Yarn: weight 2, fine, Hook: 3mm, Size: 13 cm / 5 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.
ROUND 1 (Color A). Slip knot, ch3, insert hook into 1st chain, yarn over and pull through to form a ring, ch2, 16dc into the ring. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st.
ROUND 2 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), fpsc around same st, *ch3, skip next st, fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to 1st fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
ROUND 3 (Color B). Working in behind of round 2 join with a standing sc in dc of round which is made fpsc of round 2, *working in front of ch3 space of round 2 7dc in skipped dc of round 1, working behind round 2 sc in next dc of round 1*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
ROUND 4 (Color C). Join with a standing sc in any sc, *ch1, popcorn in ch3 space of round 2, ch1, sc in next sc of round 3*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
ROUND 5 (Color D). Join with a standing fpsc around any sc, *3hdc in ch1 space, fphdc around popcorn, 3hdc in ch1 space, fpsc around next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
ROUND 6 (Color B). Join with a standing bpsc around any fphdc, *bpsc around next st, 3dc in sc of round 4, skip (two hdc, fpsc and two hdc of round 5), bpsc around next 2 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last bpsc. Join to standing bpsc with a sl-st.
ROUND 7 (Color B). ch2 (does not count as stitch), hdc in same st, *hdc in next st, 2hdc in next st, hdc in next st, 2hdc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last hdc. Join to 1st hdc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
ROUND 8 (Color A). Join with a standing tblsc in any hdc made between two groups of 2hdc, tblsc in next 63 sts. Join to standing tblsc with a sl-st.
ROUND 9 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, tr in next st, in next st (tr, ch2, tr), tr in next st, dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 3 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st.
ROUND 10 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 9 sts, in ch2 space (2sc, ch1, 2sc), sc in next 10 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.