MATERIALS: Size G hook, 3 colors of 4 ply worsted weight yarn
SIZE About 5" across
DIRECTIONS:
With color A, ch 5, sl st into first ch to form a circle.
Round 1: Ch 3, leaving last loop of each st on hook, work 2 dc into circle, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook (2 dc cluster formed), [ch 3, leaving last loop of each st on hook, work 3 dc into cirlce, yo and draw through all 4 loops on hook (3 dc cluster formed)] 5 times, ch 3, sl st top top of first ch 3. (6 ch-3 sps)
Round 2: Ch 2, 4 hdc into first ch-3 sp, 5 hdc into each ch-3 sp to end, sl st to top of first ch-2, finish off. (30 sts)
Round 3: Join color B into same st, ch 3, skip first st, 1 dc into next st, ( 2 dc into next st, 1 dc into each of next 4 sts) 5 times, 2 dc into next st, 1 dc into each of next 2 sts, sl st to top of first ch-3, finish off. (36 sts)
Round 4: Join Color C into same st, ch 1, 1 sx into first st, (2 sc into next st, 1 sc into each of the next 2 sts) 11 times, 2 sc into next st, 1 sc into next st, sl st to first ch, finish off. (48 sts)
Round 5: Join Color A into same st, ch 1, 1 sc into first st, (ch 1, skip next st, 1 hdc into next st, 2 dc into each of the next 2 sts, 1 hdc into next st, ch 1, skip next st, 1 sc into each of the next 2 sts) 6 times, ending last rep with 1 sc, sl st to first ch.
Round 6: Ch 3, 3 dc cluster into base of first ch-3, * ch 1, skip next sc and hdc, 1 dc into next sp between hdc and dc, skip next 2 dc, (4 dc, ch 2, 4 dc) into next sp between 2 pairs of dc, skip next 2 dc, 1 dc into next sp between dc and hdc, ch 1, skip next hdc and sc, leaving last loop of each st on hook work 4 dc into next sp between next 2 sc, yo and draw through all 5 loops on hook (4 dc cluster formed), rep from * ending last rep with skip enxt hdc and sc, sl st to top of first 3 dc cluster, finish off.