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12. FLOWER MOTIF

S/ioiun on page 27.

Finished Size: 35" x 41"

MATERIALS

Sport Weight Yarn:

17 ounces, (480 grams, 1,605 yards)

Crochet hook, size F (3.75 mm) or size needed for gauge

GAUGE: Each Motif = 3'A" square

STITCH GUIDE__

BEGINNING TR CLUSTER

Ch 3. ★ YO twice, insert hook in sp indicaled. YO and puli up a loop. (YO and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice; repeat from * once morę, YO and draw through all 3 loops on hook.

TR CLUSTER

*    YO twice, insert hook in sp indicaled, YO and puli up a loop, (YO and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice; repeat from * 2 times morę.

YO and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

PICOT

Ch 3, sc in third ch from hook.

BEGINNING DC CLUSTER

Ch 2, ★ YO, insert hook in sp indicated. YO and puli up a loop, YO and draw through 2 loops on hook; repeat from ★ once morę, YO and draw through all 3 loops on hook.

DC CLUSTER

★    YO, insert hook in sp indicated. YO and puli up a loop, YO and draw through 2 loops on hook: repeat from ★ 2 times morę, YO and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

DECREASE

Puli up a loop in next 2 ch-3 sps, YO and draw through all 3 loops on hook (counts as one sc).

FIRST MOTIF

Ch 4; join with slip st to form a ring.

Rnd 1 (Right side): Work Beginning tr Cluster in ring, ch 4, (work tr Cluster in ring, ch 4) 7 times; join with slip st to top of Beginning tr Cluster:

8 ch-4 sps.

Notę: Loop a short piece of yarn around any stilch to mark Rnd 1 as right side.

Rnd 2: Slip st in first ch-4 sp, ch 1. (sc in same sp, ch 3) twice., (sc, work Picot, sc) in next ch-4 sp, ch 3, ★ (sc, ch 3) twice in next ch-4 sp, (sc, work Picot, sc) in next ch-4 sp. ch 3; repeat from ★ around; join with slip st to first sc: f 2 ch-3 sps and 4 Picots.

Rnd 3: (Slip st, work Beginning dc Cluster, ch 5, work dc Cluster) in first ch-3 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, skip next Picot, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5. ★ (work dc Cluster, ch 5) twice in next ch-3 sp, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, skip next Picot, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5; repeat from * around: join with slip st to top of Beginning dc Cluster, finish off: 16 ch-5 sps.

ADDITIONAL MOTIFS

Rnds 1 and 2: Work same as First Motif:

12 ch-3 sps and 4 Picots.

Rnd 3 (Joining rnd): Work One or Two Side Joining. forming 8 rows of 10 Motifs each.

ONE SIDE JOINING

Rnd 3 (Joining rnd): Slip st in next ch and in same ch-3 sp, work Beginning dc Cluster in same sp. ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, skip next Picot, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, ★ (work dc Cluster, ch 5) twice in next ch-3 sp. sc in nex! ch-3 sp, ch 5, skip next Picot, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5; repeat from ★ once morę, work dc Cluster in next ch 3 sp. ch 2, holding Motifs with wrong sides together, sc in corner ch-5 sp on adjacent Motif, ch 2, work dc Cluster in same sp on new Motif. ch 2, sc in next ch-5 sp on adjacent Motif, ch 2. sc in next ch-3 sp on new Motif, ch 2, sc in next ch-5 sp on adjacent Motif, ch 2, skip next Picot on new Motif. sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 2, sc in next ch-5 sp on adjacent Motif, ch 2, work dc Cluster in same sp as Beginning dc Cluster on new Motif. ch 2, sc in next corner ch-5 sp on adjacent Motif, ch 2; join with slip sl to top of Beginning dc Cluster on new Motif, finish off.

TWO SIDE JOINING

Rnd 3 (Joining rnd): Slip st in next ch and in same ch-3 sp, work Beginning dc Cluster in same sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, skip next Picot, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5. (work dc Cluster, ch 5) twice in next ch-3 sp, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, skip next Picot, sc in next ch-3 sp. ch 5. work dc Cluster in next ch-3 sp, ch 2, holding Motifs with wrong sides together and previous Strip to your left. sc in corner ch-5 sp on adjacent Motif, ch 2, t work dc Clustei in same sp on new Motif. ch 2, sc in next ch-5 sp on adjacent Motif, ch 2, sc in next ch-3 sp on new Motif, ch 2, sc in next ch-5 sp on adjacent Motif, ch 2. skip next Picot on new Motif, sc in next ch-3 sp, ch 2, sc in next ch-5 sp on adjacent

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