 space (cluster of 2dc, ch1, cluster of 2dc), {ch1, cluster of 2dc in next st} 3 times, ch1, cluster of 2dc in ch2 space, skip next 2 sts, bpsc around next 3 sts, ch2, skip next 3 sts, bpsc around next 3 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 24 bpsc, 40 cluster of 2dc, 36 ch1 spaces, 4 ch2 spaces

ROUND 9 (Color C). Join with a standing popcorn in any ch2 space, *skip next 3 sts, fpdc around next st, {2dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st} 4 times, 3dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, {2dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st} 4 times, skip next 3 sts, in ch2 space (popcorn, ch1, popcorn, ch1, popcorn)*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last popcorn. Join to standing popcorn with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 76 dc, 40 fpdc, 12 popcorn, 8 ch1 spaces

ROUND 10 (Color A). Join with a standing fpsc around any 2nd popcorn, *3sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st, bpsc around next 29 sts, fpsc around next st, 3sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 24 sc, 12 fpsc, 116 bpsc

ROUND 11 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *ch1, skip next st, sc in next st, ch1, skip next 2 sts, cluster of 2dc in next st, {ch1, skip next st, cluster of 2dc in next st} 14 times, ch1, skip next 2 sts, sc in next st, ch1, skip next st, sc in next st*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 12 sc, 60 cluster of 2dc, 72 ch1 spaces

ROUND 12 (Color D). Join with a standing fpsc around any 2nd sc, *{sc in ch1 spaces, fpsc around next st} 5 times, sc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, hdc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, {2dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st} 2 times, dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, hdc in ch1 space, fphdc around next st, {sc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st} 6 times*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 48 sc, 44 fpsc, 8 hdc, 8 fphdc, 24 dc, 16 fpdc

ROUND 13 (Color D). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in same st, sc in next 14 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, in next st (2tr, ch2, 2tr), dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 15 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 116 sc, 16 hdc, 16 dc, 16 tr, 4 ch2 spaces

ROUND 14 (Color D). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *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