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Size : 24x24 cm (10x10 inches)

Material: Pearl cotton # 5, hook 1.7 mm (US steel #); you can substitute with Cebelia #10 or equivalent ecosse or cordonnet thread (but the gauge can slightly vary); Please visit my Virtual Store id you need materials.

Stitches (for reference, look at basic stitches page): ch, sc, dc, tr

dc cluster = dcl = (dc not closed on first st, dc not closed on second st, close dc together)

Puff dc = puff = (2 cd not closed in same st / sp, close dc together)

Shell = (2 tr, 2 ch, 2tr) in same sp/st.

Picot = (3 ch, sc in first ch)

Picoted shell = pshell = (2 tr, picot, 2tr ) in same sp/st.

Difficulty: medium.

Start with 10 ch, join with sl st

1, (3 dc in lp, 2 ch) 8 times, join with sl st to first st.

2. [shell in next lp, 4 ch, sc in next lp, 4 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

3. [shell in next shell, 3 ch, (4 dc in next sp) twice, 3 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

4. [Shell in next shell, 5 ch, (tr in next dc, 1 ch) 7 times, tr in next dc, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

5. [(2 tr, 2 ch, 2 tr, 2 ch, 2 tr) in next shell, 5 ch, (sc in next tr, sc in next sp) 7 times, sc in next tr, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

6. [(shell in next sp, 5 ch) twice, sk a sc, (dcl on next 2 sc, 2 ch) 5 times, dcl on next 2 sc, sk sc, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

7. [shell in next shell, 8 tr in next sp, shell in next shell, 5 ch, (puff in next sp, 2 ch) 4 times, puff in next sp, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

8. [Shell in next shell, (tr in next tr, 1 ch) 7 times, tr in next tr, shell in next shell, 5 ch, (puff in next sp, 2 ch) 3 times, puff in next sp, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

9. [shell in next shell, 2 ch, (puff in next sp) 4 times, 2 ch, (puff in next sp) 4 times, 2 ch, shell in next shell, 5 ch, (puff in next sp, 2 ch) 2 times, puff in next sp, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

10. [shell in next shell, 3 ch, (puff between next 2 puffs) twice, 3 ch, shell in next 2-ch sp, 3 ch, skip 2 puff, (puff between next two puffs) twice, 2 ch, shell in next shell, 5 ch, puff in next sp, 2 ch, puff in next sp, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

11. [shell in next shell, 5 ch, puff between next 2 puffs, 4 ch, (2 tr, 5 ch, 2 tr) in next shell, 4 ch,(puff between next two puffs, 5 ch, shell in next shell, 5 ch, puff in next sp, 5 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st.

12. [pshell in next shell, 5 ch, (dc, picot, dc) on next puff, 5 ch, (2 dc, ch, tr, picot, tr, ch, 2 dc)in next 5-ch sp, 5 ch, (dc, picot, dc) in next puff, 5 ch, pshell in next shell, 4 ch, (dtr, picot, dtr) in next puff, 4 ch]*. Repeat * to * 4 times, join with sl st to first st. Cut thread.

N.B.

• Always substitute (also if not explicitly said) first st in a row as follows:
  • first sc with 1 ch, sc;
  • first hdc with 2 ch;
  • first dc with 3 ch;
  • first tr with 4 ch ... and so on
• When you read "sl st to <location>", where the location is not immediately contiguous to last st, this means of course "an appropriate number of sl sts for reaching <location>".
• Also if I do not specify it, if you lasted prev row on a st (say st1), while you must start next row in another st (say st2), make an appropriate number of sl sts to reach st2.

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