Comprehensive Crochet Pattern Instructions

RND 1: 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RND 10: 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;

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

RND 12: 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.