MATERIALS: Size 5 hook; 20 yds white bedspread weight crochet cotton
SIZE: 6" across
GAUGE: In dc, 8 sts = 1"
DIRECTIONS:
Ch 6, join with a sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, work 12 sc in ring, join with a sl st in beg sc.
Rnd 2: Do not turn; * ch 16, sl st in next sc; rep from * 10 times more, ch 7, work a triple trc in sl st (st used to join prev rnd). [To work triple trc: (YO hook) 4 times, insert hook in sl st and draw up a lp (6 lps now on hook), work (YO hook and draw through 2 lps on hook) 5 times = triple trc made] =12 lps. (NOTE: Last lp was formed by working ch 7 and triple trc, and brings thread into position to beg next rnd. )
Rnd 3: Do not turn; * ch 6, sc over center of next lp; rep from * 10 times more, ch 3, sk ch-7 of last lp, dc in top of triple trc of same lp = 12 lps.
(NOTE: Last lp was formed by working ch 3 and dc, and brings thread into position to beg next rnd.)
Rnd 4: Ch 6, do not turn; work 3 dc in first lp (over last dc of prev rnd), * work (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next lp; rep from * 10 times more, work 2 dc in first lp (next to ch-6 and first 3 dc of rnd), join with a sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-6.
Rnd 5: Do not turn, sl st into next ch-3 sp, ch 5, work a double trc in same sp. [To work double trc: (YO hook) 3 times, insert hook in sp and draw up a lp (5 lps now on hook), work (YO hook and draw through 2 lps on hook) 4 times = double trc made] * Ch 5, 2 double trc in same sp; ch 11 (for lp at point), 2 double trc in same sp; ch 5, 2 double trc in same sp, ch 5, sk next two 3-dc groups, sc in next ch-3 sp; ch 5, sk next two 3-dc groups, 2 double trc in next ch-3 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep without working last 2 double trc; join with a sl st in top of beg ch-5.
Finish off and weave in ends.