SPECIAL STITCH
Puff stitch – All in same stitch: 1 dc, pull through 2 loops 4 TIMES; yarn over, pull through all loops. Snug up to tighten.
START
Wrap yarn around pinky about 6 times. Carefully slip off finger, slip hook through and start making stitches.
ROW 1 (BASE)
Ch 2 (counts as 1st hdc). 7 hdc into ring, for a total of 8 stitches. Join with slip stitch to top of ch 2.
ROW 2
Ch 3 (counts as 1st hdc and 1st ch 1). *hdc into next stitch then ch 1**. Repeat from * to** all the way around. Slipstitch into top of first stitch. Fasten off if you wish to change colors.
ROW 3 (PUFF STITCH)
*Into each ch 1 space, make one puff stitch (see special stitch above). Ch 2**.
Continue around. Join.
ROW 4
*Sc 2 times into the stitch at the top of puff stitch cluster. Sc 4 times into each ch 2 space**. Repeat * to ** all the way around. Join.
ROW 5
Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc). Dc 2 more times in the same space. *Ch 1, skip 2 stitches. 3 dc into the next stitch**. Repeat from * to ** around.. End with ch 1 and join with slipstitch.
ROW 6
Slipstitch to nearest ch 2 space. Ch 2 (counts as first hdc). Hdc 3 more times into the same space. *4 hdc into the next ch 2 space**. Repeat * to ** around. Join.
ROW 7
Ch 1 (counts as first sc). *Ch 4, 1sc into the next space between 4hdc clusters**. Repeat from * to ** around. Join.
ROW 8
Ch 3 (counts as first dc). 5 more dc into ch 4 space. 1 sc into next stitch in between ch 4 spaces. *6 dc into next ch 4 space, followed by a sc in the next stitch**. Repeat from * to ** around. Join.
Fasten off.
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