​Relief Crochet Pattern

1^st row (RS): Chain 28 (32, 36) sts, work dc in 5th ch from hook (skipped 3 chs counts as dc), dc in remaining st, turn. 25 (29, 33) sts;

2^nd row (WS): Ch 1 (counts as first sl-st), [ dc in the next st, sl-st in the next st] across, turn;

3^rd row: Ch 2 (does not count as st here and throughout), dc in the same st, dc in each st across, turn;

4^th row: Ch 2, dc in the same st, [sl-st in the next st, dc in the next st] across turn;

5^th row: as the 3^rd row;

6^th row: as the 2^nd row;

7^th row: as the 3^rd row;

8^th row: as the 4^th row;

9^th row: Ch 2, exhdc in same st, exhdc in each st across, turn;

10^th row: Ch 1 (does not count as st), sc in first st, sc in 3rd bar in each st across until last st, sc in last st, turn;

11^th row: Ch 1 (does not count as st), sc in first st, sc in each st across, turn;

12^th row: Ch 1 (does not count as st), sc in first st, sc in next st, *3 hdc in next st, sc in each of the next 3 sts; rep from * across ending last rep with 1 sc in last st.