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366 days of granny squares / Day 230

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, 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, Front Post Puff st – Yarn over, insert hook from front to back to front around post of 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 front post puff stitch, 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, 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.

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 puff st in any ch4 space, *ch3, skip next st, in ch4 space (puff st, ch3, puff st)*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last puff st. Join to standing puff st with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 8 puff st, 8 ch3 spaces

ROUND 3 (Color C). Join with a standing fpsc around any 2nd puff st made in same ch4 space, *2sc in ch3 space, working in front of same ch3 space fptr around popcorn of round 1, 2sc in same ch3 space of round 2, fpsc around next st, 3sc in ch3 space, working in front of same ch3 space cluster of 2tr in ch4 space of round 1 between two puff sts made in same ch4 space, 3sc in same ch3 space of round 2, fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 40 sc, 8 fpsc, 4 fptr, 4 cluster of 2tr

ROUND 4 (Color C). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *skip next 2 sts, in next st (cluster of 2dc, {ch1, cluster of 2dc} 3 times), skip next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts, fpsc around next st, 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: 24 sc, 4 fpsc, 16 cluster of 2dc, 12 ch1 spaces

ROUND 5 (Color A). Join with a standing fpsc around any 4th cluster of 2dc, *skip next st, blsc in next 7 sts, skip next st, fpsc around next st, in ch1 space (hdc, 2dc), fpdc around next st, 5dc in ch1 space, fpdc around next st, in ch1 space (2dc, hdc), 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: 28 blsc, 8 fpsc, 8 hdc, 36 dc, 8 fpdc

ROUND 6 (Color D). Join with a standing bpsc around any 3rd dc of any 5dc group, *bpsc around next 5 sts, ch1, skip next 2 sts, cluster of 2dc in next st, {ch1, skip next st, cluster of 2dc in next st} 3 times, ch1, skip next 2 sts, bpsc around next 6 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 44 bpsc, 20 ch1 spaces, 16 cluster of 2dc

ROUND 7 (Color D). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 2 sts, skip next 3 sts, in ch1 space (cluster of 2tr, ch2, cluster of 2tr), {ch2, skip next st, cluster of 2tr in ch1 space}3 times, ch1, skip next st, in ch1 space (cluster of 2dc, ch2, cluster of 2tr), skip next 3 sts, sc in next 3 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 20 sc, 28 cluster of 2tr, 24 ch2 spaces

ROUND 8 (Color B). Join with a standing sc in any 5th sc, *fp puff st around next st, {ch2, skip ch2 space, fp puff st around next st} 6 times, sc in next st, {ch1, skip next st, sc in next st} 2 times*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 12 sc, 8 ch1 spaces, 28 fp puff sts, 24 ch2 spaces

ROUND 9 (Color A). Join with a standing fpsc around any 1st fp puff sts, *{3hdc in ch2 spaces of round 7 and round 8 together, fpsc around next st of round 8} 6 times, bpsc around next st, {ch1, skip ch1 space, bpsc around next st} 2 times*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 28 fpsc, 12 bpsc, 72 hdc

ROUND 10 (Color C). Join with a standing blsc in any 4th fpsc, *blsc in next 10 sts, ch1, skip next 3 sts, in ch1 space (tr, ch1, tr), ch1, skip next st, in ch1 space (tr, ch1, tr), ch1, skip next 3 sts, blsc in next 11 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last blsc. Join to standing blsc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 84 blsc, 16 tr, 20 ch1 spaces

ROUND 11 (Color C). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 8 sts, ch1, skip next 2 sts, cluster of 2dc in ch1 space, ch1, skip next st, cluster of 2dc in ch2 space, ch1, skip next st, in ch1 space (cluster of 2dc, ch1, cluster of 2dc, ch1, cluster of 2dc), {ch1, skip next st, cluster of 2dc in ch1 space} 2 times, ch1, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 9 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 68 sc, 32 ch1 spaces, 28 cluster of 2dc

ROUND 12 (Color A). Join with a standing blsc in any 3rd sc, *blsc in next 12 sts, skip next 2 sts, 3dc in ch1 space, [fpdc around next st, 2dc in ch1 space] 2 times, {fpdc around next st, 3dc in ch1 space} 2 times, [fpdc around next st, 2dc in ch1 space] 2 times, 3dc in ch1 space, skip next 2 sts, blsc in next st*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last blsc. Join to standing blsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 52 blsc, 80 dc, 28 fpdc

ROUND 13 (Color B). Join with a standing sc in any 7th sc, *sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 3 sts, dc in next st, bpdc around next 10 sts, bptr around next 3 sts, ch1, bptr around next st, ch1, bptr around next 3 sts, bpdc around next 10 sts, dc in next st, hdc in next 3 sts, sc in next 3 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st. Stitch count: 20 sc, 24 hdc, 8 dc, 80 bpdc, 28 bptr, 8 ch1 spaces

ROUND 14 (Color B). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 19 sts, in ch1 space (sc, hdc), around next st (fpdc, ch2, fpdc), in ch1 space (hdc, sc), sc in next 20 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. Stitch count: 164 sc, 8 hdc, 8 fpdc, 4 ch2 spaces