Special Stitches in Crochet

Special Stitches
Shell - [(ch 1, dc) 6 times, ch 1] in the stitch indicated.
V-Stitch (v-st) - [dc, ch 3, dc] in the chain space indicated.
Instructions for Stitches
1st Row (RS)
sc in 5th ch from hook, ch 3, skip 2 ch, sc in next ch, *skip 3 ch, shell in next ch, skip 3 ch, [sc in next ch, ch 3, skip 2 ch] 3 times, sc in next ch; repeat from * across to last 13 ch, skip 3 ch, shell in next ch, sc in next ch, ch 3, skip 2 ch, sc in next ch, ch 1, skip 1 ch, hdc in last ch, turn;
2nd Row
ch 4 (counts as dc, ch 1), dc in hdc, ch 3, *skip 1st dc on shell, [sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 3] 4 times, sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 3, skip 1st ch 3 sp, v-st in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, skip last ch 3 sp; repeat from * across to last shell, skip 1 ch 1 sp on shell, [sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 3] 4 times, sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 3, skip next ch 3 sp, [dc, ch 1, dc] in 2nd ch of tch, turn;
3rd Row
ch 3 (counts as dc), [dc, ch 1] 3 times in ch 1 sp, skip next ch 3 sp *[sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3] 3 times, sc in next ch 3 sp, skip next ch 3 sp, shell in next v-st, skip next ch 3 sp; repeat from * across to last 5 ch 3 sps, [sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3] 3 times, sc in next ch 3 sp, skip next ch 3 sp, [(ch 1, dc) 3 times, dc] in tch sp, turn;
4th Row
ch 1, sc in 1st dc, [ch 3, sc in next ch 1 sp] twice, *ch 3, skip 1st ch 3 sp, [dc, ch 3, dc] in next ch 3 sp, skip last ch 3 sp, skip 1st dc on shell, [sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 3] 4 times, sc in next ch 1 sp; repeat from * across to last shell, ch 3, skip 1st ch 3 sp, [dc, ch 3, dc] in next ch 3 sp, skip last ch 3 sp, skip 1st dc on shell, [sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 3] twice, sc in top of tch, turn;
5th Row
ch 3 (counts as hdc, ch 1 sp), sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch 3 sp, *skip next ch 3 sp, shell in next ch 3 sp, skip next ch 3 sp, [sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3] 3 times, sc in next ch 3 sp; repeat from * across to last 5 ch 3 sps, skip next ch 3 sp, shell in next ch 3 sp, skip next ch 3 sp, sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 3, sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 1, hdc in last sc, turn.
Repeat 2nd to 5th rows.