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, fp – front post, bp – back post, tbl – third back loop
ROUND 59 (Color A). (Long sc – insert hook in indicated st, pull up loop to height of working row, yarn over, pull through both loops on hook.
(dc, fpdc, fptr, fpdc, dc)5tog – yarn over, insert hook in 1st indicated st/space, yarn over and pull through, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, 2 loops on hook, yarn over, insert hook from front to back and from back to front around 2nd indicated st, yarn over and pull through, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, 3 loops on hook, yarn over twice, insert hook from front to back and from back to front around 3rd indicated st, yarn over and pull through, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, 2 loops on hook, 4 loops on hook, yarn over, insert hook from front to back and from back to front around 4th indicated st, yarn over and pull through, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, 5 loops on hook, yarn over, insert hook in 5th indicated st/space, yarn over and pull through, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, 6 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through 6 loops)
Join with a standing sc in any 4th sc before 1st cluster of 2tr, *skip next 3 sts, fptr around 1st cluster, in ch2 space (tr, 2dc), fpdc around next st, 3dc in ch2 space, fpdc around next st, 2dc in next ch2 space, (dc, fpdc, fptr, fpdc, dc)5tog over same ch2 space, next 3 sts and next ch2 space, 2dc in same ch2 space, fpdc around next st, (3dc in ch2 space, fpdc around next st) 2 times, 2dc in ch2 space, (dc, fpdc, fptr, fpdc, dc)5tog over same ch2 space, next 3 sts and next ch2 space, 2dc in same ch2 space, fpdc around next st, 3dc in ch2 space, fpdc around next st, in ch2 space (2dc, tr), fptr around next st, (R59.1), skip next 3 sts, sc in next 16 sts, {long sc in same sts of round 57 as next 2 sts of round 58, sc in next 5 sts (R59.2)} 12 times, long sc in same sts of round 57 as next 2 sts of round 58, sc in next 16 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st. DO NOT fasten off. (R59.3)
Stitch count: 368 sc, 104 long sc, 96 dc, 28 fpdc, 8 tr, 8 fptr, 8 (dc, fpdc, fptr, fpdc, dc)5tog
ROUND 60 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), hdc in same st, *hdc in next 8 sts, skip next 3 sts, in next st (cluster of 2tr, {ch2, cluster of 2tr} 2 times), skip next 3 sts, sc in next st, skip next 2 sts, in next st [cluster of 2dc, ch2, cluster of 2tr, ch2, cluster of 2tr, ch2, cluster of 2dc], skip next 2 sts, sc in next st, skip next 3 sts, in next st (cluster of 2tr, {ch2, cluster of 2tr} 2 times), skip next 3 sts, hdc in next 9 sts, sc in next 116 sts, hdc in next st (R58.1)*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last hdc. Join to 1st hdc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
Stitch count: 472 sc, 72 hdc, 8 cluster of 2dc, 32 cluster of 2tr, 28 ch2 spaces
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