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#136

Base md, each side: Multiple of 9 + 3 + comer sts.

Begin 1 st to left of comer st.

Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in next 2 sts, *[skip 2 sts, (dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc) in next st — open Shell madę, ch 2, skip 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts] to comer st, open Shell in comer st, dc in next 3 dc; rep from * around, omitting last 3 dc, join with slip st to top of ch-3.

Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, *[ch 2, open Shell in third dc of next Shell, dc in next 3 dc] to comer Shell, skip 1 dc, [dc, (ch 1, dc) four times] in comer dc — comer group madę, skip 1 dc, dc in next 3 dc; rep from * around, omitting last 3 dc, join with slip st to top of ch-3.

Rnd 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in next 2 dc, *[open Shell in first dc of next Shell, ch 2, skip next 2 dc of open Shell, dc in next 3 dc] to comer group, skip 1 dc, open Shell in next dc, ch 2, skip 1 dc, open Shell in next dc, skip 1 dc), dc in next 3 dc; rep from * around, omitting last 3 dc, join with slip st to top of ch-3. Fasten off.

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Multiple of 9