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 9 (Color D). Join with a standing fpdc around any last dc, *skip next st, blhdc in next 5 sts, skip next st, fpdc around next st, {ch3, skip ch1 space, fpdc around next st} 2 times (R9.1)*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpdc. Join to standing fpdc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R9.2) Stitch count: 40 blhdc, 24 fpdc, 16 ch3 spaces
ROUND 10 (Color E). Join with a standing bpsc around any 2nd fpdc, *ch2, working in front of round 9 popcorn in ch1 space of round 8, ch2, skip ch3 and fpdc, tblsc in next 5 sts, ch2, skip fpdc and ch3, working in front of round 9 popcorn in ch1 space of round 8, ch2, bpsc around next fpdc of round 9 (R10.1)*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R10.2) Stitch count: 8 bpsc, 40 tblsc, 32 ch2 spaces, 16 popcorn
ROUND 11 (Color D). Join with a standing fpsc around any bpsc, *2sc in ch2 space, fphdc around next st, 2hdc in ch2 spaces, skip next st, blhdc in next 3 sts, skip next st, 2hdc in ch2 space, fphdc around next st, 2sc in ch2 space, fpsc around next st (R11.1)*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R11.2) Stitch count: 32 sc, 8 fpsc, 32 hdc, 16 fphdc, 24 blhdc
ROUND 12 (Color A). Join with a standing tblsc in any 2nd blhfdc, *tblsc in next 4 sts, ch1, working in front of round 10 and 11 3dc in fpdc of round 9, ch1, skip (2sc, fpsc, 2sc) of round 11, tblsc in next 5 sts (R12.1)*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last tblsc. Join to standing tblsc with a sl-st. (R12.2) Stitch count: 72 tblsc, 24 dc, 16 ch1 spaces
ROUND 13 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 2 sts, skip next 2 sts, 2dc in ch1 space, 2dc in next st, 3dc in next st, 2dc in next st, 2dc in ch1 space, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 3 sts (R13.1)*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st. (R13.2) Stitch count: 40 sc, 88 dc
