Yarn: weight 2, fine, Hook: 3mm, Size: 12 cm / 4.7 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, ch 1 to close front post puff stitch, tblsc2tog – insert hook into third back loop of 1st indicated stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, 2 loops on hook, repeat to 2nd indicated stitch. 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, 16dc into the ring. Join to 1st dc with a sl-st.
ROUND 2 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), fp puff st around same st, *ch2, skip next st, fp puff st around next st*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fp puff st. Join to 1st fp puff st with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
ROUND 3 (Color B). Join with a standing popcorn in any ch2 space, *ch2, sc in fp puff st, ch2, popcorn in ch2 space*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last popcorn. Join to standing popcorn with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
ROUND 4 (Color C). Join with a standing fp puff st around fp puff st of round 2 working in front of sc of round 3, *5hdc in ch2 space of round 3, fphdc around popcorn, 5hdc in next ch2 space, working in front of sc of round 3 fp puff st around fp puff st of round 2*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last fp puff st. Join to standing fp puff st with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
ROUND 5 (Color A). Join with a standing tblsc in any fphdc, *tblsc in next 3 sts, tblsc2tog over next st and 2nd hdc of next group of 5hdc skipping (hdc, fp puff st and hdc) in between, tblsc in next 4 sts*, repeat ** 8 times, omit last tblsc. Join to standing tblsc with a sl-st.
ROUND 6 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *hdc in next st, dc in next st, tr in next st, in next st (tr, ch3, tr), tr in next st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 9 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st.
ROUND 7 (Color A). ch1 (does not count as stitch), sc in same st, *sc in next 4 sts, in ch3 space (2sc, ch1, 2sc), sc in next 13 sts*, repeat ** 4 times, omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends.
