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
ROUND 22 (Color A). Join with a standing tblsc in last hdc of any petal, *skip next st, dc in next st, ch1, skip next st, dc in next st, skip next st, tblsc in next 15 sts (R22.1)*, repeat ** 16 times, omit last tblsc. Join to standing tblsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R22.2) Stitch count: 240 tblsc, 32 dc, 16 ch1 spaces
ROUND 23 (Color B). Working behind rounds 21 and 22 join with a standing sc in any 2nd 2tr cluster of round 20, *ch3, working in front of round 22 3dc in sc2tog of round 21, ch3, working behind rounds 21 and 22 sc in 1st 2tr cluster of round 20, ch3, 5dc in 8th tblsc of round 22, ch3, working behind round 21 and 22 sc in 2nd 2tr cluster of round 20 (R23.1)(R23.2, back)*, repeat ** 16 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R23.3) Stitch count: 32 sc, 128 dc, 64 ch3 spaces
ROUND 24 (Color A). Join with a standing dc in 2nd to last tblsc of round 22, *working behind 3dc of round 23 dc2tog over 2 dc of round 22, dc in 5 tblsc of round 22 starting with 2nd tblsc, sc in 1st and 2nd dc of 5dc group of round 23, ch3, skip next dc of round 23, sc in next 2 dc of round 23, dc in 5 tblsc of round 22 starting with 10th tblsc (R24.1)*, repeat ** 16 times, omit last dc. Join to standing dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R24.2) Stitch count: 64 sc, 160 dc, 16 dc2tog, 16 ch3 spaces
ROUND 25 (Color B). Working behind ch3 space of round 24 join with a standing sc skipped dc of round 23, *ch3, working in front of round 24 fpdc2tog over 4th and 5th dc of round 23, ch2, working in front of round 24 fptr around 1st dc of round 23, {ch2, working in front of round 24 fptr around next dc of round 23} 2 times, ch2, fpdc2tog over 1st and and 2nd dc of round 23, ch3, working behind ch3 of round 24 sc in skipped dc of round 23 (R25.1)*, repeat ** 16 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R25.2) Stitch count: 16 sc, 32 fpdc2tog, 48 fptr, 64 ch2 spaces, 32 ch3 spaces
